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

[@billny33]

First time I'm hearing this. Song is a blast. Holy crap what a picture this song paints, taking you through a fantasy game inning by inning. Feels like the kind of exercise you'd do as a kid at school imagining the wildest game your brain can think of with all kinds of twists and turns and a dramatic finish where your team wins just for your amusement and fantasy. And if you watch enough games of your team, you'll see all of it play out in real life eventually.

[@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!

[@donnymoney4222]

i wasnt even born yet like 30 years away and i somehow know the beginning LOL

[@dianalee3059]

It’s so clever and fun isn’t it! My family all used to sing this in the car on the way to Dodgers games. It’s now 2022 and I still love hearing this

[@neib12]

I'm so glad this is here. My father, Herbert Baker, wrote the lyrics with Sylvia Fine, Danny Kaye's wife. The wrote it -- I think -- for the Danny Kaye Show. My dad, a New York native, was a huge Giants fan, but Danny liked the Dodgers.

[@flipflopsguy8868]

Thank God for Danny Kaye and the entertainment I watched on tv as a child and the impact another one of his songs from my childhood of the 60's was "Mommy I want a drink of water" but this is and rightfully should be the LOS ANGELES DODGERS THEM FOR AS LONG AS THERE IS A DODGERS BASEBALL TEAM IN DODGER STADIUM !

[@dianalee3059]

Wow!! I was a studio singer for nearly 60 years and my first steady gig was in the group of singers on Danny’s TV show. One day we were standing around the piano and Danny broke into singing this. I knew every note of it and chimed in. He loved it

[@dianalee3059]

Hi! Thanks for this info about your Dad and these so clever lyrics! Did he tell you what a difficult man Danny Kaye was? I was in the backup vocal group on his show for a few years and he was really nasty. I left that show to spend 6 glorious years on The Dean Martin Show….absolute heaven! Danny was simply a not nice person. He hated what he perceived as people’s weaknesses. He was horrible to Harvey Korman, who got his start on Danny’s show and was very nervous. Danny was plain mean to Harvey, trying to throw him off at every opportunity. I was so happy when Harvey, a genuinely nice person, left Danny and went over to the Burnett show where he totally got to flourish. RIP Harvey! Carol was just lovely. Why do some celebrities insist on being assholes!! Danny wrote the book.

[@YellowpagescouponsNet]

Fascinating! I memorized the song as a kid and still remeber

[@Yamedia]

keep this alive

[@SanFernandoValleyRose]

I was a Dodger Fan way back in 1962 and I had that record on a 45. I also met Danny Kaye there at Dodger Stadium. I was almost 16 then. Sadly All of the dodgers mentioned have passed except for Sandy Koufax. And the Giants too (Cepeda passed June 28, 2024). I stopped being a Dodger fan after Sandy Koufax retired in 1966. And I don't like sports much anymore but I am almost 78 and will soon pass. But life goes on as it always has. Be Kind to Animals and try and be kind to the planet.

[@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!

[@FeliciaGSDRescue]

I wish social media apps had this song to put on videos! I’ve searched the last couple years and it’s not there. Love this song! I was able to get it on Apple Music!

[@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.

[@dianalee3059]

Wow what a trip down Memory Lane this is! This was out in the early 60s so we’re talking omg nearly 60 years ago! I was just starting out my career as a studio backup singer and was hired for my first steady gig as a member of the vocal group on the weekly Danny Kaye TV Show. One day we were all standing around the piano and Danny had the rehearsal pianist play this and he started singing it. Since I knew every word if it (my family loved it, we’d always sing it on the way to Dodger games) I joined in. Danny was delighted and got me up to sing it with him in front of the audience. I was 19.

[@billtaverner2866]

Heard Somers is retiring. I remember him playing this fun song around 1990.

[@billtaverner2866]

WFAN made him stop playing it after a while. Something to do with licensing and regulations on a talk station playing music.

[@TheCMac518]

all us angelenos know the song by heart. we had the 45. still know all the words. i was 7 in 62....

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Christine And today is the perfect time to sing it again! 😊

[@DonK-ij9yy]

Lol this is from 30 years before i eas born why do i know this by heart

[@dianalee3059]

This just never gets old. So very clever. Thank you Sylvia Fine and Danny Kaye and Herbert Baker!!

[@dianalee3059]

Great memories of the 60s thanks for posting

[@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.

[@rentslave]

It was the TOP of the ninth as the game was played at Dodger Stadium.

[@sharigreen9252]

The great Danny Kaye! I loved this song especially the Miller Hiller Heller Hallelujah Twist! What a mouthful!

[@smorrisrn1]

That's Haller!

[@sharigreen9252]

@@smorrisrn1 You're right! Could have been the auto correct in the spellcheck! I knew it was Hallar! That routine has stayed with me since I was a little girl!

[@kathryngray5905]

My BFF and I went to game Wednesday pm. (Dodgers 9… Jints 1)!! We remembered almost all of the lyrics but this was a tearfully joyous reminder! Thanks.

