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** The singing voice for Deborah Kerr in two different movies - Rodgers & Hammerstein's ''The King and I'' (1956), where her vocals were skilfully intertwined with Deborah's on some tracks; and Leo McCarey's ''An Affair to Remember'' a year later.
** The singing voice for [[Natalie Wood]] as Maria in ''[[West Side Story]]'' (1961) and also sang some parts of the score of Anita played by Rita Moreno, sharing the load with co-dubber Betty Wand and Moreno herself. In parts of the quintet setting of the song "Tonight", Nixon sings both Maria's and Anita's lines.
*** Interestingly, there is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n26hnzcT7SU a clip of Natalie Wood singing (in an untrained voice) "Tonight" mashmashed-up with Nixon's dub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n26hnzcT7SU)]. Wood had been trying to do her own singing and was reportedly feeling betrayed when she found out she was being dubdubbed.
** The singing voice for Audrey Hepburn as Eliza in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (1964), for which Nixon gained much notoriety, as news-eager journalists ripped apart the customary veil of secrecy. Industry buzz has said this to have been the cause of Hepburn's failing even to get nominated for an Academy Award for the demanding role.
*** Interestingly, the DVD features the original footage of Hepburn singing, and while she's not as skilled as Nixon, she certainly doesn't embarrass herself. They probably could have gotten away with just letting her sing the part.
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== Music ==
* In Jeff Wayne's [[Rock Opera]] ''[[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds]]'', [[Richard Burton (actor)|Sir Richard Burton]] is the narrating voice of the Journalist, whereas Justin Hayward is the character's singing voice.
* Inverted by the [[Gorillaz]]: 2D was originally played by real-life singer Damon Albarn, but had a second voice actor, (Nelson de Freitas,) hired to record his speaking voice.
** They're just the most (in)famous example; severalSeveral dance-oriented pop groups rely on attractive stand-ins lipsynching to others' voices.
** Milli Vanilli wasis the most infamous example by far: they were an extremely popular, award-winning rap/pop group in the late 80s and early 90s, thatbut ended up being forced to returnedreturn a Grammy after it was revealed that the people getting all the credit for the music were just models dancing and lipsynching to uncredited vocalists. They were the original [[Trope Namer]] for [[Same Language Dub|the acting version]] of this trope.
** They're just the most (in)famous example; several dance-oriented pop groups rely on attractive stand-ins lipsynching to others' voices.
 
== Radio ==