Elvis Stojko took his rock-and-roll attitude to the record studio. The Canadian figure skating legend is planning to release an album. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Carl Lewis
Ben Johnson lost his 1988 Olympic gold medal for taking anabolic steroids. The good taste authorities may want to consider stripping American sprinter Carl Lewis of a few of his nine Olympic medals after watching his video for Break It Up.

Lewis’s foray into music was both hilarious and confusing. The only thing cheesier and more laughable than the song Break It Up is the accompanying music video.

Images of an out-of-tune Lewis lip-synching and lifting weights are spliced together with race footage. The editing and effects look straight out of a Grade 8 TV journalism class. Toward the end of the video, Lewis parties it up with an elderly woman in a hot tub before inexplicably taking the party into the sauna. Bizarre doesn’t even begin to describe this one. Hey Carl, I want those three-plus minutes of my life back.

Can’t get enough Carl? For those daring enough, check out Lewis's famed butchering of the Star Spangled Banner at an NBA game. Yikes.

Muhammad Ali takes on Mr. Tooth Decay
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali used furious glove work to knock out plenty of opponents in his day, but he likely put more people to sleep in one swoop with this plaque-fighting production. In Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay, the former heavyweight champ lectures kids on the importance of good oral hygiene.

In one segment, Frank Sinatra appears as an evil ice cream man trying to corrupt kiddies with sugar-filled delights. Several guest star appearances and tooth-brushing tips later, it all leads to one mighty battle between Ali and ol' Mr. Tooth Decay with play-by-play provided by none other than famed broadcaster Howard Cosell. This album is a must-have for any kitsch record collection.

The Super Bowl Shuffle and the team singalong
Celebrity singalongs were all the rage in the mid-1980s. We Are The World. Do They Know It’s Christmas? And who could forget Tears Are Not Enough? These star-packed ensembles helped raise millions of dollars for African famine relief.

Athletes also got in on the group-singing act in the '80s, but the results were far less charitable. About the only thing these musical offerings brought the world were lame air guitar riffs and laughable attempts at "rapping."

The most notable sports team effort came courtesy of the 1985 Chicago Bears. The eventual NFL champs, under the name of Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, released a single and music video called The Super Bowl Shuffle. It was a pop culture sensation, landing on the Billboard charts and even earned a Grammy nomination.

The Shuffle had simple and catchy lyrics, but more importantly, was used as a vehicle to showcase the different personalities on the Bears. It was a smash hit, even if some of the rhyming made the Wedding Singers granny sound straight from the street.

The song spawned a series of other team songs, including the ultra-cheesy Let's Go Mets for the New York Mets' 1986 World Series run and an even more cheddar-injected ditty from the 1987 Calgary Flames called Red Hot.

This promotional Flames video must be seen to be believed. Unlike the Shufflin' Bears, the Flames didn't perform their vocal tracks, opting instead for the Milli Vanilli approach. The only thing worse than the abysmal lip-synching by the likes of Lanny McDonald and a young Brett Hull is the dreadful instrument "playing" by the backup band. How hard is it to fake playing a trumpet, really?

Disco Guy Lafleur
Former Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur had an arsenal of slick on-ice moves. But who'd have thought he could also light up a discotheque? The hockey legend released one of the more memorable Canadian athlete novelty albums with his 1979 hockey instructional record, set to disco beats, of course.

Sounds too good (or bad) to be true, eh? Check out this classic CBC Television clip of Disco Guy and a collection of hipsters gettin' down to The Flower's groovy power-play tips. Hard to believe it only took Lafleur five days to lay down such lyrical wizardry.

Phil Esposito, Marcel Dionne and gang
This is not a joke. The following novelty single really exists and continues to swap hands on Internet auction sites at any given time.

One side features Phil Esposito and the Ranger Rockers singing a 1950s-inspired tune dubbed the Hockey Sock Rock. Espo is joined by fellow New York teammates Ron Duguay, Pat Hickey, Dave Maloney and John Davidson.

The flipside of this 1979 release boasts former L.A. Kings linemates Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor performing Please Forgive My Misconduct Last Night. Need some more incentive to track down this 45 RPM record? The singles are produced by Canadian actor/television presenter Alan Thicke.

Jacques Villeneuve
It’s been nearly a decade since Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve has won a Formula One event. His promising racing career has been derailed of late due to disappointing results and he recently split with his team, BMW-Sauber, after years of inconsistency on the track.

But Villeneuve is now searching for success in another venue – singing. Villeneuve released the single Accepterais-tu? and a full-length record just hit store shelves. In the video for Accepterais-tu?, a pensive-looking Villeneuve sits in the mountains, strumming a guitar, and doing his best vocal impersonation of a French Bob Dylan. Emphasis on the word impersonation.

Oscar De La Hoya and Roy Jones Jr.
Sometimes being a world champion sportsman just isn't enough. Both Oscar De La Hoya and Roy Jones Jr. – two of the best boxers of their generation – have waded into the music world in recent years with respective solo albums.

De La Hoya's self-titled debut, released in 2000, is mostly a mixture of English and Spanish pop ballads. The effort earned the popular pugilist a Grammy nomination for best Latino pop recording.

Roy Jones Jr.'s rap CD, entitled Round One: The Album, includes the single Ya'll Must've Forgot and other gems such as Who Wanna Get Knocked Out, You Damn Right and You Don’t Wanna Go There. Here's the gist of Jones's rhymes. Roy Jones is tremendous. Everyone else is a pretender. Just saved you 20 bucks.

Bernie Williams
New York Yankees outfielder has another serious love away form the baseball diamond. The five-time all-star is also a classically trained guitarist and songwriter. Williams released a critically acclaimed instrumental album called The Journey Within in 2003.

A mix of classical, jazz and Latin guitar, Williams displays something on his CD that many of the other athletes moonlighting as musicians lack. Talent.

Shaq and hip hop hoops
As a rapper, Shaquille O'Neal is a great basketball player. The big man with the super-sized personality to match has served up a handful of rap releases since jumping into acting and performing in the early 1990s. And, well, let's just say Shaq Diesel is no threat to knock Jay-Z, 50 Cent or Kanye West off their hip hop perches anytime soon.

You can say one thing about O'Neal. The 13-time all-star certainly has been prolific over the past 13 years, releasing Shaq Diesel, Shaq Fu – Da Return, You Can't Stop the Reign, Respect and, yes, even The Best of Shaquille O'Neal.

O'Neal is just one of a handful of NBA stars to step up to the mic. Chris Webber, Kobe Bryant and Tony Parker each have tried their hand at rapping. One of the most famous of all NBA rhymesters was Jewels (a.k.a. Allen Iverson). The Philadelphia 76ers star recorded an album called 40 Bars. The explicit and controversial nature of the lyrics leaked out before the album was released, creating a media firestorm and keeping the CD from ever seeing the light of day.

Johnny Bower
Hall of Fame hockey goaltender Johnny Bower was content stopping pucks for a living and never had any intention to cut a record. That was until songwriter Chris Young went to Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1965-66 NHL season to see if any members of the Toronto Maple Leafs wanted to help him out on a couple of songs he'd written.

Bower, never a trained singer, agreed to lend his vocals to the songs after Young told him the record proceeds would be donated to charity.

Not long after, Bower found himself in a CBC studio with a group of kids and musicians performing Honky the Christmas Goose and Banjo the Mule under the name Johnny Bower and Little John with the Rinky-Dinks.

The end result was a success. Honky the Christmas Goose made it all the way to No. 29 on the Canadian charts and become a memorable piece of sports/pop culture history. Not bad for an accidental songster.