Listening to last.fm today, I pulled up a song from John Pizzarelli. From his bio page:
In addition to being a bandleader, radio personality and solo performer, John has been a special guest on recordings for major pop names such as James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Tom Wopat,…
waitaminnit. Tom Wopat. Tom Wopat?
I grew up on the Dukes of Hazzard, sure, but I wouldn’t have said Tom Wopat was a major pop name. Certainly not up there with James Taylor and Natalie Cole.
According to Wikipedia, he in fact has started a musical career. I wouldn’t say that makes him a “major” name, maybe like a D-list version of Hasslehoff. This surely is one of the four signs of the Apocalypse.
UPDATE: Apparently, he’s not half bad. That’s his voice you hear. Thanks, Ernie!
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Oh yeah, he is definitely NOT Hasslehoff. I got to see him and Bernadette do Annie Get Your Gun when I was in New York and it was great.
And on a side note, I guess I am just not a mash up girl because that just feels so wrong to me. Anime singing Annie Get Your Gun!?!
Check this duet out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8fA5M2r-5NI
I saw Tom Wopat in the Broadway revival of “Annie Get Your Gun” with Reba MacEntyre a while back, and remember being quite impressed with his singing voice, especially for someone not known as having a history in the musical theater. So I’m sure he’d have a fairly successful recording career. Like you said, if “The Hoff” can do it…
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