<P> To promote the film prior to its release , Townsend , along with the other actors who portrayed the fictional musical quartet The Five Heartbeats ( Leon Robinson , Michael Wright , Harry J. Lennix , and Tico Wells ) performed in a concert with real - life Soul / R&B vocal group The Dells , one of many groups that inspired the film . The Dells sang and recorded the vocals as the actors lip synced . </P>
<P> To promote the film prior to its release , Townsend , along with the other actors who portrayed the fictional musical quartet The Five Heartbeats ( Leon Robinson , Michael Wright , Harry J. Lennix , and Tico Wells ) performed in a concert with real - life Soul / R&B vocal group The Dells , one of many groups that inspired the film . The Dells sang and recorded the vocals as the actors lip synced . </P>
who sang the songs for the five heartbeats
who sang the songs for the five heartbeats
The Dells
The Dells