Recently, Elvis Costello was on The Colbert Report. He sang one of his songs. That was fine. Then Stephen Colbert sang with Elvis Costello. It was the famous Everly Brothers song "All I Have to Do is Dream" that they sang for their duet. Many other artists have sung that song, but it's a tribute to Stephen that he overshadows everyone anytime he does something.
Here's the proof. Of all the people who have done this song, only a few get mentioned on the Wikipedia page about the song. Colbert is of course mentioned.
This brings me to my point, and I do have one. Why doesn't Stephen Colbert do an album with other famous artists of favorite songs? He really does sing great. I would buy that CD in a heartbeat.
Here's some suggestions:
Barry Manilow - Ready to Take a Chance Again
Tony Bennett - The Best is Yet to Come
Carole King - Beautiful
Cher - I Got You Babe
Ricky Martin - Y Todo Queda en Nada
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
James Taylor - Copperline
Phoebe Snow - Don't Let Me Down
Mick Jagger - Beast of Burden
Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
Keane - Everybody's Changing
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
There. That's a nice even dozen suggestions. Now get busy Stephen. Make those contacts. Line up a studio. Sing those songs. I bet you could pump out five albums with sixty different artists in sixty days.
You just know that you will give all those artists the famous "Colbert Bump".
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