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What is a Sports Song? Any song performed by an athlete or coach. |
Why should I care about Sports Songs? Sports Songs are kinda like waiting for accidents along the highway. It can be a gruesome experience…..but you just can’t turn away. Many of the performances are so bad they are funny. And that’s why they are great fun. |
How long have there been Sports Songs? In the 1930’s Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig recorded the legendary “Home Run Twins”. In the 1950’s, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays both recorded hit songs. In the 1960’s, Muhammad Ali, Denny McLain and others released vinyl recordings. In the 1970’s everyone from Terry Bradshaw to Joe Frazier wanted to be singing stars. The 1980’s were dominated by the “Super Bowl Shuffle” and the 1990’s by rap…..Shaquille O’Neal, Jason Kidd and Jimmy Piersall (yea, you read right) all recorded rap songs. And Sports Songs continue in the 21st Century, with Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, and Roy Jones, Jr. all releasing songs. |
Here
is a list of 10 interesting Sports Songs Tonya
Harding….. “When We Shared in Each Other’s Lives”…..1995 |
Why do you know so much? Rick Gieser, who created SportsSongs.com, is a long time Sports Song fan, collecting since 1990. He owns thousands of songs performed by hundreds of athletes. Gieser was a sports producer for WSCR in Chicago and WNDE in Indianapolis. He has worked with ABC Sports, CART, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Chicago White Sox and the Indiana Pacers. You can hear Rick Gieser on radio and television stations around the country talking about Sports Songs. |
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