Best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, philanthropist, and singer William Shatner embarked on a music career in 1968 with The Transformed Man. The thespian revealed himself to be as startlingly adept in tragedy as in comedy, and his spoken word renderings of pop hits and readings from classic plays quickly became a camp classic. He would spend the next 50 years cultivating that image, releasing a slew of albums like Has Been (2004), Seeking Major Tom (2011), Why Not Me (2018), and Bill (2021) that covered everything from rock, prog, blues, and country to Christmas songs in his signature style. Wikipedia
Best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, philanthropist, and singer William Shatner embarked on a music career in 1968 with The Transformed Man. The thespian revealed himself to be as startlingly adept in tragedy as in comedy, and his spoken...