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Ken Burns' PBS documentary on our national pasttime is every bit as moving and profound as you'd expect from the man who created The Civil War . This album, the soundtrack to the series, "sports" such classic baseball songs as Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? , both the old Count Basie version and a new one by Natalie Cole, and Take Me Out to the Ball Game done by Bruce Hornsby and Dr. John, plus songs by Duke Ellington, Les Brown, King Curtis, Blind Willie Johnson...a roster of artists spanning 100 years of baseball!
CONDITION: NEW, Promotional printed on front cover
TRACK LISTING
Garrison Keilor* Walt Whitman (Quote) 0:48
–Jacqueline Schwab Take Me Out To The Ball Game 1:34
–The Big League Orchestra The Star-Spangled Banner 1:30
–Jacqueline Schwab Hurrah For Our National Game 1:16
–Harvey Hindermyer Take Me Out To The Ball Game 2:04
–Dodworth Saxhorn Band Gee, It's A Wonderful Game 2:48
–Ossie Davis Sol White (Quote From History Of Colored Baseball) / Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground 1:01
–Bobby Horton Steal Away 2:10
–Babe Ruth (2) Babe Ruth Radio Call (1927) 0:17
–The New York Hawks Club House Stomp 1:30
–The National Pastime Orchestra If You Can't Make A Hit At A Ballgame, You Can't Make A Hit With Me 3:27
–Lester Young With Count Basie And His Orchestra* Pound Cake 2:43
–Jacqueline Schwab The Minstrel Boy 1:37
–Red Barber Joe DiMaggio Radio Call 0:23
–Les Brown and His Orchestra Featuring Betty Bonney Joltin' Joe DiMaggio 2:51
–Ossie Davis Kansas City Call (Quote) 0:44
–Jacqueline Schwab The Star-Spangled Banner 1:16
–Duke Ellington The New Black-And-Tan Fantasy 2:40
–Bob Wolff Jackie Robinson Radio Call (1956) 0:22
–Natalie Cole Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? 2:57
–Mabel Scott Baseball Boogie 2:46
–Russ Hodges Bobby Thompson's Shot Heard 'Round The World 1:24
–King Curtis Take Me Out To The Ball Game 2:07
–The Treniers Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) 3:09
–George Rabbai Take Me Out To The Ball Game 1:01
–M. Hamilton (3) With Jacqueline Schwab And Studs Terkel Henry Aaron Radio Call / When You And I Were Young Maggie / The New York Times (Quote) 2:09
–Dr. John Take Me Out To The Ball Game 2:51
–Reverend Jessie Jackson* With Jacqueline Schwab Eulogy For Jackie Robinson / Steal Away 2:07
–Carly Simon Take Me Out To The Ball Game 2:52
–Amy Madigan The Sporting News (Quote) 0:35
–Branford Marsalis And Bruce Hornsby The Star-Spangled Banner 2:18
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