Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!

1	Proud Mary / Leonard Nimoy 3:20
2	It Ain't Me Babe / Sebastian Cabot 2:00
3	Blowin' in the Wind / Eddie Albert 3:48
4	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds / William Shatner 3:02
5	A Whiter Shade of Pale / Noel Harrison 2:57
6	I Can See for Miles / Frankie Randall 2:38
7	Try a Little Tenderness / Jack Webb 2:44
8	Twist and Shout / Mae West 2:42
9	House of the Rising Sun / Andy Griffith 2:43
10	Mr. Tambourine Man / William Shatner 3:28
11	You Are the Sunshine of My Life / Jim Nabors 3:12
12	Like a Rolling Stone / Sebastian Cabot 2:55
13	White Room / Joel Grey 2:53
14	If I Had a Hammer / Leonard Nimoy 2:07

Barnes & Noble

A tribute to the absurdity of show business egos and the blind marketing machinery that tries to extend moneymaking possibilities into infinity, this compilation showcases a fool's gallery of non-singing stars from the worlds of television, politics, movies and the legitimate stage as they vie for the entertainment world's holy grail -- crossover success. But, thankfully for us, one man's imprudence is another's comic gold. The venerable Leonard Nimoy's graceless warbling leads the way here on two selections: "Proud Mary" and "If I Had a Hammer". Also included is William Shatner's show-stopping "spoken word" rendition of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." While those cuts are perhaps the most famous disasters in the history of celebrity recordings, they're given a run for their money by Jack Webb's inexplicable, mind-blowingly banal reading of "Try a Little Tenderness", and Sebastian Cabot's (yes, TV's Mr. French!) ponderous, shuddering recitation of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe." Eddie Albert keeps the Dylan massacre alive with a "rockin'" cover of "Blowin' in the Wind," and Jim Nabors' bland, stultifying performance of Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" rounds out the carnage. Donald Gray

All Music Guide

This was the compilation that started the whole celebrities-make-bad-records collections that now proliferate like kudzu. If your idea of perverse fun is hearing William Shatner tear up "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" or "Mr. Tambourine Man," or Leonard Nimoy deadpanning his way through "Proud Mary," then this set is right up your alley. Jack Webb doing "Try a Little Tenderness" or Mae West tackling "Twist and Shout" are merely the icing on the cake here. Strange but wonderful. Cub Koda