Singers who became Oscar nominated/winning actors/actresses
Jan 2, 2020 19:08:40 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jan 2, 2020 19:08:40 GMT
Alan Arkin dropped out of college to form the folk music group The Tarriers, in which Arkin was the lead singer and played guitar.
At that time, he co-wrote the 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song" - a Jamaican calypso folk song, which became better known as Harry Belafonte's popular version, and reached #4 on the Billboard chart. The group also appeared in the movie Calypso Heat Wave 1957. Before making his Off-Broadway acting debut.
He would later be Oscar nominated for The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming 1966, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1968 and Argo 2012. Plus winning an Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine 2006.
At that time, he co-wrote the 1956 hit "The Banana Boat Song" - a Jamaican calypso folk song, which became better known as Harry Belafonte's popular version, and reached #4 on the Billboard chart. The group also appeared in the movie Calypso Heat Wave 1957. Before making his Off-Broadway acting debut.
He would later be Oscar nominated for The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming 1966, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1968 and Argo 2012. Plus winning an Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine 2006.