jamie foxx sing "Ray" songs?

[mar...@webtv.net]

I've just watched "Ray" for the twentieth time on TV and really dig it.

My other half says Jamie Foxx did all the singing on the movie. I say
he didn't.

Can I get the answer here? thanks happy new year.

[gca...@aol.com]

Yeah on some, no on others IIRC.:;

[Greg M]

gca...@aol.com wrote:
> Yeah on some, no on others IIRC.:;

My understanding was that Ray Charles did all the singing and that Foxx
lipsynced--very well, I might add.

Greg M.

[UCLAN]

Greg M wrote:

> My understanding was that Ray Charles did all the singing and that Foxx
> lipsynced--very well, I might add.

No. Mr. Foxx did most of the singing himself. Have you never heard
him sing?

[Papa Andy]

visit amazon
notice that Ray Charles sings all the songs on the album called
Ray!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
also note that the artist listed is Ray Charles

A

[Greg M]

The following is from the official website of the film,
www.raymovie.com (production notes):

"Sobel was given full access to Ray Charles' vaults of recordings
through the decades. But he also had the great luck to be able to work
with Ray Charles himself in replicating his early recordings,
collaborating with a group of New Orleans musicians who jumped with
relish into pretending to be members of his original backing bands.
Once these recordings were completed, Jamie Foxx then lip-synched his
performances-replete with Ray's impassioned, swaying singing style-in
order to capture him as a much younger man. Although the musically
gifted Foxx was able to do, by all accounts, an uncanny re-creation of
Charles' singing voice, Sobel says: "Ray Charles was just too great
not to use him when we had the chance."

Foxx didn't sing, but he did do a fine job of acting.

Greg M.

[mar...@webtv.net]

Thanks a bunch guys. what a great movie and I've watched it another
four times.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Tom K]

"John Rethorst" <nob...@nowhere.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:nobody-C944AD....@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> In article <1136251416....@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,

> "Greg M" <gmon...@eou.edu> wrote:
>
>> Foxx didn't sing, but he did do a fine job of acting.

I have just been watching the DVD, and chose to see the "running comentary"
version. It appears that "Straighten Up and Fly Right" and "Route 66", in
the first part of the movie, *is* JF singing.
This is told by the director, he should be in the know ;-)

Tom

>
> He sure did.
>
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> John Rethorst
> jrethorst at post dot com

[chanc...@gmail.com]

Yes or No, can I get an answer?