Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo.
Damn Yankees [Original Broadway Cast] Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo.' by these artists:

Rae Allen I got it, Shoeless Joe Hardy Is that what you're…
Rae Allen and Baseball Players I got it, Shoeless Joe Hardy Is that what you're…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Damn Yankees [Original Broadway Cast]:

A Man Doesn't Know [JOE] A man doesn't know what he has until he loses…
Heart [VAN BUREN] You've gotta have heart All you really need is…
Near to You [JOE] He's near to you Near to you Though you think he's far…
Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo [GLORIA] Who came along in a puff of smoke [ALL] Shoeless J…
The Game [ROCKY] We've got to think about the game! [ALL] The game, …

Two Lost Souls [JOE & LOLA] Two lost souls on the highway of life We…

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@user-vr6xm8lm1o

36w↑1

NOBODY mentions it in the comments. About the composers, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross - everybody thinks its so tragic, about George Gershwin dying at a young age ... Adler and Ross wrote and composed 2 very, very popular musicals , Pajama Game and Damn Yankees and that's all they did as a team; and soon Jerry Ross dies in Nov. 1955 of a lung infection , just 2 months after I was born ...he died when he was 29 !!! What a horrific bummer! There could've been alot more musicals !!! 😢

@user-vr6xm8lm1o

36w↑1

@Daisnap

50w↑5

My sister and I used to sing this song all the time as kids. We had the cast album. Of course our favorite part was “Go like a bat out of you-know-where!” I met Rae Allen many years later in LA and told her that. She was delighted. Couldn’t have been sweeter.

@jacquelinetimestep5048

2y↑11

Rest in Peace Rae Allen

@OverdueReview

2y↑5

The dirt flying all over the place really makes this number work even better than the stage version.

@redskindan78

10y↑9

Has become one of my favorite movie musicals. Gwen Verdon dancing, Walston dead-panning jokes (before he was everyone's favorite Martian), film of Roy Sievers' home-run trot in old Griffith Stadium, you gotta have heart, a manager who looks like a thinner Bucky Harris and an owner a lot like Clark Griffith, Verdon and Fosse dancing...just great! As a kid, I saw the Washington Post compare Harmon Killebrew, in 1959, to Joe Hardy. Harmon was not shoeless, but he was as humble as Joe Hardy. A great Hall of Famer and a great movie.

@Dakers11

12y↑18

This sequence of dancing will stand the test of time. Choreography at its zenith !

@Juliaflo

It's Fosse's choreaography.

@bigboss-ur5lz

50w↑1

In 2010 I had to perform this dance for some 5th grade play thing. It's been 13 years since I've heard this. Feeling very nostalgic

@WOV49

5y↑18

This is the last time any Washington baseball team, real or imagined, was in the post season until this year. May the Nats “Have Heart”!

@davidweisberg9903

5y↑1

YES !

@redskindan78

6y↑11

Rae Allen is great! Incidentally, the movie used Roy Sievers for the ball-playing shots of Joe Hardy. Sievers had been rookie-of-the-year in 1948 for the St Louis Browns, but tore his shoulder so badly that the new ownership in Baltimore, dumped him to the Washington Senators. Roy Sievers came back from nowhere to hit home runs...AL home run champ in 1957. The Nats and the Washington papers decided that Roy Sievers was the real-life Joe. "The sweetest right-handed swing i the American League", said Casey. ("You can look it up")

@johnking8724

3y↑4

a Boy?Man of certain age can relate like no one else, a time when major league baseball meant something !
was great thing to bring back the bob fosse play !, what a great dancer !

@rodionrebenyar

10y↑17

Favorite musical ever. Gorgeous Tab Hunter, incomparable Gwen Verdon, impeccable Ray Walston, hilarious jean Stapleton. Always am amazed by the amount of dust kicked up in the finals seconds of this number, too!

@benenter8739

9y↑3

I'd put a flat of dust on stage just to get that effect.

@dennisschultz627

4y↑1

It was filmed at an actual ballpark. Wrigley Field...in Los Angeles!

@dennisschultz627

4y↑1

It was filmed at an actual ballpark. Wrigley Field...in Los Angeles!

