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All too often, a celebrity gets it into their head that now they've reach some margin of fame via a movie or sports, they can also sing! This usually turns out much worse than when singers try to act.
Entries Beginning with J
Name | Notable Song Credits | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Jack Webb | Try a Little Tenderness | Hearing Jack speak through this song while the Nelson Riddle Orchestra is playing makes you want to say this: OTIS REDDING TO THE RESCUE! - Tim Hall | ||
| Jackie Chan | Beijing Welcomes You, Stand Up! | Jackie is no professional singer by any means, but he can. He, surprisingly, was the first person to hold a concert in the Bird's Nest in Beijing on 1st May, 2009. He did invite many friends to sing with him, including his son, Jaycee Fong. As to why his song's last name is not Chan or Lam (His mother's surname?), well Jackie claimed his ancestry's last name in Fong, and Jaycee wishes to follow that last name, so he legally changed it. Jaycee, though is primarily a singer. - Rocky Mak | ||
| Jada Pinkett Smith | Something Inside Of Me | Was the lead singer for the heavy metal band Wicked Wisdom for a few years, most people hated them, I thought they weren't too bad personally, though Jada sounded really awkward whenever she tried screaming out lyrics instead of singing them - Michael Prymula | ||
| James Marsters | German. Jewish.; Dangerous; Smile | AKA. Spike (From Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Had a band called Ghost of the Robot and now has a solo career going. He's a pretty good singer too. - starr | ||
| Jamie Foxx | Unpredictable | Poor Jamie. He has no idea how ridiculous he is. - Missy MuMu | ||
| Jane Withers | Dr. Jones, Cartoon Heroes, Barbie Girl, Bumblebee, Roses Are Red | jane withers... - nicole uttyette | ||
| Jared Leto | Attack, The Kill, Kings and Queens, This is War | He is the lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars, and an actor. - JeReMy | ||
| Jason Kidd | What the Kidd Did | I've heard worse rap songs by NBA players ("Champion" by Ron Artest and "K.O.B.E." by Kobe Bryant). It's listenable. This was released on the 1994 album "B-Ball's Best Kept Secret", a compilation album of songs by then-NBA players Dana Barros, Malik Sealy, Shaquille O'Neal, Cedric Ceballos, Brian Shaw, Chris Mills, Kidd, Isaiah "J.R." Rider, Dennis Scott, and Gary Payton. - JeReMy | ||
| Jenny Lewis | Portions for Foxes | Jenny Lewis was from Troop Beverly Hills and The Wizard, and "Portions for Foxes" was by her band Rilo Kiley. - Archie | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Rock-a-bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody | Jerry sang a whole LP of old chestnuts for Decca in the late 50's; it sounds pretty much like a 33 rpm Al Jolson record played at 45. HEY, LAAAAAA-DEEEEE!! - JeffM | ||
| Jerry Mathers | Wind Up Toy | A forgotten novelty song made when the former Beaver Cleaver was getting too old for the role that made him famous. Despite gaining recognition on the Hollywood Hi-Fi compilation of celebrities with bad records, it's not as bad as you might expect. - The Skuz | ||
| Jim Carrey | I Am The Walrus | George Martin's "In My Life" album - qua006 | ||
| Jim Carrey | Somebody to Love | In the movie "Cable Guy" he crashed a party and sung the Jefferson Airplane hit. He was known for going over the top, and sung "breast" so it sounded distorted. This part of the movie was shown on MTV and MuchMusic as a video. - Ra'akone | ||
| Jim Nabors | Back Home Again In Indiana, Oh My Papa, etc. | Once you hear him sing, you'll forget that he ever played Gomer Pyle. - Mom & Dad | ||
| Joaquin Phoenix | I Walk The Line, Ring Of Fire | He was Johnny Cash in Walk The Line - The Movie (with approval from Johny himself) and he learned to play guitar after that. He did get a Grammy for the rendition, and subsequently recorded the soundtrack, won Golden Globe and nominated for best actor. - Rocky Mak | ||
| Joe Keery | "End of Beginning" | In 2024, the "Stranger Things" actor released the song "End of Beginning" under the name Djo. - Brian Kelly | ||
| Joe Pesci | Wiseguy | Joe Pesci has had 3 albums and sang every song on all of them. He is also a skilled guitar player and played for Joey Dee and the Starliters during their early career. - Brionna Secret | ||
| Joe Pesci | Got To Get You Into My Life | Covered the Beatles tune when he was a lounge singer named "Little Joe Ritchie". - funny | ||
| Joey Lawrence | Nothing My Love Can't Fix | If only he knew how ridiculous he really sounded. - Travis | ||
| John Belushi & Dan Akroyd | performed on TV, a movie and in concert as The Blues Brothers | Akroyd has often revived the Blues Brothers act with John Belushi's brother Jim in the "Jake" role, as well as John Goodman. - Agrimorfee | ||
| John Cena | The Time is Now | In 2004, wrestler John Cena released a solo rap album "You Can't See Me", to tie in with his on-screen rapper persona at the time. The most famous song from the album, "The Time is Now", has been Cena's entrance theme ever since. The album, in my opinion, is pretty OK, not bad, but not really good either. - JeReMy | ||
| John Cleese | Knights Of The Round Table | It seems that John Cleese sings the least out of all the Monty Python alumni that sings. - Paul Warren | ||
| John Francis Daley | Neverending Summer, Caveman | Plays Dr. Lance Sweets on Bones. He and his band Dayplayer performed on the season finale of Season 4. - Mel | ||
| John Travolta | Let Her In, All Strung Out, 'Grease' Soundtrack | Doesn't sing that much anymore, but he's still dances. - fever | ||
| Jon Lovitz | Well, Did You Evah! | Lovitz guested on this Cole Porter song covered by Robbie Williams. Unfortunately, he was panned. - dxman | ||
| Julie Andrews | Sound of Music, Mary Poppins | For the younger people, you may know her on Princess Diaries 1 & 2 and Enchanted and the voice of Queen Lillian on Shrek 2 & 3, but before her throat surgery in 1992, she was a musical singer with 4 octave range and perfect pitch. - Rocky Mak | ||
| Juliette Lewis | Hot Kiss, You're Speaking My Language, Sticky Honey | Juliette Lewis had a band called Juliette Lewis And The Licks. She first fronted the band in 2003 after she attended a BLondie ocncert and was "blown away" by it, she then new music was her calling, and i'm sure most people agree she sings better then she acts. The Licks just borke up this year though, and now Lewis has formed a new band The New Romantiques, wonder if they're any good? - Michael Prymula |
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