Singers who became Oscar nominated/winning actors/actresses

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.