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We pity the fool who had to sit through Mr. T’s 1984 children’s rap EP, “Mr. T’s Commandments,” on which the former “A-Team” star spit rhymes about topics including saying no to drugs, honoring your parents and doing your homework.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Toby Canham, Getty Images)
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Christopher LeeThe “Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars” star made comic book fans’ dreams come true when he released an album of symphonic metal in 2010 titled “Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.” The album – which was preceded by a promotional video that includes a clip of a metal shredder soloing on a sword – won Lee an award at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods ceremony in 2010. Earlier this year, Lee announced plans for the summer 2012 release of a follow-up album, “Charlemagne: The Omens of Death,” which according to Forbes will make the 90-year-old thespian the oldest heavy metal performer in history.- Xfinity Music Staff
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William ShatnerShatner’s strange voyage into the frontier of music began in 1968 with the release of “The Transformed Man,” an album of dramatic Shakespeare readings punctuated by bizarre spoken word renditions of songs like “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Following a double live album in the ‘70s, Shatner rebooted his second career with the 2004 Ben Folds collaboration “Has Been” and his 2011 space-themed album “Seeking Major Tom.”- Xfinity Music Staff
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Joe PesciPesci took to the studio in 1998 to record a full album of lounge music as Vincent LaGuardia Gambini, his character from the 1992 comedy “My Cousin Vinny.” The resulting album, “Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You,” yielded several instant anti-classics, including the campy “Yo Cousin Vinny,” “Wise Guy” (a play on both Blondie’s “Rapture” and Fred Rogers’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”) and a truly unsettling version of “What a Wonderful World.”- Xfinity Music Staff
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Rick MoranisThe Canadian funnyman (of “Ghostbusters” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” fame) tried music on for size in 1989 with “Ipanema Rap,” an (intentionally) funny take on the 1960s classic “Girl from Ipanema.” Tragically, he missed the mark and ended up with an awkwardly terrible song. —Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: I.R.S. / MCA Records)
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Joaquin PhoenixPhoenix grabbed the mic for his 2010 mockumentary “I’m Still Here,” in which he allegedly quit acting in order to pursue a career in hip-hop. But the rouse didn’t last long. If he really wanted to look like a legitimate rapper, he would have worked with someone other than Diddy.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Michael Loccisano, Getty Images)
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Phyllis DillerThe famous comedienne rounded out her 1970 comedy album “Born to Sing” with an off-putting read on the Rolling Stones classic “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” that is simultaneously funny, awkward and thoroughly creepy. Diller croons Jagger’s lyrics in a grandma warble while interjecting cringe-worthy one-liners like “I wore a see-through dress and nobody looked!"- Xfinity Music Staff
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Mr. TWe pity the fool who had to sit through Mr. T’s 1984 children’s rap EP, “Mr. T’s Commandments,” on which the former “A-Team” star spit rhymes about topics including saying no to drugs, honoring your parents and doing your homework.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Toby Canham, Getty Images)
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Hulk HoganWe’re still deciding whether or not Hogan’s 1995 album “Hulk Rules” is the best or the worst move of his career. Recorded with his Wrestling Boot Band, the album includes several rock, pop and rap songs that inadvertently wander into the category of “so bad they’re good again.” Highlights include the stellar track “Beach Patrol (sample lyric: “We are the beach patrol / We want to party, party, party” and “Hulkster in Heaven,” about a “true” story involving a young Hulkamaniac who died an early death.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images)
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Rodney Dangerfie...At the peak of his fame in 1983, bug-eyed comedian Rodney Dangerfield decided for reasons unknown to record a rap song called, appropriately, “Rappin’ Rodney,” on which he essentially took his most famous punchlines ("I don't get no respect!”) and forced them into a clunky rhyme scheme. The idea worked: The album of the same name debuted in the Billboard Top 40.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Hulton Archive, Getty Images)
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Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears became the first professional sports team to score a bona fide pop hit with their 1985 rap “Super Bowl Shuffle,” which hit No. 41 on the Billboard charts. Twenty-seven years later, no one is extolling the virtues of William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s rap skills, but the song remains a kitschy piece of American pop history.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Amy Sancetta, AP Images)
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Shaquille O’NealShaq Daddy’s foray into music is notable not because he was talented, but because he was just so serious. He released four perfectly awful albums alongside fellow successful terrible rapper Diddy. One of them even went platinum, leading to guest spots alongside luminaries like Snoop Dogg and Michael Jackson, most likely because everyone was too afraid to tell the seven-foot, 325-pound Shaq Diesel that he was Shaq Devoid of Talent.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images)
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Brian Austin Gre...Before he was best known as Mr. Megan Fox, Green was busy playing the character of David Silver on the original “90210.” In 1996, he took an unfortunate sidestep into music and recorded a rap album, “One Stop Carnival.” All Music called the album “pallid, uninspired, and insufferably arrogant, with no acknowledgement that its very existence rests solely on Green's limited success as a secondary actor on a fading prime-time drama.” Ouch. - Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Andrew H. Walker, Getty Images)
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David FaustinoThe man best known as Bud Bundy tried to parlay his waning fame into a music career in 1992 under the name D’ Lil. His album “Balistyx,” which shares a name with a Los Angeles nightclub owned by Faustino, yielded one terrible single, “I Told Ya.” Sample lyric: “Little D standing tall at five-foot-three / Yeah, but I’m as dope as can be … I got more flavor than the bar candy Kit Kat / and when it comes to Kitty Kats I gotta wear a jimmy hat.” Mmmmkay.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Michael Caulfield, Getty Images)
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Ron JeremySomehow, after appearing in some 1,500 porn films, Ron “The Hedgehog” Jeremy somehow found the energy to attempt a music career. His debut single “Freak of the Week” actually managed to impact the Billboard hip-hop charts, despite the fact that he spent the entire song rapping about his lil’ hedgehog.- Xfinity Music Staff (Photo: Michael Caulfield, Getty Images)
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