[@MarytheFilker]

I have this record, and have had it for years! I remember typing up the lyrics for this...

[@YellowpagescouponsNet]

And kudos to Danny Kaye!

[@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.

[@personious_k]

HERE WE GO BOYS IN BLUE! LET'S BEAT THEM JINTS! #DemBums

[@pod831]

The Frisco Jints.

[@standemain]

I remember this song as if it were yesterday. Still love it. Wish I still had the record still. Mom threw out all my stuff!

[@dianalee3059]

It would be fun if someone would re-record this with the current Dodgers names, since they won the World Series!

[@unityostara6380]

Only fans of small ball and Dodgers fans will appreciate this

[@apeacebone6499]

We had this on a casette tape of baseball themed songs when I was a kid. This was one of my favorites, though I didn’t get most of the jokes.

[@bluekewne]

I had no idea this song existed until it played at my grandfather's memorial service (he's a die hard Dodgers fan). Not even my father knew of this (also a die hard Dodgers fan).

[@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

You're always welcome to watch our team. The Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles.

[@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.

[@dwtsf]

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

[@juliemarty37]

Me too! I love Danny Kaye!

[@unityostara6380]

The Dodgers Giants rivalry is way underrated. Up there with Boston vs Yankees. Brooklyn vs Manhattan, never forget!

[@donnymoney4222]

@@unityostara6380 you meant to say red sox yankeez is up there with la sf

[@unityostara6380]

@@donnymoney4222 red sox is already a thing.see Cincinnati Reds history

[@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.

[@KororaPenguin]

The headline would have been something like "Giants Fall Apart in Ninth".

[@armanddimeo6575]

Thanks to Steve Ricketts on KDSK radio in Rio Rancho, NM for playing this delightful song. It brings back memories of a much simpler, kinder, and gentler time.

[@williampetersen9915]

Great song; I heard it for the 1st time in my mid teens on The Dr. Demento show. There's also another great song about the Dodgers sung by Phil Foster: Let's keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn.

[@pprincessblurry]

i have to learn this for choir

[@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.

[@MAGAMER1300]

I got no relatives from back in the day to say about this song, it's just a banger for the fallout playlist

[@CarlDuke]

Great stuff. Love those great baseball cards.

[@davidfreesefan23]

Playing this because Maury Wills passed away today.

[@dianalee3059]

Great memories thanks for posting

[@leohthelion8485]

Thanks man this is awesome

[@Robert-jh8yo]

I grew up 4 blocks from Ebbets Field. I am a Brooklyn dodger forever. 😊

[@Blokewood3]

Maury goes, the catcher throws, right from the solar plexus! At the bag, he beats the tag,that mighty little waif! An umpire, Conlon cries... "YOU'RE OUT!"

[@dianalee3059]

Love the visuals

[@pammiller244]

Thanks, Jay!

[@sassierapple]

One of my all time favorite Baseball songs. I know every word.

[@marshaschuh4021]

me too--for 50+ years

[@surferpam1]

LOVE YOU, JAY! (loved Jocko Conlan, rest his soul)

[@YellowpagescouponsNet]

Great video job. Thanks

[@Rickldo]

Yes, it's Danny reciting Casey At The Bat in a Japanese voice.

[@suemcs]

The biggest fact and irony is this song was released in 1962 when the Dodgers Faltered and the GIANTS WON THE PENANT! Dodgers were so much more successful in Los Angeles than Brooklyn! The key to the record is the cadence of the names. Not the logic of the game.

[@elainechubb971]

I agree on the cadence of the names--and the snippets of traditional and popular songs of that era are charming. "Dem Bums, dem Bums, dem dry Bums" cracks me up every time. But in fact the logic of the game is faultless--or at least Kaye narrates what makes baseball sense in men on base, how many outs, etc.

[@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?

[@pariacanyon]

So this is where the Misfits got their song, Rattfink.

[@ADodge]

People who dislike are giants fans

[@donnymoney4222]

*JINTS

[@chrislovescoke2599]

Most of us dislike both teams. And the entire fascist MLB.

[@GheorgeDuarte]

my love from m,y bumbs .... my LA Dodgers !!

[@dianalee3059]

And that’s the Miller Hiller Haller Hallelujah Twist lol

[@1cultural]

I liked the Hiller Miller Haller Hallelujah Twist.

[@captainsabereye7961]

As a Giants fan I have to admit the song is kind of good. But 0:40 broke my heart.

[@JayBassoon]

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

[@strombeldenbar]

Oh Dem Bums

[@CineRocco]

bravo!!!!

[@garygiampa4175]

hi great 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')

[@dianalee3059]

Oh dem B, oh dem B-U, B-U-Ms

[@mazay83]

Gosh, that's real funny !

[@JayBassoon]

The game is not real, but all the people mentioned are.

[@Rickldo]

Yes, done in a Japanese voice by Danny Kaye (I also have the 45!)

