They do music too?

[The Raven]

What are some of the better songs made by artists that are more famous for something else?

The Edge - David McCallum (Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" and Dr. Ducky Mallard in "NCIS")

 

[Bluto]

David Soul, "Don't Give Up On Us, Baby"
 

 

[Bluto]

Ringo, by Lorne Greene
 

 

[Bluto]

Steve Martin, playing banjo on Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
 

 

[Tones]

I was never a fan of Thirty Seconds to Mars, but had some friends who were big fans. Didn't realize until recently that Jared Leto was lead man for the band.

[Runcible Owl]

14 hours ago, Bluto said:

Steve Martin, playing banjo on Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
 

 

I couldn't smash both "💙" and "😆". This is dee-lightful. Martin and Earl Scruggs in the band - "Men With Banjos Who Know How To Use Them," with Paul Shaffer on piano. Fun, classic, and virtuoso Bluegrass. Thanks B.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Ready to be impressed by Hugh Laurie? (Aka - "House, M.D.")

He performs an absolute 🔥🔥🔥 version of the old jazz/blues standard "St. James Infirmary" beginning at the 23 minute mark in this video.
 

 

[B-Ball-fan]

I typically think of Will Smith as more of an actor. 

 

[B-Ball-fan]

While I like the original by INXS better, this is an interesting twist to have Bonnie Raitt covering "Need You Tonight". It still has a nice groove about it in Bonnie's sassy little way. 

 

[B-Ball-fan]

The 1981 Soft Cell mash up of the 1965 Gloria Jones released "Tainted Love", with the 1964 The Supremes release of "Where Did our Love Go?".

 

[B-Ball-fan]

The first time I ever heard Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" was Linda Ronstadt's version from her 1975 Prisoner in Disguise album made super famous by Whitney Houston in 1992. 

 

[B-Ball-fan]

Peter Gabriel covering Bon Iver's "Flume". The original is nice, but Gabriel brings such an emotional reverence to the song. 

 

[B-Ball-fan]

Starfkr doing Cyndi Lauper's - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

 

[B-Ball-fan]

The late Charles Bradley, and James Brown impersonator doing Black Sabbath's "Changes" originally released in 1972.

So good, so emotional. 

 

[B-Ball-fan]

Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". This is the first version that I ever heard, and the only one that I can pull off in Karaoke. Most versions tend to be sung in a higher octave with more vocal gymnastics. No matter what this is still my favorite version.