"D-O-D-G-E-R-S (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley!)" is a song by Danny Kaye on the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Released as a single, the song was included in the Baseball's Greatest Hits album, released in 1989.
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| Single by Danny Kaye | |
| Released | September 1962 |
| Recorded | 1962 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 5:02 |
| Label | Reprise Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Danny Kaye, Sylvia Fine, Herbert Baker |
| Producer(s) | Chuck Sagle |
Kaye, a lifelong Dodgers fan and baseball fanatic, wrote the lyrics to the song while the arrangement was done by Pete King. Sylvia Fine and Herbert Baker composed the music. The song is set during the heated 1962 pennant race betweeen the Dodgers and their rivals the 1962. It describes a fictitious encounter between the two teams which the Dodgers end up winning.[1]
See also
edit- Baseball's Greatest Hits – Greatest baseball songs compilation
- The Sound of the Dodgers – 1965 album with song about the L.A. Dodgers
References
edit- ^ Goldblatt, Andrew (2015). The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 152. ISBN 978-1476613147.