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Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Jan-22 - 03:49 PM
Thread Name: Obit: The most marvelous Sidney Poitier(1927-2022)
Subject: RE: Obit: The most marvelous Sidney Poitier(1927-2022)

I understand that Sidney Poitier wasn't much of a singer. Did he sing Jester Hairston's "Amen" in Lilies of the Field or was the singing dubbed?
Wikipedia says the singing of "Amen" was dubbed by the songwriter, Jester Hairston himself.
-Joe-