Born: March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Active In: 60's, 90's, 2000's
The crew of the Starship Enterprise no longer soars through the galaxy under the command of %Captain James T. Kirk, but they continue to inhabit the airwaves on a number of pop and rock recordings. The Vulcan %Mr. Spock, aka Leonard Nimoy, %Lieutenant Uhura, aka Nichelle Nichols, and several others from the series' next generation of actors have released albums, and %Kirk -- actually his alter ego, William Shatner -- is still commander of the pack. His spoken-word recordings of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" from The Transformed Man album in 1968 may be considered classic camp, but Shatner's delivery of those and other numbers long remained in the public's consciousness.
An Oratorio in Three Parts
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