Pretty People Can Sing #2

We all know and love her; the male population maybe more than the rest. She starred in the ever popular (and slightly overrated) Lost in Translation, the blockbuster The Prestige, a slew of Woody Allen films (3) including Match Point, and in my favorite performance to date, indie flick Ghost World.

The effortlessly beautiful Scarlett Johansson is not just an actress anymore world. The native New Yorker is now a full fledged recording artist, with a debut album entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head to be released May 20th of this year. The album, originally entitled Scarlett Sings Tim Waits, is produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and hosts 10 Waits covers and 1 original track. The record will also feature appearances by the quirky Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration.

Now before you go and diss SJ and/or blindly approve of anything she does, take a listen to this cover she did for the non-profit album Unexpected Dreams - Songs from the Stars, the effervescent "Summertime." (Fun Fact: Summertime beats out The Beatles "Yesterday" for the most covered song of all time with around 21,792 live performances and 15,313 recordings. Contrastingly, "Yesterday" has only been covered 2,500 times). I will admit SJ has a tough road ahead of her covering a legend like Tom Waits, but from her vocals on this track alone I'm willing to give the Eight Legged Freaks star a shot. After all, she is pretty.

Scarlett Johansson - Summertime [mp3]

Tomorrow: Upcoming CD releases to watch for and new tour information from Kanye, The Mars Volta, and Of Montreal