LIST: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls063308612/
POLL: http://www.imdb.com/poll/N6YGKpyKZHg/
(Note: Because so many actors either sing or play an instrument in a movie, only actors who both sing and play an instrument are included in this poll)
Suggestions welcome. I am not including those actors who are primarily musical artists or primarily known as musical artists, such as Justin Timberlake or Adam Levine.
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I accidentally posted my list at #25. Would you mind replacing the link above in my original post with this link?
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls063308612/#1
(or http://www.imdb.com/list/ls063308612/ )
Thank you so much!
And thanks for the vote, too. : )
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Though I am a IMDb Champion, still I don't have the right to edit someone's post.
From our poll board, only Dan and Pibby have that right.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Your list is starting at 25 (instead of 1).
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Green Room
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Almost Famous
What We Do Is Secret
Spinal Tap
The Blues Brothers (though most of the backing band were pros)
I haven't seen La La Land but is Gosling's performance in it more interesting/integral/something to the plot than Blue Valentine?
FYC:
Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo - Coal Miner's Daughter
Jeremy Northam - Gosford Park
John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Nearly everyone in duets (except for Andre Braugher) but they are only singing, not playing too
Most of the songs were written and performed by the actors in Nashville
Jennifer Jason Leigh also performed in Georgia - it was a major component of the movie, that she could never live up to her sister.
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I haven't seen all of the first six movies that you mention or haven't seen them in a long time so I can't remember: you said the actors recorded the songs but do they also perform onscreen? I know they do in Spinal Tap but I either don't know or can't remember about the other films. And I know Crudup learned to play the guitar for Almost Famous but I can't remember if he also sang.
I haven't seen La La Land but thanks for the reminder. I'll look on you tube to make sure he sang as well as played and, if he does, I'll add that performance as well as Blue Valentine.
I'm not sure what movie(s) you're referring to when you said "Nearly everyone in duets (except for Andre Braugher) but they are only singing, not playing too
Most of the songs were written and performed by the actors in Nashville."
Re: Sissy Spacek: I thought Loretta Lyn just sang; did she play an instrument, as well? I saw the film, too, but I can't remember.
Re: Jennifer Jason Leigh in Georgia: I thought Leigh only sang in that film, whereas Winningham played the guitar and sang? But it's been a while since I saw the film so if you know, that'd be great because I can't remember.
Thanks again! I'll definitely add most, if not all, of the actors that sang and played an instrument, as well. I decided on that parameter because too many actors have either just sung or just played an instrument in a film.
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Loretta and Sissy played guitar.

The movie Duets starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
And the movie Nashville starring Keith Carradine. In Nashville they all sang and performed their songs and, in many cases, wrote the songs as well. Carradine won an Oscar for "I'm Easy".
I guess Blakely just sang in Nashville:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSEP9oeUvJ8
But Carradine played guitar and sang:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KZ8PRWChb8
Crudup wasn't the singer in Almost Famous, Jason Lee was.
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Am I remembering correctly that Northam played the piano in Gosford Park? I think I remember him singing, too, and playing the piano, but I couldn't confirm that so I thought I should check with you because I'm not sure.
I only remember John Cameron Mitchell singing in Hedwig and can't find a photo of him playing an instrument - do you remember what instrument he played? (I've listed the instrument for everyone else.)
Thanks Jen, so much.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-0nikgtGg
In The Thing Called Love, River Phoenix played and performed all his numbers. He also wrote one of the songs.
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I see, there are Movies in this list, which are not a Musical,
but you didn't put Michael J. Fox's Johnny be goode on the list
(from back to the future).
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He did not perform the virtuoso guitar solo, either, although he did learn to play the guitar for the film. It is unclear whether he played any of the guitar in the film (besides the solo), although his name does not appear in any credits.
The fact that he doesn't sing in the film disqualifies him for the list, even if he did play some guitar, but I did find out that his many skills now do include playing the guitar well and he has played the song from the film, "Johnny Be Good," onstage in recent years with the Dave Matthews Band and Coldplay.
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