Let's take a brief tour through some interesting examples of celebrities who've attempted a career in music. I'll get things rolling right away with what I initially thought was the worst cover version of song ever recorded from Goldie Hawn's 1972 release. She sounds absolutely loopy. However, upon reflection, I remembered all the simply godawful cover versions displayed on "American Idol" week after week. Give me Goldie any day over Idol contestants who stretch each syllable into a dozen octaves. But I digress, here's Goldie with Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight":
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Check out Telly brandishing a firearm on the cover of his album This Is Telly Savalas... Perhaps, a more appropriate title would be This Is Telly Savalas About to Put a Cap in Your Ass. Telly released a few albums during his heyday, and really they're not that bad. Sure, he seams like he's trying a bit too hard to be Dean Martin, but it kind of grows on you. "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" ranks up there with "Alone Again (Naturally)" as one of the most depressing songs of the decade. Telly sings about drinking himself sick and wishing he was stoned. Who loves ya' baby.
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I almost didn't want to bring up the amazingly bizarre Transformed Man because it has earned a certain degree of notoriety, and so I figured everyone had already heard it. However, this album is so special that it's like talking about the British Invasion and not mentioning The Beatles. The delivery is way over-the-top and the songs are often strange (one is called "Spleen") but the end result is, for some reason, oddly enjoyable. I will admit that the sounds of Captain Kirk butchering "Mr. Tamborine Man" have been heard coming from my cubicle on more than one occasion.
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Of course, if you're going to bring up Bill Shatner, you've got to include at least one of Nimoy's numerous forays into music. In his "Highly Illogical", Nimoy is still assuming the Spock persona and commenting on such things as modern man, automobiles, and marriage... very deep stuff. A personal favorite of Nimoy's was his Bilbo Baggins song, but that's for another day, another post.LINK BROKEN. IMEEM SUCKS.
Some record company deterimined that Marcia and Peter were the most popular characters on the show and so threw them together on an album, irregardless of Chris Knight's utter and complete inability to sing. This may be my favorite album cover simply for Knight's awful expression on the cover. 
Of course, the numbers of actors who have tried their hand at music are legion. I could basically devote an entire blog to the subject and never run out of posts. Among my favorites are Kristy McNichol, Donny Most from "Happy Days", Lisa Welchel from "The Facts of Life", and Ralph Carter from "Good Times".
No celebrity album collection would be complete without Patty Duke singing tunes from Valley of the Dolls. Also, YouTube has a number of clips of Cheryl Ladd's numerous attempts at a recording career, even singing with Waylon Jennings. Of course, if you've been taking notes from my previous posts, you'll know that Ladd actually began as a singer with Josie and the Pussycats. That's her on the record cover. Peace out.
