True, some thespians - Jared Leto, etc.- are deserving of recording contracts. Yet many aren't worthy of karaoke night.
To prove their hubris, heed the bloated words from the Web site of actor-singer Jim Belushi: "He has the indescribable quality called presence. And, as anyone who's spent two minutes with the guy knows, Jim's got it. Big time!
" (Is Maalox his sponsor?) William Shatner - Forget Cleveland. Let's erect this Hall in Montreal, home of the Godfather of Crock.
From 1978's "Rocket Man" travesty to duets with Joe Jackson, he's boldly gone where no actor-singer has gone before. For cheesy video, visit youtube.com/watch?
v=MX 6C6qQJyDs. Don Johnson - "Heartbeat" was successful, but to paraphrase "Spinal Tap": What day did the Lord create Don Johnson, and couldn't he have rested that day, too? Bruce Willis - One of Bruno's CDs was titled "Classic Bruce Willis.
" That's right. Classic. Eddie Murphy - In the comic-singer subgenre, 1985's "Party All the Time" outdoes Phyllis Diller's "Satisfaction," but makes Jamie Foxx seem like Gershwin.
Jada Pinkett-Smith - Wicked Wisdom, Will's wife's woeful warblers, toured Ozzfest in 2005. Patrick Swayze - Johnny Carson embarrassingly pigeon-holed him by asking, "Do you have musical aspirations?" .
.. unaware that "She's Like the Wind" had hit No.
1 worldwide. Candye Kane - Adult film stars gathered for "Porn to Rock," which offered "The Meat Song" ..
. a likely ode to vegetarians. This raises one question.
Which is more infectious: Kane's music or her co-stars? David Hasselhoff - Fellini-caliber weirdness: Centuries from now, historians will recall his live performance at the 1989 toppling of the Berlin Wall. Steven Seagal - Stevie Wonder performs on the Zen-master's recent CD.
A wonder, indeed. Joe Pesci - His 1968 cover of "Got to Get You Into My Life" is on "Celebrities Butcher the Beatles," with Telly Savalas, George Burns and Mae West. Tracey Ullman - How many obscure Brit comics grab Paul McCartney for a video?
She did for 1983's "They Don't Know." Scarlett Johansson - Her debut album (of Tom Waits tunes) may drop this spring. "Scarlett's in the studio recording now," said a Rhino spokeswoman, who says tour plans haven't been addressed.
Johansson sings on "Unexpected Dreams," a 2006 CD with Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Garner, Lucy Lawless, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Jeremy Irons and John Stamos. Johnny Depp - Played guitar on Oasis' CD "Be Here Now.
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