[@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.

[@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!

[@elainechubb971]

When I first heard this song--I think on "Baseball's Greatest Hits, a wonderful compilation--I was inspired to look up every name in the Baseball Encyclopedia, and I think 1962 is the only year it could be, given the players on both teams, plus Durocher as third-base coach. Maybe the song inspired the Jints!

[@bobbilse]

Why would you say that? It was very plausible. Haller was starting catcher and Hiller was the starting second baseman. Miller was often put in to close out victories and hold leads, particularly if Jack Sanford was the starter.

[@jordicoleman3037]

Cool

[@dougmontgomery4851]

What I would like to know is the titles of all the songs Kaye used in compiling this song.

[@JayBassoon]

All that come to mind immediately are "San Francisco" (original line is "open your Golden Gate" instead of Danny's "hospital") and "La Cucaracha" for the Leo Derocher bit.

[@reneesafier]

Deep in the Heart of Texas too.

[@elainechubb971]

I'd add the old spiritual "Dem bones dem bones gonna walk around" (don't know the actual title). And of course the trumpet flourish ("Charge!" )still used in some ball parks, if not all. "Down in the dugout Alston glowers" sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

[@Rickldo]

CHARGE!

[@dadofdavid]

and there was no situation wherein, with a 4-0 lead, the Giants would've had Miller, Hiller, and Haller all on the field at the same time.

[@dadofdavid]

I thought Miller was a middle reliever, fairly low on the depth chart. My bad.

[@dougmontgomery4851]

One of the worst trades the Giants ever made was trading Stu Miller away after the 1962 season. In Baltimore in 1963 he saved 37 games, I think, while the Giants died for bullpen help.

[@nicrocks123]

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

[@brianrapp2883]

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[@lament666]

Time now

[@allisoncorona8162]

Isn't it ironic that this song was requested of a New York radio station by a New Yorker?

[@JayBassoon]

Maybe not so much when you consider that the Giants and Dodgers were both NY teams not long before the song came out. (Hence Danny's plea: "Come on you Flatbush refugees!" - Flatbush being the section of Brooklyn where Ebbets Field was located.) Admittedly, around 6 decades have passed since then.

[@elainechubb971]

New York had mourned the relocation of both Dodgers and Giants from the city to California. No true National League fan in NYC would switch allegiance to the d**n Yankees! But 1962--the year this song came out--was also the first year of the Mets (full name: Metropolitan Baseball Club), and at last the Dodger and Giants fans had a team to root for, however bad they were as an expansion made up of the most expendable players the established teams could spare for the draft for the new clubs in NYC and Houston. I became a baseball and Mets fan in the 1980s and older fans still remembered the original teams. I met a woman who was at a game when Jackie Robinson stole home ... And in the 1980s big Frank Howard ws a coach. Oh, and a restaurant I passed on my way to work in Union Square (NYC, not SF) had a huge mural over one wall I could see through the picture window of a World Series game between the Dodgers and Yankees, at Ebbets Field. It showed Gil Hodges in his home run trot between first and second. That was a real game; I looked it up! Whole field laid out, as seen from behind home plate. So you can see theDodgerswere not forgotten.

[@Channel51_LA]

That wasn't due to the rivalry. That was two drunken thugs who weren't true Dodger fans.

[@idk6363]

16 ppl with no soul....

[@gspainting11]

The Dodgers will always be Brooklyn.

[@MusicUCanSee]

Fictitious.

[@cat-urn4585]

Go dodgers Like if your favorite player is kershaw

[@allisoncorona7381]

All of the Dodgers players are my favorites!!!

[@WazzapItsJas]

Is this guy singing a real game?

[@elainechubb971]

No, but I wish it had been real. I'd love to see old newspaper accounts, vintage photos, and even old film, if anything had been filmed back then!

[@flipflopsguy8868]

Man us "Boomers" are so lame, GO DODGERS "THEM BUMS" !

[@garyaltunyan4289]

Bring back the dodgers to brooklyn

[@dougmontgomery1868]

There is no such city as Brooklyn. Brooklyn became part of the city of New York on January 1, 1898, according to the terms of a new city charter approved by the state government in Albany. According to the rules set in 1876 when the National League was founded, no city was allowed to have more than one team. After 1/1/1898 the Giants and Dodgers were in violation of League rules and continued to be until both teams left for the West Coast after the 1957 season.

[@JustSomeDamnCalifornian45]

You can have the LOL Mets instead 😂😂😂

[@1cultural]

However, The answer about winning the pennant in 1962 was NO!!!!!! The Giants lost the World Series in 7 games to the Yankees that year.

[@dadofdavid]

Yes, but it's done with a fake Japanese accent.

[@jakehooks4842]

Odamb

[@ptp44444]

The Dodgers belong in Brooklyn!

[@LAFan]

ptp44444 No they don’t grandpa. Enjoy the Mets. Go LA Dodgers!