Springfield, like Rex Smith, was a musician first but didn’t make it in music until after he made it as an actor, unless you count some airplay in Australia. Yeah, I hesitated before adding it.
Was that Huey Lewis / Gwyneth Paltrow song a hit? Gwyneth had a few hit songs (“Forget You” and “Landslide”) from her time on Glee, but I don’t remember this one at all. And if we’re going to just share songs recorded by actors, the list will be super long. 🙂 Are you familiar with the Golden Throats series of compilations? 🙂
EDIT: Ah. It’s from Duets, which I haven’t yet seen. Maybe it was a hit.
One million copies sold, peaking at #17 on the Billboard hot 100.
Some good ones. I thought I didn’t know the Scott Baio song, but it sounded a little familiar, although I might be confusing it with this:
As for Rick Springfield, was he an actor first? I thought he was a musician who turned to TV. No?
I really like this version. In fact, I think I like it more than the original.
(There’s gotta be a lot more out there.)
Here’s another that came to mind:
Springfield, like Rex Smith, was a musician first but didn’t make it in music until after he made it as an actor, unless you count some airplay in Australia. Yeah, I hesitated before adding it.
Was that Huey Lewis / Gwyneth Paltrow song a hit? Gwyneth had a few hit songs (“Forget You” and “Landslide”) from her time on Glee, but I don’t remember this one at all. And if we’re going to just share songs recorded by actors, the list will be super long. 🙂 Are you familiar with the Golden Throats series of compilations? 🙂
EDIT: Ah. It’s from Duets, which I haven’t yet seen. Maybe it was a hit.
I think the Paltrow/Lewis rendition was a hit. I heard it on the radio, when it came out, anyway.
No, I’m not familiar with Golden Throats.
Didn’t Willis sing in a group, though? Not sure if it was prior to him becoming an actor.
I didn’t know that. It’s not in his Wikipedia article, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
I could be totally wrong. I vaguely recall that he sang in a bar band, but maybe that’s because of the Seagrams (sp?) commercial.