Danny Kaye - "D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song" with Steve Somers

[MusicUCanSee]

Fictitious.

[dodgercpkl]

I've loved singing this at Dodgers home and away games through the years! My favorite memory of it, was singing it to one of the Dodgers radio personnel at a local softball party he was part of. So much fun and he loved it!

[Maxwell1901]

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Los Angeles was singing this song word for word with two other guys on the bus back from a Dodgers game when the song played over the public address. You can hear Danny Kaye imitating Al Jolson circa 1:44 when he's singing about Willie Mays. And what does O'Malley do?

[IChewieK9]

In 1962 I was nine. My older sister bought the single and we played this record a thousand times. We lived in the San Fernando Valley and were Dodger fans forever.

When I listened to this my lips automatically started moving and singing along. I didn't even think about what the words were! Somethings you just don't forget! And I'm glad the Dodger/Giants rivalry is coming back!

[nicrocks123]

@IChewieK9 Sucks that someone had to get hurt over it though.

[omgfaglolz]

I met Maury Wills at a Dodgers event yesterday. When he signed my baseball card, I sang "Maury Wills I love you so!".... I don't think he got it :/

[mgwilliams1000]

A Farm Club bat boy from 1968 ( won't tell where.. HA) Bleed Dodger Blue every year. And yes, loved seeing the Giant's win it all.

[jsense26]

@mgwilliams1000 hope you did cuase it ain't happening this year!

[Goodwrenchjjs]

I also have the 45 rpm

[ChickenFriedBacon]

And I do own an original copy of the 45 rpm record.

[JayBassoon]

@ChickenFriedBacon Thanks for your comments! Is "Casey at the Bat" really on the flipside of the 45?

[ChickenFriedBacon]

@JayBassoon I believe so, but he does it in an a "Japanese" voice. Kind of stupid, and politically incorrect nowadays.

[ChickenFriedBacon]

PS - I was at one of those games at Candlestick when they made a puddle by first base. The umpires made them put sand in it. It was embarrassing.

[ChickenFriedBacon]

Yes, the song came out during the season. I'm a Giants fan, and was around 13 at the time. When the song came out, the Dodgers were in first place, and when Danny asks, "Do you think we'll really win the pennant?" I assumed that the Dodgers would. I remember listening to the radio the last day of the season. The Cardinals needed to beat the Dodgers in order for the Giants to tie. I believe the game went into extra innings and someone, maybe Tim McCarver, homered for the Cards, who won.

[rbirobi]

Another bit of silliness from that season. I August, the two teams played a three-game series at Candlestick. Marty Schwab, the Giants' groundskeeper watered the area around first base until it became a lake. All to slow down the Dodger running game. In early September, Dodger fans had taken to calling Giant manager Alvin Dark the "Swamp Fox" and Dodger fans took duck calls to the four games in that series.

[rbirobi]

I think this song came out around late June or early July of 1962 when it became apparent that the Giants and Dodgers would compete for the pennant all year. I was 13 at the time and remember KSFO (the flagship station of the Giants) playing the song quite a bit.

[keca1430]

Great song from a by-gone era. How about 1963, when the Dodgers swept the mighty Yankees 4-straight games to win the World Series... Hey, even Vin Scully was first a Giants fan when he was growing up in New York.

[KingKoopaHD]

Fuck LA

[rebscott2]

Wow...what great memories for me. I was 12 when this song was popular and I spent every minute that I could glued to my transistor radio and listening to the games. I don't bleed Dodger Blue anymore, but I sure did then and I could sing Danny Kaye's song - word for word - for several years thereafter.

[onigiriman1215]

I used to own this 45 back in the day and treasured it dearly. But alas after four or five moves across country and overseas, it is gone. I found myself singing with the song, surprised I still remember the lyrics--The Miller, Hiller, Haller bit is too precious!. Thanks for the memories.

[redlandsca]

Boy, does this bring back memories. I remember my dad buying the record for me at Dodger Stadium when I was about 10 years old....back in the day.

[suemcs]

This is a wonderful song! AND I am a Giants fan also. FYI The song was created in 1962. When the Giants came back to beat the Dodgers in the bottom of the 9th inning in a playoff game to win the pennant.

[JayBassoon]

@suemcs Actually, in the 3rd (rubber) game of the 62 playoffs the Giants came back with 4 in the top of ninth to win 6-4 and take the series. (I looked it up). According to Wikipedia, admittedly not the most reliable of sources, this song was a hit during that same regular season so the inspiration couldn't have come from that series. . . .unless there's an error there. . . can anyone else remember? I couldn't find a release date for this song. . .Thanks!

[suemcs]

@JayBassoon No DODGER SONG came out before the PLAYOFF SERIES. AND yes the series was 3 games long. AND yes I knew it was 3 games. I just forget not everybody knew the series was 3 games long.

[ImDavidGurney]

@JayBassoon The game is fictitious.I went through every Dodger-Giant in 1961-62(The only years that Haller,Hiller,and Miller played together on the Giants.)I found two 5-4 Dodger home wins,but neither in any way matched the song.

[JayBassoon]

@ImDavidGurney Thanks for looking that up! I kinda figured it was fictitious; Frank Howard (and his butt) will appreciate that confirmation for sure. (On that note, for a related funny story google "Frank Howard Bill Simmons" and scroll to 'brief intermission')

[dwtsf]

FANTASTIC! And I'm a Giants fan by the way!

[mazay83]

Gosh, that's real funny !