Posted Jul 3rd 2009 5:06PM by Brad Trechak

Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series

I was aware that, like fellow Star Trek icon William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy released an album or two in his day. I wasn't aware, however, that Nimoy made a music video that accompanied one of the songs on those albums.

The song is "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" and was released in 1968 (which was during his run on Star Trek) on an album called The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy. I'm surprised this video did not get more air time on MTV back in the day. Perhaps it should be considered for VH1. More info, and the video, is after the jump.

As I recall, the rest of the cast always had to contend with Shatner's ego back then. Nimoy probably got it slightly worse since Spock was more popular than Kirk. However, having listened to some songs by both actor/singers, Nimoy can be contented with the fact that at least he's the better singer (although not by much).

Tags: Kirk, Leonard Nimoy, LeonardNimoy, Spock, Star Trek, StarTrek, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy, TheBalladOfBilboBaggins, TheTwoSidesOfLeonardNimoy, William Shatner, WilliamShatner