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