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Live Poll: Signature Songs From the Movies
Which actor's signature song* from a movie is your favorite?
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026975808/
https://www.imdb.com/poll/IQjgg-64sS4/
(it can be a singer if he's the film's main star)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026975808/
https://www.imdb.com/poll/IQjgg-64sS4/
(it can be a singer if he's the film's main star)
rocky_o
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great list...great idea...
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seventhar7
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"You Always Hurt the One You Love" from Ryan Gosling in Blue Valentine.
Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANbkNhU4VSY
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dan_dassow
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Great poll!
My vote: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)
2nd Choice: Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly)
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mrtharindu
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La La Land had some songs, right?
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ACT_1
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Hooray for Captain Spaulding
Animal Crackers (1930)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020640/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020640/reference
Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing
during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding
The Marx Brothers
Groucho Marx ... Captain Jeffrey Spaulding
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
(1928) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Ruby
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar
Sung by Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont and chorus
Danced by Groucho Marx
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hooray+for+captain+spaulding
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooray_for_Captain_Spaulding
Hooray for Captain Spaulding" is a song,
originally from the 1928 Marx Brothers Broadway musical Animal Crackers
and the 1930 film version.
It later became well known as the theme song for
the Groucho Marx television show You Bet Your Life (1950–1961),
and became Groucho's signature tune
and was usually played when he was introduced on various talk shows and the like
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Three Little Words (1950)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043044/reference
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team
of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
is told loosely and lightheartedly
Fred Astaire ... Bert Kalmar
Red Skelton Red Skelton ... Harry Ruby
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jen_264364
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I know what you mean by "(it can be a singer if he's the film's main star)" but it's stated awkwardly. Also, you're asking about songs, but you're referring to the performers in that note. Also, don't they all have to be the singers? I mean, that's what you have now. Or, can it be a song that is not sung by the actor but is definitely their theme song, like Staying Alive for Tony in Saturday Night Fever?
#13 - you need a space between Life and (Monty Python).
FYC:
Non, je ne Regrette rien - Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose
Lose Yourself - Jiimy - 8 Mile
To Sir, With Love - Mr. Thackery - To Sir, With Love
And, if the performer doesn't have to be the actor, FYC:
Hotel California (Gipsy King's version) - Jesus Quintana - The Big Lebowski
Eye of the Tiger - Rocky Balboa - Rocky III
Born to be Wild - Wyatt and Billy - Easy Rider
The Girl Can't Help It - Jerri Jordan - The Girl Can't Help It
X Gon' Give It to Ya - Deadpool - Deadpool
Lust for Life - Renton - Trainspotting
Unchained Melody - Sam and Molly - Ghost
Old Time Rock and Roll - Joel - Risky Business
The Sound of Silence - Ben Braddock - The Graduate
Tequila - Pee-wee Herman - Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Ride of the Valkyries - Col. Kilgore - Apocalypse Now
In Your Eyes - Lloyd Dobler - Say Anything...
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dan_dassow
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I really like this poll. May I humbly suggest that you replace this choice:
... with one of the following, which crop better:
I consider a signature song to be one indelibly associated with one person. When I hear "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", I instantly think of Judy Garland. Likewise, when I hear "Singin' in the Rain" , I think of Gene Kelly.
A stronger case for a signature song is one that the performer originated and would sing throughout their career. Judy Garland not only originated the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in Wizard of Oz, but performed the song many times since both in concerts and variety shows.
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dan_dassow
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For your consideration:
My Kind of Town (Chicago is) (Frank Sinatra)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058529/mediaviewer/rm2221073664?ft0=name&fv0=nm0000069
https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-frank-sinatra-songs-29737
“My Kind of Town (Chicago is) This tribute to Chicago was written for the 1964 Rat Pack film called, “Robin and the 7 Hoods.” It has become a sort of Chicago theme song.
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) Soundtracks
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058529/soundtrack
My Kind of Town
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra plays Robbo in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964).
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f18ga0i6r2A
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ACT_1
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Jimmy Durante (1893–1980)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002051/
Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo")
Trade Mark
Rumpled hat, patter songs ("Inka Dinka Doo")
and, of course, his huge proboscis.
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037408/soundtrack
Inka Dinka Doo
Performed by Jimmy Durante with Harry James and His Orchestra
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inka_Dinka_Doo
... it became Durante's theme song for the rest of his life.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Inka+Dinka+Doo
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Dean Martin ? ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995)
was an American singer, actor, comedian and film producer
Martin's relaxed, warbling crooning voice earned him dozens of hit singles,
including his signature songs
"Memories Are Made of This," "That's Amore,"
"Everybody Loves Somebody," "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You,"
"Sway," "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
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Dean Martin
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001509/
Soundtrack: Movie (151 credits)
2017 Going in Style (performer: "Memories Are Made Of This")
signature songs are by "performer" - Not sung on screen by Dean ? ?
What is a "performer" here ? ?
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I'll suggest a teeny edit but obviously disregard my grammar fetish if it's annoying, lol. (The edit is below in bold: a semi-colon, instead of a comma, between "song" and "to be eligible.")
(no 'background' song; to be eligible, the song has to be performed at least once in the film by the actor, actress or the acting singer)
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