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"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Tin Pan Alley's legendary composer and music publisher Albert Von Tilzer and lyricist Jack Norworth penned their grand-slam hit song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in April 1908. Within weeks it was debuted (possibly by Norworth), registered for copyright, and published with more than thirty different cameo photos of vaudeville stars on the cover. It was promoted by those singers in movie houses and theaters while a set of hand-painted glass lantern slides flashed across the silver screen. Like a triple play, the subtitle for this hit went from "Sensational Baseball Song" to "The Famous Baseball Song" and finally in 1949 to "The Official Baseball Song." It has been featured in more than 1,200 movies, television shows, and commercials and has been recorded by more than 400 artists whose arrangements include classical, jazz, barbershop quartets, and blues, among others. Baseball's greatest hit is considered the third most popular song in the United States today -- after "Happy Birthday" and the national anthem. |