Baseball's Greatest Hits


Baseball's Greatest Hits is the name of two different CD collections of songs and other recordings connected with baseball, released in 1989.
The eclectic collections include vintage songs such as Les Brown's "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" from 1941, Teresa Brewer's 1956 number "I Love Mickey", and Danny Kaye's humorous 1962 recording about the Los Angeles Dodgers. Spoken entries include verbiage such as Russ Hodges' call of Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in 1951, Tommy Lasorda's rant about Dave Kingman, and the Abbott and Costello classic, "Who's on First?".
However, due to licensing restrictions. Rhino was unable to include "Centerfield" by John Fogerty.

''Baseball's Greatest Hits'' (1990)

  1. Take Me Out to the Ball Game – Doc & Merle Watson
  2. Who's on First? – Abbott and Costello
  3. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio – Les Brown and His Orchestra with Betty Bonney and Joe DiMaggio
  4. Say Hey – The Treniers with Willie Mays
  5. I Love Mickey – Teresa Brewer with Mickey Mantle
  6. Van Lingle Mungo – Dave Frishberg
  7. D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song – Danny Kaye
  8. Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? – Count Basie & His Orchestra
  9. Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech July 4, 1939 – Lou Gehrig
  10. Move Over, Babe – Bill Slayback
  11. Take Me Out to the Ball Game – Bruce Springstone
  12. Baseball Game – The Intruders
  13. Willie, Mickey and the Duke – Terry Cashman
  14. The Land of Wrigley – Stormy Weather
  15. A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request – Steve Goodman
  16. The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr
  17. Baseball Dreams – The Naturals
  18. Baseball Card Lover – Rockin' Ritchie Ray
  19. Tommy Lasorda Talking About Dave Kingman's May 14, 1978, game – Tommy Lasorda
  20. We Are the Champions – Big Blue Wrecking Crew
  21. Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World – Russ Hodges
  22. Casey at the Bat – DeWolf Hopper

    ''Baseball's Greatest Hits – Let's Play II'' (1992)

  23. Intro: Baseball Hall Of Fame Induction, Aug. 8, 1977 – Bowie Kuhn and Ernie Banks
  24. It's A Beautiful Day For A Ball Game – The Harry Simeone Songsters
  25. The First Baseball Game – Nat King Cole With Orchestra Conducted by Ralph Carmichael
  26. Robbie-Doby-Boogie – Brownie McGhee
  27. Let's Keep The Dodgers In Brooklyn – Phil Foster with music by Rey Ross
  28. Bogey On Baseball circa 1950 – Humphrey Bogart
  29. Baseball, Baseball – Jane Morgan with George Barnes Quintet
  30. The St. Louis Browns – Skip Battin
  31. You've Gotta Have Heart – from Damn Yankees
  32. Casey and The Mick – Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, and U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver
  33. Right Field – Peter, Paul and Mary
  34. Knock It Out Of The Park – Sam and Dave with The Dixie Flyers
  35. Play-By-Play – Terry Cashman
  36. Hammerin' Hank's Historic Homer – Milo Hamilton
  37. That Last Home Run – McKinley Mitchell
  38. Baseball Blues – Claire Hamill
  39. Will You Be Ready ? – Elmo and Patsy
  40. What Sparks A Champion? – Various Artists
  41. The Philadelphia Phillies – Del Reeves
  42. The Bingo Long Song – Thelma Houston
  43. The Cubbies Are Rockin' – M.C. Gary/D.J. Barry & The Aggregation
  44. The Game For All America – Ernie Harwell
  45. Na Na Hey Hey – The C. Norman Ensemble of The First Baptist Church of Crown Heights