OT fun....Post BB players whose NAME coincides with Rock singers of 1950's - 1980's

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by tedzan

The Dave Clark Five....the lead singer Dave Clark.

Dave Clark.....Outfielder for several teams (1986 - 1998)


TED Z

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Ted:

While the group was named after Dave Clark -- the lead singer was Mike Smith (I'm sure there is a Mike Smith somewhere in baseball)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_S...ave_Clark_Five)

[ALBB]

DC5..great band..and yea Mike Smith lead singer

[tedzan]

I appreciate you guys playing along with this "name-game" stuff.

One Rock group not represented here in this thread is the "Chicago Transit Authority" (Chicago) because none of its members' names coincide with
baseball players names.
Nevertheless, Chicago's music style blends Rock with Jazz. And it is my all-time favorite group. I've been to their concerts several times since 1973.

OK....why not tell us about your favorite Rock group ?

[Rich Klein]

Circa 1990 there were actually 2 Mike Smith's who were baseball pitching prospects and whilst neither did much in the majors they both had cards


1990 Topps - [Base] #552 - Mike Smith
Courtesy of COMC.com

[jiw98]

Jack McDowell had a band V.I.E.W that consisted of him and fellow baseball players Lee Plemel and Wayne Edwards.

[Michael B]

Fred Smith (1890), (1907), (1913-1917) - Fred "Sonic" Smith lead guitar of the MC5. He was also married to Patti Smith.

Bobby (Bob) Brown (1930-1936), (1946-1954), (1979-1985) - Bobby Brown member of New Edition, solo and husband of Whitney Houston.

Dave Robinson (1970-1971) - David Robinson drummer for The Modern Lovers and The Cars. Now owns an antique shop.

Chris Robinson (2013) - Chris Robinson lead singer Black Crowes

Corey Hart (2004-2015) - Corey Hart singer "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night"

[tedzan]

Andy Anderson had a lengthy BB career (1941-1953) as a journeyman Infielder in the Minor Leagues. Two of those years (1948 and 1949) he played for the St. Louis Browns.
And.....
Andy Anderson was the guitar man for the group Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. In 1964, this group became famous with their song "Wooly Bully". It was quite popular.
Every time I hear this song on our local classic Oldies Rock Station, it reminds me of that day in September 1964 when my 4-year Air Force career ended, and I was driving to
home from Champaign-Urbana (Illinois) to Hillside (NJ). Every radio station on that 800-mile trip was playing Wooly Bully at regular intervals.....it was really surreal.





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