Here is another one that we are befuddled if they really qualify. Jack Black and Kyle Gass basically are fictionalized versions of themselves and have essentially created “Mock Rock” where their over the top guitar solos and theatrical singing is a parody and tribute to Rock and Roll. What started as a comedic rock goof led to a television show, a movie, three albums and tours, though when they perform as JB and KG, how fictitious is this really?   Although when we watched their 2006 film, “Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny”, we can argue that it is pretty fictional indeed. Again, we are glad that the decision is yours on this one.

From the Sparkle remake in 2012, we felt that Carmen Ejogo gave a great performance as the talented, yet tortured singer, Tammy “Sister” Anderson. Ejoko got to her flex not only her singing chops but her acting range, and we wonder if the film was not mostly known for being Whitney Houston’s last role, if Ejoko would not have received the attention she deserved.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Sparkle (2012)

Actor:
Carmen Ejogo

Songs you might remember:
Hooked on Your Love

Why you should vote for her:
Ejogo was amazing in this role, and probably should have received more attention.

Why you should not vote for her:
The character had a depressing run, which resulted in the fictional music world not seeing her live up to her potential.

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From the brilliant and classic film, Some Like it Hot, we have Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe) as the lead singer of the all-female band, Sweet Sue and the Society Syncopators. The film is set in 1929, and also stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two unemployed musicians who are escaping Chicago after witnessing the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. To do so, they go in drag and join Sweet Sue’s band and as predicted fall for Monroe. This is considered to me a comedic gem, but is a musical one?



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Some Like it Hot (1959)

Actors:
Marilyn Monroe (Sugar Kane)
Tony Curtis (“Josephine”)
Jack Lemmon (“Daphne”)
Joan Lawlee (Sweet Sue)

Songs you might remember:
I Want to be Loved You

Why you should vote for them:
This film is the definition of a classic.

Why you should not vote for them:
Somehow, a 1920’s band doesn’t seem to fit for this Hall of Fame.

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A regular sketch from the late 80’s on Saturday Night Live saw the Sweeney Sisters (Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks) who were a pair of big haired lounge singers who mashed up songs that usually ended into a creshendo where they would sing “Bang Bang Bang, Goes the Trolley” and nonsensical scats. Incidentally, there was a third Sweeney Sister, Audrey who was played by Mary Tyler Moore.



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Saturday Night Live (1986-89)

Actors:
Jan Hooks (Candy Sweeney)
Nora Dunn (Liz Sweeney)

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for them:
In a downtime for SNL, this was one of the more memorable sketches.

Why you should not vote for them:
Goofy Lounge Singers probably don’t belong in the Hall of Fame.

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