Baseball Songs

Here's what was on the "baseball songs" playlist on Jim's iPod, listened to during the Baseball-Related Program Activities trip. If your browser's working right, spoken-word recordings are in red; radio jingles and such are in green. Click on the "Audio" link next to some of the jingles to hear them.

And now you can easily buy many of the songs through iTunes! Just click any of the linked songs below.

Special Bonus: An audio excerpt from Jim and Levi's appearance with Maura on WPRB! (Caution: This is a fairly large MP3 -- over 8 MB.)

Song Artist Album/Notes
(Love Is Like a) Baseball Game The Intruders Baseball's Greatest Hits
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request Steve Goodman Baseball's Greatest Hits
ABC Monday Night Baseball TV theme  
All Hail to the Fighting Cardinals (Audio) KWK Radio station jingle
America's Great National Pastime The Byrds Farther Along
Ballad of a Ballgame Christine Lavin Beau Woes and Other Problems
Baseball Michael Franks The Best of Michael Franks: A Backwards Glance
Baseball Blues Claire Hamill Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Baseball Card Lover Rockin' Ritchie Ray Baseball's Greatest Hits
Baseball Dreams The Naturals with Mel Allen Baseball's Greatest Hits
Baseball on the Block John McCutcheon Family Garden
Baseball Theme Vince Guaraldi A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Baseball, Baseball Jane Morgan with George Barnes Quintet Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World Russ Hodges Baseball's Greatest Hits
Bogey on Baseball Humphrey Bogart Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Bye-Bye, Baby KSFO Radio station jingle
Casey at the Bat DeWolf Hopper Baseball's Greatest Hits
Catch Royal-Mania Kansas City Royals Team jingle
Catchers Drummers Anchormen Eddie from Ohio I Rode Fido Home
Catfish Joe Cocker The Anthology
Centerfield John Fogerty Centerfield
Charlie Brown and His All-Stars George Winston Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi
D-O-D-G-E-R-S (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley) Danny Kaye Baseball's Greatest Hits
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? Count Basie and His Orchestra Baseball's Greatest Hits
Dock Ellis S.F. Seals Baseball Trilogy
Hammerin' Hank's Historic Homer Milo Hamilton Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Hey, Boston, I'm Looking for Some Action (Audio) WMEX Radio station jingle
I Feel So Bad Elvis Presley 2nd to None
I Love Mickey Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer Baseball's Greatest Hits
Intro: Mr. Cub Ernie Banks Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
It's a Beautiful Day for a Ball Game The Harry Simeone Songsters Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Joe Dimaggio Done It Again Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio Les Brown & His Orchestra, Featuring Betty Bonney Baseball's Greatest Hits
S.F. Seals Baseball Trilogy
Knock It Out the Park Sam & Dave with the Dixie Flyers Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Lee Elia Press Conference, April 29, 1983 Lee Elia  
Let's Keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn Phil Foster Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech Lou Gehrig Baseball's Greatest Hits
Meet the Mets New York Mets Team jingle
Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry) Bill Slayback Baseball's Greatest Hits
Na Na Hey Hey The C. Norman Ensemble of the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Night Game Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years
Opening Day The Folk Implosion The Folk Implosion
Piazza New York Catcher Belle & Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Play Ball The Tokens Oldies Are Now
Play-by-Play (I Saw It on the Radio) Terry Cashman Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Right Field Peter, Paul and Mary Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Robbie-Doby-Boogie Brownie McGhee Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) The Treniers Baseball's Greatest Hits
Sounds Like Baltimore Sports (WBAL and the Orioles) (Audio) WBAL Radio station jingle
Sounds Like the Giants Have Come to Play KNBR Radio station jingle
T.E.A.M. (The Baseball Game) You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Original Cast Original Cast Recording
Talkin' Softball Terry Cashman Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons
Take a Giant Step (Audio) KNBR Radio station jingle
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Bruce Springstone Baseball's Greatest Hits
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Edward Meeker Recording from approx. 1908
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Kathleen Holeman Don't You Wonder?
Take Me Out to the Ballgame The Pittsburghers 1948 National Quartet Champions
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Excerpt) Doc and Merle Watson Baseball's Greatest Hits
That Last Home Run McKinley Mitchell with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
That's the Baseball News Today WBZ Radio station jingle
The Ball Game Sister Wynona Carr Baseball's Greatest Hits
The Ballad of Denny McLain S.F. Seals Baseball Trilogy
The Ballad of John Rocker (Club Version) Tim Wilson Hillbilly Homeboy
The Baseball Song Tim Flannery Highway Song
The Bingo Long Song (Steal On Home) Thelma Houston Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
The Cubbies Are Rockin' M.C. Gary/D.J. Barry and the Aggregation Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
The First Baseball Game Nat King Cole Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
The Game for All America (A Definition of Baseball) Ernie Harwell Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
The Land of Wrigley Stormy Weather Baseball's Greatest Hits
The Philadelphia Fillies Del Reeves Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
The Phillies (Audio) WFIL Radio station jingle
The Pirates Are What We're All About (Audio) KDKA Radio station jingle
The St. Louis Browns Skip Battin Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
The Wizard of Oz Sam Bush King of My World
Tiger Baseball Comes Your Way (Audio) WWJ Radio station jingle
Tommy Lasorda Talkin' About Dave Kingman Tommy Lasorda Baseball's Greatest Hits
Van Lingle Mungo Dave Frischberg Baseball's Greatest Hits
Walter Johnson Jonathan Richman You Must Ask the Heart
We Are the Champions Big Blue Wrecking Crew Baseball's Greatest Hits
What Bothers the Spaceman? Mono Puff Unsupervised
What Sparks a Champion? Wheaties Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Who's on First? Abbott & Costello Baseball's Greatest Hits
Will You Be Ready at the Plate (When Jesus Throws the Ball) Elmo & Patsy Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2
Willie, Mickey & the Duke (Talkin' Baseball) Terry Cashman Baseball's Greatest Hits
World Series '57 John McCutcheon John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Autumn Songs
World Series 1983 TV theme  
Yankee Baseball, Talkradio 77 WABC (Audio) WABC Radio station jingle
You've Got to Have Heart Damn Yankees Original Cast Baseball's Greatest Hits: Let's Play 2

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