Posted March 28, 20223 yr With Will Smith being in the, ahem, news today. I was thinking about who else has done this double - been credited on a UK #1 single and won an Oscar? Not exactly an EGOT haha, maybe an OneOsc haha. Anyway here is the OneOsc Club by date of entry - any others I’ve missed? 1954 Frank Sinatra - Best Supporting Actor - From Here to Eternity (1953) / “Three Coins in the Fountain” (1954) 1970 Lee Marvin - Best Actor - Cat Ballou (1965) / “Wand’rin” Star” (1970) 1971 The Beatles - Best Original Song Score (1970) / “From Me to You” (1963) 1980 Barbra Streisand - Best Actress - Funny Girl (1968) / “Woman in Love” (1980) 1984 Irene Cara - Best Original Song - Flashdance (1983) / “Fame” (1982) 1985 Stevie Wonder - Best Original Song - The Woman in Red (1984) / “Ebony and Ivory” (1982) 1986 Lionel Richie - Best Original Song - White Nights (1985) / “Hello” (1984) 1987 Cher - Best Actress - Moonstruck (1987) / “I Got You Babe” (1965) 1994 Prince - Best Original Song Score - Purple Rain (1984) / “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (1994) 1995 Elton John - Best Original Song - The Lion King (1994) / “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976) 1998 Isaac Hayes - Best Original Song - Shaft (1971) / “Chocolate Salty Balls” (1998) 2000 Phil Collins - Best Original Song - Tarzan (1999) / “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1983) 2003 Eminem - Best Original Song - 8 Mile (2002) / “The Real Slim Shady” (2000) 2003 Nicole Kidman - Best Actress - The Hours (2002) / “Somethin’ Stupid” (2001) 2013 Adele - Best Original Song - Skyfall (2012) / “Someone Like You” (2011) 2015 John Legend - Best Original Song - Selma (2014) / “Lay Me Down” (2015) 2016 Sam Smith - Best Original Song - Spectre (2015) / “La La La” (2013) 2019 Lady Gaga - Best Original Song - A Star Is Born (2018) / “Just Dance” (2009) 2019 Mark Ronson - Best Original Song - A Star Is Born (2018) / “Uptown Funk” (2014) 2022 Billie Eilish - Best Original Song - No Time to Die (2021) / “No Time to Die” (2020) 2022 Will Smith - Best Actor - King Richard (2021) / “Boom Shake the Room” (1993) Edited March 28, 20223 yr by chartjack2
March 28, 20223 yr Author Please let me know if I’ve made any errors or omissions - I’ve not included Annie Lennox for example as she’s never had a solo #1. Edited March 28, 20223 yr by chartjack2
March 28, 20223 yr Clint Eastwood. The b-side of Wandrin' Star was Eastwood "singing" I Talk to The Trees.
March 28, 20223 yr Oscar nominees who have scored UK Top Ten Hits include the above plus: Mary J. Blige Bradley Cooper Bing Crosby Bobby Darin Doris Day Jamie Foxx Lady Gaga Jennifer Hudson Grace Kelly Peggy Lee Sophia Loren Bette Midler Liza Minnelli Eddie Murphy Debbie Reynolds Diana Ross Telly Savalas Hailee Steinfeld Topol John Travolta Kate Winslet
March 30, 20223 yr Oscar nominees who have scored UK Top Ten Hits include the above plus: Mary J. Blige Bradley Cooper Bing Crosby Bobby Darin Doris Day Jamie Foxx Lady Gaga Jennifer Hudson Grace Kelly Peggy Lee Sophia Loren Bette Midler Liza Minnelli Eddie Murphy Debbie Reynolds Diana Ross Telly Savalas Hailee Steinfeld Topol John Travolta Kate Winslet Jane Wyman sang on the #10 hit Zing A Little Zong, and won an Oscar.
March 30, 20223 yr Some amazing #1 songs in there (and I do have a soft spot for the Nicole/Robbie duet) 1980 Barbra Streisand - Best Actress - Funny Girl (1968) / “Woman in Love” (1980) 1986 Lionel Richie - Best Original Song - White Nights (1985) / “Hello” (1984) 1994 Prince - Best Original Song Score - Purple Rain (1984) / “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (1994) 1995 Elton John - Best Original Song - The Lion King (1994) / “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976) 2013 Adele - Best Original Song - Skyfall (2012) / “Someone Like You” (2011) 2015 John Legend - Best Original Song - Selma (2014) / “Lay Me Down” (2015) 2019 Lady Gaga - Best Original Song - A Star Is Born (2018) / “Just Dance” (2009) 2019 Mark Ronson - Best Original Song - A Star Is Born (2018) / “Uptown Funk” (2014)
March 31, 20223 yr James Horner/Celine Dion should be added to this list I reckon ? Only the song-writer is awarded for Original Song so the singer isn't an Oscar winner unless they wrote it. Though if you were to count people who have sung Oscar winning songs into the above list you could add Danny Williams, Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Berlin, Madonna, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Annie Lennox.
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