This Date In Baseball History- The Yankees hire their former shortstop Phil Rizzuto as their new radio-television announcer. Rizzuto would remain on the job for forty years retiring in 1996. Phil Rizzuto died in 2007 at the age of 89.
Quiz- What hit song did Phil Rizzuto appear on?
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Holy cow!
THe great Phil always wonderful thanks for the memories!
There was a story about Phil’s broadcast partner looking at Phil’s scorecard and seeing the symbol “WW” in one or the blocks. He asked Phil what it was, and Phil said “wasn’t watching.”
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” with Meatloaf
Yes!- Meatloaf’s controversial hit. .. When I think of that song I remember listening to American Top 40 on the local station- and they went from #40 to #38 skipping #39. A few days later at the newsstand I had to look over the copy of Billboard to see what they skipped over. It was ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’- which didn’t stay in the Top 40 for long as it turned out. ‘The Scooter’ was the play by play man.
We carried Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40 on our station. That’s where I first heard and enjoyed the song. I thought it was cool to have a baseball figure included in the tune.
Same here- Rizzuto did a great job. A good choice.
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