Head has recorded songs in French (he went to the Lycee Francais in South Kensington), though I don't know if any of them charted in France.
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Film Actors Who Had Just One Top 40 Chart Hit (in UK or US)
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Because the charts only started after the actors had passed their commercial peaks, George Formby and Judy Garland only had one Top 40 hit each, but would have had numerous hits if the charts had been around in the 30s and 40s (this fact can be inferred from sheet music sales). Formby just scrapes in with a chart run of 47-42-40-OUT. There are probably some other stars of the 40s who would fulfill this criterion.
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Originally posted by Various Artist View PostThere's a general theme appearing of comedy actors standing a fair chance of having a hit of some size at some point, doesn't there? Certainly a higher ratio than purely 'straight' actors.
The signature tune of the Army Game (1958) gave a #5 hit to Michael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw and Alfie Bass.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
Yes, and partly that's because they can record in character, and the UK has a history of films cashing in on sitcoms, which enables sitcom actors to qualify as film actors (OTOH there sitcom actors in this thread who were truly top class actors (Harry H. Corbett in particular).
The signature tune of the Army Game (1958) gave a #5 hit to Michael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw and Alfie Bass.
Peter Cook, Alan Freeman, Jools Holland, Steve Coogan, Clive Anderson, Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Basil Brush and Bernard Cribbins.
The last of which ruled himself out of this thread by having not one but three Top 40 hits.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostAnd who can forget My Boomerang Won't Come Back (UK #8, US #14) by Charlie Drake. The legacy of Music Hall and Variety made novelty songs an expectation for British comedians I suspect.Originally posted by Benjm View PostI had until you mentioned it.
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Although obviously better known as a soap star, Stefan Dennis had parts in a couple of movies. He managed just one UK Top 40 hit with the hilariously-naff Don't It Make You Feel Good?
Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostWow, Bruce Willis had 2 top 40 UK singles.
Originally posted by Walt Flanagans Dog View PostOccasional film actor Anita Dobson had a No.4 with 'Anyone Can Fall in Love' and follow up 'Talking of Love' stalled at No.43, so she's in.
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostDoes Michael Caine's appearance on the Madness single bearing his name count? He did record the "My name is..." bit specifically for it.
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostDoes Michael Caine's appearance on the Madness single bearing his name count? He did record the "My name is..." bit specifically for it.
Mark Wahlberg, before his (Oscar nominated) acting was of course Marky Mark, which he hates being reminded of, but who cares, he's a bit of a prick.
They (Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch) were big in the states, but only had one Top 40 in the UK, with a song called Good Vibrations in 1991. I don't remember it, but as I understand it is not a Beach Boys cover. The follow up reached #42.
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostThey (Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch) were big in the states, but only had one Top 40 in the UK, with a song called Good Vibrations in 1991. I don't remember it, but as I understand it is not a Beach Boys cover. The follow up reached #42.
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostDoes Michael Caine's appearance on the Madness single bearing his name count? He did record the "My name is..." bit specifically for it.
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I thought maybe Scarlet Johannson. She did an album of Tom Waits covers which someone gave me, knowing me to be a big Waits fan. Pretty forgettable. Wiki suggests one of them charted at 23 US Billboard but on closer inspection that was something called the "bubbling under" chart. Still; it's a chart! In the US!
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