Wdam Radio's Greatest Baseball Hits
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THE MUSIC FAN'S SCORECARD TO WDAM RADIO'S GREATEST BASEBALL HITS It's a hit! WDAM Radio's "Greatest Baseball Hits" is the greatest roster of songs about baseball of ever assembled on one team of MP3 files! The WDAM Sports Department has scouted our famous Groove Yard (one of the largest collections of recorded music this side...or any side...of Cooperstown) to find the most major and minor league melodies you could ever imagine – from "America's Greatest Imaginary Station." In addition to these diamond discs and all-star anthems, our lineup also includes memorable play-by-play moments, just as you might have heard them on the radio. And in between innings, we pinch hit some selected baseball movie themes. You'll need a scorecard to truly enjoy this collection, so we have provided one, along with important stats about the songs, on the pages that follow.” These stats include the year, and for those recordings that actually made Billboard magazine's pop music charts, the highest position reached is designated by "#." Many of these selections are particularly rare (and they are labeled as such), so you won't find them at your favorite music source or sports store. Obviously, WDAM Radio's "Greatest Baseball Hits" is in a league of its own. All of us at the station hope you'll have as much fun with this collection as we did assembling it! Play ball! Radio Dave 0001. Mr. Announcer & The WDAM Radio Singers – “Station Identification” 0002. Harry Simeone Songsters – "It's A Beautiful For A Ballgame" (1960) 0003. John Frigg – "Chicago Cubs Song" (1987) 0004. Jody Davis, Leon Durham, Keith Moreland, Gary Woods, & Rick Sutcliffe – "Men In Blue" (1984) 0005. Alan Barcus – "You're My Cubs" (1987) 0006. Beach Boys – "Here Comes The Cubs" (1987) 0007. Beach Boys – "Cubby Safari" (1987) 0008. Steve Goodman – "Go Cubs Go" (1984) 0009. Spike O'Dell & the Right Fielders – "Andre's Army" (1987) 0010. Harry Caray – "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" (1987) 0011. Steve Goodman – "A Dying Cub Fan's Request" (1981) 0012. Bleacher Boys – "Jody, Jody Davis" (1984) 0013. Aggregation – "The Cubbies Are Rockin'" (1989) 0014. Ernie Banks – "Mr. Cub" (August 8, 1977) 0015. Ernie Banks [with Jack Brickhouse] – "Teamwork" (1984?) 0016. Roger Bain – "Thanks Mr. Banks" (1979) [Rare] 0017. Danny Long – "Cubbie Blue" (1984) 0018. Gerry Grossman – "We Love The Cubs (Say 'Yeah')" (1985) 0019. Cleaning Ladies – "When the Cubs Win The World Series" (1998) 0020. Stormy Weather – "The Land Of Wrigley" [based on the classic hit, "Let The Good Times Roll"] (1985) 0021. Chicago Cubs – "Pennant Fever" [based on the classic hit, Fever] (1969) 0022. John Frigo, Orchestra & Chorus – "After 39 Years" [saluting the 1984 NL West champion Cubs] (1984) 0023. Steam – "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (White Sox Theme)" (#1/1969) 0024. Terry Cashman – "Talkin' Baseball – Chicago White Sox" (1982) 0025. Nylons – "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (White Sox Theme)" (#12/1987) 0026. Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers [with L'il Wally & His Orchestra] – "Let's Go Go White Sox" (1959) 0027. Stormy Weather – "'59 Fever" (1983) 0028. Wayne Champion – "Spree Of '83" (1983) 0029. L'il Richard & His Orchestra – "Chicago White Sox" (1983) 0030. Frank Thomas – "3-5 The Chicago White Sox Got 'Em Open Up Wide" (1997) 0031. American Breed – "Rock With The Sox" (1993) 0032. Bruce Springstone – "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" (1982) 0033. Ernie Harwell – "The Game For All America (A Definition Of Baseball)" (1955) 0034. Terry Cashman – "Talkin' Baseball – Detroit Tigers" (1982) 0035. Doug Weiss – “Tigerholic” (1984) 0036. Ernie Harwell – "Denny McClain's 30th Victory" (1968) 0037. Denny McLain [Of The Detroit Tigers With His Quintet] – "Extra Innings" (1968) 0038. San Francisco Seals [named for legendary, defunct minor league baseball team] – "Ballad Of Denny McClain" (1993) 0039. Artie Fields – "Go Get "Em, Tigers" [created for National Bank Of Detroit as a promotional record] (1967) 0040. Ernie Harwell – "Detroit Tigers Win Pennant" (1968) 0041. Jose Feliciano – "Star Spangled Banner" [as performed at fifth game of the 1968 Tigers/Cardinals World Series] (#50/1968) 0042. Kevin J. Gallagher – "From Cobb To Kell To Kaline" (1991) 0043. Kevin J. Gallagher – "The Great Voice Of The Great Lakes (Ernie Harwell Tribute)" (1991) 0044. Sun Messengers With Tyrone Hamilton & The Bleacher Creatures – "Tiger Dynasty" (1984) 0045. Carl & Brenda – "Go Bird Go" (1976) 0046. Shirley Stringham – "Mark The Bird" (–/1976) 0047. Mary Yenchick – "Tigers Are Back (In The Swing)" (1987) 0048. Curtis Gadson & Loren Woods – "Bless You Boys (This Is The Year" [theme of the world champion 1984 Detroit Tigers] (1984) 0049. Little Tino & The Hawaiians – "Crazy 'Bout Those Tigers" (1984) 0050. York Mills Trio – "Sockit To 'Em Tigers" (1968) 0051. Costa & Chyps – "Detroit City Cats" [dedicated to both the Detroit Tigers and Lions!] (1982) 0052. Wally Pleasant – "The Ballad Of Ty Cobb" (1997) 0053. The Original Brothers And Sisters Of Love – “Michigan And Trumbull” (2002) 0054. Ken R. – "Star Spangled Summer (Toledo Mudhens' Fight Song)" [Detroit Tigers AAA Farm Club] (1985) 0055. Carly Simon – "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" (1994) 0056. Abbott & Costello – "Who's On First?" (1945) 0057. Red Barber – “Joe DiMaggio Radio Call” (1937) 0058. Les Brown & His Orchestra [featuring Betty Bonney] – "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" (1941) 0059. San Francisco Seals – "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" [He once played for the San Francisco Seals minor league team in the Pacific Coast League.] (1993) 0060. Jumpin Jupitor – “Joe DiMaggio Done It Again” (2002) 0061. Kinky Friedman – “Marilyn & Joe” (2002) 0062. Treniers & Willie Mays – "Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)" (1954) 0063. Johnny Long & His Orchestra – "Say Hey, Willie Mays" (1955) 0064. Larry Hosford – "Homerun Willie" (1977) 0065. Ron Rogers – “Willie Mays” (2003) 0066. Terry Cashman – "Willie, Mickey & The Duke" (1981) 0067. Teresa Brewer & Mickey Mantle – "I Love Mickey" (#87/1956) 0068. Casey Stengel & Mickey Mantle – "Congressional Hearings" (1958) 0069. Chip Monk – "Mickey Mantle Rookie Card" (1998) 0070. Tom Russell – “The Kid From Spavinaw” (2003) 0071. Terry Cashman – “Seasons In The Sun” (1999) 0072. Terry Smith – “Mickey’s Gone” (2002) 0073. Bob Wolff – “Jackie Robinson Baseball Call/6th Game Of The 1956 Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series” (1956) 0074. Buddy Johnson – "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" [original version] (#17-Pop & #13/R&B/1949) 0075. Count Basie & His Orchestra [featuring Taps Miller] – "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" (1949) 0076. Natalie Cole – "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball" (1994) 