Did Nana Visitor actually sing the song that her character sings?
In an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Odo (Rene Auberjonois) is in love with Major Kira (Nana Visitor) and does not know how to court her. He seeks advice from a character in the holodeck who is modeled on a Rat-Pack-type Vegas singer from the mid-20th Century. Over the course of the episode this singer turns in beautiful renditions of a series of songs associated with Frank Sinatra. And a hologram that resembles Major Kira (the hologram also played by Nana Visitor) sings a torch song that I cannot recall.
The male singer was played by Jack Darren as Vic Fontaine
Were these song recorded for the episode, or did they just cast a professional singer and use his album tracks for the show? Did Nana Visitor actually sing the song that her character sings, or (as I think they sometimes do in Disney films) did they use a professional singer for just the songs, with another actor appearing and performing the spoken parts?
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Were these song recorded for the episode, or did they just cast a professional singer and use his album tracks for the show?
It was Nana Visitor singing.
Actress Nana Visitor, who began her acting career as a stage musical actress, sings "Fever" in "His Way". Visitor's performance of "Fever" was included on The Best of Star Trek, Volume Two. Visitor chose the song herself.
After DS9 ended, Visitor had a recurring role as villain Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on the television series Dark Angel and starred as Roxie Hart in the touring and Broadway companies of the musical Chicago.
Darren also did his own songs
In 1998, he achieved renewed popularity as a singer through his appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the role of holographic crooner and advice-giver Vic Fontaine; many of his performances on the show were re-recorded for the album This One's from the Heart (1999). The album showed Darren, a close friend of Frank Sinatra, comfortably singing in the Sinatra style; the 2001 follow-up Because of You showed similar inspiration from Tony Bennett.
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