@warplanner8852

@@dennisschultz627 ..and Wrigley Field in Los Angeles was home to the L.A. Angels of the old triple A Pacific Coast League and -- in the off season -- the Home Run Derby between two batting stars each week and, finally, the Major League expansion team Los Angeles Angels/California Angels in 1961 before they transplanted themselves to Anaheim. They had thelikes of Bo Belinsky:

"Belinsky became a local celebrity as a rookie with the Angels when he won his first four starts, including a no-hitter. Belinsky is one of only two pitchers in Angels franchise history to start his career with a four-game winning streak or better, the other being Jered Weaver."

..and, of course,the diminutive Albie Pearson.

@Daisnap

50w

Rae Allen!!!

@zackstark24601

2y↑3

R.I.P Rae Allen

@StevenC32

42w↑1

Bob Fosse was the choreographer for this movie. I think this is the movie that put him on the map.

@vanzofaust

2y↑2

RIP Rae Allen

@lisabaxter7786

Brought back memories

@lisabaxter7786

2y↑1

I love acting Fantabulous

@illegal_waffles

11y↑8

This is so catchy, damn it.

@anitacalloway3032

8y↑11

O. M. G. I saw this movie as a teen and didn't notice that black dancer! And he's featured so prominently. Even got a close up. I've seen many old Hollywood musicals and don't remember this EVER being done. Hats off to the casting director n whoever ok'd his presence.

@patricky823

7y↑1

It wasn't truly a musical, I suppose, but The Glenn Miller Story (1954) featured The Archie Savage Dancers during the Glenn Miller Orchestra's rendition of "Tuxedo Junction" and Anna (1951) featured Silvia Mangano singing "El Bajon" with two black dancers/musicians. I've not seen it, but I think the movie version of Showboat (1936) would have had to have had a multi-racial cast given the subject matter. Your point is well-taken, though. Even by 1959, seeing blacks alongside whites in musical numbers (with the exception of backing musicians) would have been pretty unusual. But then... baseball was integrated in 1947, so maybe it was art imitating life.

@jeanbaue8266

Satchel Paige was in the major league since around 1947. I guess the movie wanted to reflect that.

@schnellinger7087

3y↑3

Damn Yankees was filmed at the original Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. I have vague memories of my Austrian-born father playing soccer there in the 60's, as it hosted many different sporting events, in addition to it's main purpose as the finest minor league baseball park in America. The Pacific Coast League's Los Angeles Angels spent several years at Wrigley Field before moving as an expansion team, temporarily, into Dodger stadium in 1962, then relocating to Anaheim. Built in 1925, replete with an ivy-covered outfield fence, the shallow power-alleys were too vulnerable for HR's, while the Baseball commissioner dreaded for mediocre ballplayers breaking the Babes records. A bit of Los Angeles history that most Angeleans have no clue about.

@cjsansoo7

I played baseball there as a youth in either 1968 or 1969. The stadium was in terrible shape. I played center field and the grass was up to my knees.

@craigoren4475

Thank you! I was wondering whether the scene was the old Griffith Stadium in D.C., but it makes more sense for it to be at a field in L.A. One thing: the major league L.A. Angels started in 1961, so if they moved into Dodger Stadium in 1962 (when Dodger Stadium opened), they were in Wrigley only for a year. Thank heavens they weren't in the L.A. Coliseum! I'm sure you remember that the Dodgers played there from their arrival in 1958 until Dodger Stadium opened, and that the left field fence was only 191 feet away from home plate, so a tall screen was built; the 1959 World Series had three games there between the Dodgers and the White Sox.

@caseyjoanz

5y↑3

One Valentines Day, Fosse gave himself “All That Jazz”

@scottdouglasmaclachlan4792

7y↑15

Freakin' Bob Fosse was an absolute genius.

@lisabaxter7786

Wow excellent

@lisabaxter7786

2y↑1

We did this play in school

@Glamourjabber123

11y↑2

Best song ever

@lonecrapshooter67

9y↑2

The had a bar in Hannibal, MO called "Shoeless Joe's" was a hip hap'n place in the early 1990's.... Think it's called "Mug Shot's" now and they have celebrity mug shot pics on the wall.

@Victor1930

6y↑17

"Came upon the scene/as fresh as Listerine." - OMG. They don't write 'em like that any more!

@DruidSix

9y↑1

a prize in every box

@Victor1930

8y↑2

Thanks for posting this. I love it like a best friend. Would also love to see Two Lost Souls posted in it's entirety. Hint. Hint. Great example of early Fosse that foreshadows his future work in Sweet Charity and Cabaret.

@marctempler3250

3y↑3

Better time,,..better country.