0077. John McCutcheon – "Cross That Line" [based on Pee Wee Reese putting his arm around Jackie Robinson to quiet jeering fans) (2000) 0078 Reverend Jesse Jackson [pianist Marlene Fleming-Dillon] – "Jackie Robinson's Eulogy" [a re-recording of his original eulogy at Jackie Robinson's funeral on October 24, 1972] (1972) 0079. Brownie McGhee – "Robbie-Doby-Boogie" (#85-R&B/1948) 0080. Frankie Mitchell – "Doby's Boogie" [early rhythm & blues classic dedicated to Larry Doby] (–/1949) 0081. Mabel Scott – "Baseball Boogie" (1950) 0082. Bill Slayback [Detroit Tiger pitcher; song written by Ernie Harwell] – "Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)” (1973) 0083. Richard (Popcorn) Wylie – "Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)" (1973) 0084. Nelson Briles [former major league pitcher] – "Hey, Hank" (1974) 0085. Milo Hamilton – Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run" (April 8, 1974) 0086. McKinley Mitchell [with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars] – "That Last Home Run" (1974) 0087. Gary Hoffar – "Hank's 715th" (1974) 0088. Daughters – "Do It Henry" (1974) 0089. Bush Leaguers – "Home Sweet Home Of The Braves" (1957) 0090. Bob Stevens – "Go Get 'Em Braves" [for the world champion 1957 Milwaukee Braves] (1957) 0091. Lew Burdette [shown on label as by "Lew Burdette, 1957 World Series Pitching Hero Of The Milwaukee Braves"] – "Three Strikes And You're Out" (1957) 0092. John McCutcheon – "World Series '57" (1997) 0093. Blackholes – "Warren Spahn" (1966?) 0094. Fans – “Atlanta’s Burnin ‘83” (1983) 0095. Burns-Longquist-Gale – "Brew Crew All The Way" (1982) 0096. Wisco Kid [with Linda & The Blaze] – "Brewers Be Good" [sendup of Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode] (1983) 0097. Wisco Kid [with Linda & The Blaze] – "Brewer Champ Polka" (1983) 0098. Terry Cashman – "Talkin' Baseball – Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, & Oakland A's" (1982) 0099. Jimmy Bee – "Ballad Of Vida Blue, Part 1" (1971) 0100. Jimmy Bee – "Ballad Of Vida Blue, Part 2" (1971) 0101. Albert Jones – "Vida Blue" (1971) 0102. Tom Newton – "Vida Blue" ["B" side of above record; same lyrics performed country style] (1971) 0103. Bob Dylan – "Catfish" (1976) 0104. Kinky Friedman – “Catfish” (1976) 0105. Big Tom White – “The Catfish Kid (The Ballad Of Jim Hunter)” (1976) 0106. Gene McKown – "The Kansas City Royals Are On The Go" (1977) 0107. Toronto Sun Record – "The Whole Town's Talking 'Bout The Blue Jays" (1985) 0108. Terry Cashman – "Play-By-Play (I Saw It On The Radio)" (1990) 0109. Russ Hodges – "Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World" (October 3, 1951) 0110. Larry King – "Remembers Baseball In Brooklyn" (1982) 0111. Allen Swift – "Johnny Podres Has A Halo Around His Head" (1955) (Rare) 0112. Phil Foster [With Music By Rey Ross] – "Let's Keep The Dodgers In Brooklyn" (1957) 0113. Dan Bern – “If The Dodgers Had Stayed In Brooklyn” (2002) 0114. Danny Kaye – "D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (O, Really? No, O'Malley)" (1962) 0115. Maury Wills – "Ballad Of Maury Wills" (1964) 0116. Don Drysdale [Of The Los Angeles Dodgers] – One Love" (1963) 0117. Big Blue Wrecking Crew [Jerry Reuss, Jay Johnstone, Rick Monday, & Steve Yeager] – "We Are The Champions" [based on Queen – We Are The Champions] (1981) 0118. Cookie Brown & The L.A. Fans – "The Hideo Nomo Song" [take-off on calypso classic, Banana Boat (Day-O); see the Eleventh Inning of this series for another version] (1995) 0119.