<P> The first verse of the 1927 version is sung by Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra at the start of the MGM musical film, Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), a movie that also features a song about the famous and fictitious double play combination, O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg . </P> <P> Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album Join Bing and Sing Along (1959) </P> <P> In the early to mid-1980s, the Kidsongs Kids recorded a different version of this song for A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm . </P> <P> In the mid-1990s, a Major League Baseball ad campaign featured versions of the song performed by musicians of several different genres . An alternative rock version by the Goo Goo Dolls was also recorded . Multiple genre Louisiana singer - songwriter Dr. John and pop singer Carly Simon both recorded different versions of the song for the PBS documentary series Baseball, by Ken Burns . </P>

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