Contest: ENTER TV & Media Avatar Contest: Actors who sing, Singers who act

[the G-man]

So, I happened to be rewatching "the Blues Brothers" this weekend, which led me to listening to some of their stuff on Pandora, which led me to the idea for this contest.

Belushi and Aykroyd are far from the only actors who decided to get a band together and/or launch a recording career. Sometimes, successfully (the aforementioned Blues Brothers), sometimes unsuccessfully (just check out any Rhino Records Golden Throats compilation). We've also had the reverse: Singers who were launched into acting careers, going all the way back to at least Bing Crosby and continuing all the way up to at least the Hoff.

So, that's the contest: Actors who crossed over into singing and singers who crossed over into acting. Other than the usual rules (Safe for work, Max image size 200x200px, Max file size 1mb, etc.) the only thing is to show them in their "new" role (so, for example, Elvis in "Love Me Tender" would count, but not Elvis live on stage; Leonard Nimoy would count performing "Bilbo Baggins," but not in "Star Trek.")

Per my personal rule, I won't enter so everyone else has more ideas. Enter as many times as you like.

I'll keep the thread open for a week or so.

Good luck, everybody!

 

[tharpdevenport]

Any fantasy allowed?

 

[Random_Spock]

Any fantasy allowed?

Good question. I'm wondering too.

 

[the G-man]

Any fantasy allowed?

As long as it otherwise fits the rules. I mean, if I banned fantasy I'm arguably banning Leonard Nimoy singing "Bilbo Baggins" and we can't have that!

 

[tharpdevenport]

If it counts (it's a little of both, really), otherwise it's nothing, tra la la...


ENTRY #1 (of probably three)

Jareth, the Goblin King from Labyrinth

 

[Random_Spock]

If it counts (it's a little of both, really), otherwise it's nothing, tra la la...


ENTRY #1 (of probably three)

Jareth, the Goblin King from Labyrinth

Great minds think alike! I was thinking of the same character too.


Took out entry since it didn't qualify.

 

[the G-man]

Entry

Joel Grey as Milton Winters in Law and Order Criminal Intent ("Cuba Libre")

It doesn't appear Grey was a singer who then went into acting, or an actor who launched a recording career. He was pretty much always a singer-actor-dancer. Afraid I'm going to have to disqualify this one.

 

[the G-man]

If it counts (it's a little of both, really), otherwise it's nothing, tra la la...


ENTRY #1 (of probably three)

Jareth, the Goblin King from Labyrinth

Totally counts. Bowie was known as a rock star/singer before hitting it big in movies.

 

[Random_Spock]

Entry

Dolly Parton as Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#1

Kate Winslet's one and only single "What If"

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[Orac]

 

[the G-man]

Um, the contest is "actors who sing."
But, seriously, hell yeah! I was waiting for that one.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Some certainly are better actors than singers, or Vice-versa, let's put it that way. For a while though it seemed like it was a trend that almost every A-list would try their hand at a singing career. Whether they've been any good at it is another question. Some have managed to excell at both.

Some like Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Elvis have managed to only add it on to their legendary status.

Then you have those like Kevin Bacon, Russell Crowe, Billy Bob Thornton, etc, who seem to take musical gigs as a hobby. Anyhow, putting this out there for ideas.

 

[the G-man]

Billy Bob Thornton

I actually saw Billy Bob and his band play at a bar once. While his records (of what I've heard) aren't bad, when he plays live, well, "hobby" is a nice way to put it. "Self destructive aural death spiral" might be another.

 

[auntiehill]

Bing Crosby, in "White Christmas."

He was a well-known singer with his own radio show before moving into the movies.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I actually saw Billy Bob and his band play at a bar once. While his records (of what I've heard) aren't bad, when he plays live, well, "hobby" is a nice way to put it. "Self destructive aural death spiral" might be another.

He comes off as a bit as an A-hole. There's an iconic interview that he did on CBC Radio several years back when he was promoting his music that went off completely off the rails when the host made a mistake in suggesting his music was a sidebar compared to his acting (hint: he wasn't supposed to mention the acting) , and from that point on he was argumentative, aggressively talking back and being difficult. Self-destructive is right, as you can see it in this interview, as it barely gets off the ground before it goes off the rails:

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[Kai "the spy"]

#2

Lady Gaga giving her acting debut in Machete Kills

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#3

Cher playing the role of Rachel Flax in Mermaids

 

[scotpens]

Doris Day

Frank Sinatra

Barbra Streisand

Bing Crosby, in "White Christmas."

He was a well-known singer with his own radio show before moving into the movies.

And before he was a solo singing star, he was one-third of the Rhythm Boys.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

#4

Lorne Greene had a few records, including one where they wrote lyrics for the Bonanza theme for him to sing:

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