The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
The story of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues, is told through archival film footage and interviews with fans, former teammates, friends, and family. As a great first baseman with the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the Jewish community, not incidentally leading the Tigers to Major League dominance in the 1930s.
The movie The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, released in 1998, features 28 songs from artists like Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire and The Mills Brothers. What is your favorite song from The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg?
Songs from The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
- Begin the Beguine
- Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- The Andrews Sisters
- Night and Day
- Fred Astaire
- TIGER RAG
- The Mills Brothers
- Roumania, Roumania
- Aaron Lebedeff
- Take Me Out To the Ballgame
- Henry Sapoznik
- Take Me Out to the Ballgame
- Mandy Patinkin
- Freylekhs Fun Der Khupe
- Doina
- Shnirele Perele
- Mayn Tayere Ikh Hob Dikh Lib
- Goodbye, Mr. Ball, Goodbye
- Groucho Marx , Bing Crosby , and Hank Greenberg
- Yellow Rose of Texas
- Joseph M. Miskulin (as Joey Miskulin)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
- Down South Camp Meetin'
- Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Tish Nign
- Klezmer Plus! featuring Sid Beckerman and Howie Leess
- It's D'Lovely
- The Vincent Lopez Orchestra
- B'Rosh Hashonah
- Dem Monastrichter Rebin's Khoisdl
- Dave Tarras and the Abe Schwartz Orchestra
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Big John's Special
- Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
- The Andrews Sisters
- Find Me a Primitive Man
- Lee Wiley and Bunny Berigan
- Peckin'
- Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Air Mail Special
- Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Avalon
- Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Ridin' High
- Frankie Carle and The Mal Hallet Orchestra