@Dakers11

8y↑4

That may be one of the earliest chest bumps @1:24 with #9 Nathaniel Frey(Catcher) and an unknown player #8 on the left. But I'm not sure.

@genilily3965

3y↑1

WE HAVE TO DO THIS FOR A DANCE PROJECT ATT SCHOOLUTHHH

@LazlosPlane

6y↑6

How many people recognized Rae Allen? And from what popular sitcom did she guest star for two or three episodes? Hint: "You know Keith Hernandez?"

@Victor1930

This is the only thing I know her from. Always wished she had done more film and TV. Now I'm off to IMDB to check out her page!

@LazlosPlane

6y↑1

She also won a Tony Award for "And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little"

@1Quasie

OMG, just realized she was the woman at the unemployment office in Seinfeld when George was trying to do anything to keep from actually looking for a job! I pride myself on often being able to spot older performers but this one went right by me. Thanks! P.S. Allen was also in an episode of on All in the Family.

@gwhanover9698

5y↑1

@@1Quasie Rae played Edith Bunker's cousin Amelia in at least 2 episodes of ALL IN THE FAMILY.

@humbleharry3871

Rae Allen played Tony Soprano's Aunt Quintina in several episodes of "The Sopranos" during the show's 2004 season. Her character was the mother of Steve Buscemi's character in the show.

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@DDarkestKnight

2y↑1

Anyone know who's the actor playing #73?

@inclinethineearmusic2732

6y↑2

"Shoeless Joe from Pickens County So. Carolina" wouldn't have the same ring to it - but that's where he was born (if they're talking about Shoeless Joe Jackson).

@ellynmacgregor8210

@Incline Thine Ear Music, while Shoeless Joe Jackson undoubtedly inspired the nickname, the "Shoeless Joe" referenced in the song is young Joe Hardy, who has just appeared "in a puff of smoke" (little does the reporter realize how right she is) to spring the Senators from the cellar. The "Shoeless" nickname stems from youthful Joe being unable to fit into the pair of shoes first provided for him.

@redskindan78

Joe Hardy is from Hannibal, Missouri.

@nenriu

5w↑1

the ball lands in someones front yard ..?

@richarddambrosio3602

2y↑1

Notice the people watching from the stands.

@sergiolobato1798

3y↑2

I never understood why they inserted this reaction shot at 2:23? Was it a favor or paid off poker debt to the actor for more screen time?!...

@beachchaos1863

18w

Idk but his missing tooth is distracting

@therealhuttertube

2y↑1

The original senators actually won a title

@craigoren4475

Yes, 1924 -- the Series that hinged on Giants catcher Hank Gowdy stepping on his mask when trying to catch a foul pop-up, and two grounders that hit pebbles and bounced over Giants infielder Freddy Lindstrom's head for the tying and winning hits. The Senators had a 3-1 game lead in the 1925 Series, but the Pirates then won three straight to win the Series.

@jamesp4521

6y↑4

Niles from Fraiser sent me here

@adalinemasah8970

Me too!

@blazingbattlehawk9626

47w↑1

Whatever teams signs Ohtani next year

@lostlakpaul

10y↑7

Anyone else think 2:22 - 2:24 is kind of random?

@Victor1930

+lostlakpaul Absolutely.

@patricky823

I thought so too the first time I saw it. My initial thought was that they put it in as a reaction shot. But as a reaction to what? Now that I think about it, there may have been a problem in editing in which they couldn't use the existing footage of the scenes on either side to fill the gap. So... they put it who I think is actor Nathaniel Frey (Smokey).

@bradleyscarton3931

I have a suspicion there was more choreography and it was cut out. If you notice the music comes to point where they could make an edit, but sequence on film with choreography may have been too jarring and a smooth transition wasn't possible so they had to do this cut away in order to edit down the scene.

@denismurrell6716

7y↑2

I always thought it was 'Two Bit Flo from Hannibal, Mo'. Did they change it?

@jeanbaue8266

6y↑1

Denis Murrell No, it's always been "Shoeless Joe." I saw the movie when it was first released and my mom had the LP of the soundtrack.

@johnhollingsworth2132

6y↑2

Bob Fosse choreography.

@lauralapalme2064

4y↑1

@hemming57

10y↑1

Why are people watching from the stands?

@Victor1930

They are cleaners. Occasionally you'll see a white rag in one or the other's hand. At the very opening, one is wiping down a railing. It is a little odd that they're included, though. Might relate to the scene before or after the song.