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* C.W. [=McCall=]Music/CWMcCall: More than a few of [=McCall=]'s songs are actually recitations set to music, including "Audubon", "Classified", Roses for Mama" and "Aurora Borealis".
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Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability, before home video became widely available in the 1980s, allowing viewers to watch movies at home directly. After that, film soundtrack albums would concentrate on the music, either the score or vocal songs used in the film. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers.
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Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability, ability. Movie soundtracks would also typically include snippets of dialogue between songs before home video became widely available in the 1980s, allowing viewers to watch movies at home directly. After that, film soundtrack albums would concentrate on the music, either the score or vocal songs used in the film. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers.
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->''"I came into town, I showed up at the studio, and they said 'Okay, for the first hour we're gonna work on the words, and then we're gonna spend a couple hours on the song,' and I said, 'Wait, what song? What do you mean, song?' I hadn't quite read the memo, and they quickly realized it was gonna be more of a 'talking' song with me than it was going to be a 'singing' song."''
-->--'''Creator/GillianAnderson''', [[https://youtu.be/cOUunKYuwQQ on her role as Cat]] in ''WesternAnimation/RobinRobin''
-->--'''Creator/GillianAnderson''', [[https://youtu.be/cOUunKYuwQQ on her role as Cat]] in ''WesternAnimation/RobinRobin''
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* "Sebastian Cabot, Actor; Bob Dylan, Poet: A Dramatic Reading With Music" (1967). The album title says it all, 12 cuts of Mr. French acting out Dylan's songs as poetry.
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Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability, before home video became widely available in the 1980s, allowing viewers to watch movies at home directly. After that, film soundtrack albums would concentrate on the music, either the score or vocal songs used in the film. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers.
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Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability.ability, before home video became widely available in the 1980s, allowing viewers to watch movies at home directly. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers.
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* Music/LorneGreene in ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' performs the theme's lyrics this way.
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* Music/LorneGreene Creator/LorneGreene in ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' performs the theme's lyrics this way.
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* Rex Harrison in ''Film/MyFairLady'' and ''Film/DoctorDolittle''. He dubbed the technique "Sing-Speak".
* Gregorian chant (in some cases)
* Lorne Greene in ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' performs the theme's lyrics this way.
* John [=DiMaggio=], voicing Gorilla Grodd in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", uses this technique.
* Gregorian chant (in some cases)
* Lorne Greene in ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' performs the theme's lyrics this way.
* John [=DiMaggio=], voicing Gorilla Grodd in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", uses this technique.
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* Rex Harrison Creator/RexHarrison in ''Film/MyFairLady'' and ''Film/DoctorDolittle''. He dubbed the technique "Sing-Speak".
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*John [=DiMaggio=], Music/LorneGreene in ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'' performs the theme's lyrics this way.
* Creator/JohnDiMaggio, voicing Gorilla Grodd in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", uses this technique.
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* Creator/WilliamShatner released a number of spoken word albums. He's also parodied this by doing a [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} spoken word version of "The Real Slim Shady]] and [[https://youtu.be/MHg2z9ZgdEc wrestling entrance themes]].
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* Creator/WilliamShatner released a number of spoken word albums. He's also parodied this by doing a [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} spoken word version version]] of Music/{{Eminem}}'s "The Real Slim Shady]] Shady" and [[https://youtu.be/MHg2z9ZgdEc wrestling entrance themes]]. \n\n---
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* Robert Preston as Professor Harold Hill in ''TheMusicMan''.
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* Robert Preston as Professor Harold Hill in ''TheMusicMan''.''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.
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* Rex Harrison in ''MyFairLady'' and ''Film/DoctorDolittle''. He dubbed the technique "Sing-Speak".
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* Used on the [[TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]] by any guest star who couldn't actually sing.
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* Just about everyone in the film version of ''ManOfLaMancha'', which is fortunate since none of the stars were even tolerable singers.
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* Just about everyone in the film version of ''ManOfLaMancha'', ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'', which is fortunate since none of the stars were even tolerable singers.
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* Music/{{REM}} did this a couple of times, with "Belong" and "Blue".
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* Rex Harrison in ''MyFairLady'' and ''DoctorDolittle''. He dubbed the technique "Sing-Speak".
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* John [=DiMaggio=], voicing Gorilla Grodd in the ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", uses this technique.
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* John [=DiMaggio=], voicing Gorilla Grodd in the ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", uses this technique.
