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Introduction by baseball
commissioner Bud Selig and a foreword
by Carly Simon; Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of
"Take Me out to the Ball Game" by Andy
Strasberg, Bob Thompson, & Tim Wiles
was published in 2008 by Hal Leonard
Corporation. A song written in 1908 by
Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer,
"Take Me out to the Ball Game"
eventually became the official anthem
of baseball.
The authorized tie-in book to the 100th anniversary of this beloved song.
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is the
third most frequently sung song in
America, after "Happy Birthday" and
"The Star-Spangled Banner," and you'd
be hard-pressed to find an American who
doesn't know the words. With the
release of this special edition,
full-color, hardcover book, the
complete story of the song is
presented, taking us on a fascinating
journey into how "Ball Game" has come
to take a unique place in our cultural
landscape.
With images of historical newspaper clippings, baseball cards, sheet
music, movie stills, ballplayers at the
mic, and of course, Harry Caray leading
the crowd at Wrigley, Baseball's
Greatest Hit also comes packaged with a
CD of 16 rare and classic recordings,
including performances by:
1. Fred
Lambert (1911)
2. Leroy Holmes and his
Orchestra (1951)
3. National Pastime Orchestra
(1989)
4. Dr. John (1994)
5. The Ray Brown Trio (1991)
6. Frank Rosolino (1980)
7. Arturo Sandoval (1998)
8. Johnny Guarnieri (1976) |
9. George Winston (1999)
10. Bruce Springstone (1983)
11. Albatross
12. Bob Stevens (1958)
13. Eddie Burleton's Band
(1957)
14. David Wiess
15. Don Ippolito (1955)
16.
Haray Caray (1978)
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Baseball's Greatest Hit is a gorgeous celebration, not only of a song, but
of baseball, music, pop culture, and
the creative ways that Americans have
always taken popular music and made it
their own. And as the book traces the
song's evolution over the last 100
years, it also traces the evolution of
American culture from the early days of
Tin Pan Alley and sheet music pluggers;
through the early role of women as
baseball players and fans; through
movie musicals, baseball's expansion
west, rock and roll, and modern
ballparks; right up to the present-day
when in July 2007 more than 50 Hall of
Famers came together to sing "Take Me
Out to the Ball Game" in Cooperstown.
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