Oh, AND FRANK SINATRA IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN THE SING THE SONG "New York New York"

[a kennedy]

At the Belmont Stakes this past Saturday…..someone sang it, and I swear….IT JUST WASN’t the same……only Frank Sinatra can sing that song. Thank gawd at the NBA??? They did have the recording of Frank’s version…..

[lapucelle]

1. It's the exit music at Yankee Stadium. They occasionaly use the Liza Minelli version.

And Frank Sinatra's voice coach, the great baritone Robert Merrill, would sometimes sing the Star Spangled Banner at games.

[rampartd]

2. i ran the local juke box route and the yankees were in the series

bar owner calls : i need new york new york on the juke box. i had the song and a cold beer sounded good so i went over and did the job. what i learned that night :

yankee stadium plays sinatra when the yankees win. minelli when they lose. yankee fans do not want to hear liza.

next time i brought sinatra.

[lapucelle]

4. "Yanks change tune (again): No more 'New York, New York' after losses"

Yanks change tune (again): No more 'New York, New York' after losses
February 23rd, 2025

Start spreading the news: the Yankees will no longer play Frank Sinatra’s “Theme from New York, New York” after losses, a club spokesperson confirmed on Sunday. Instead, a rotating selection of Sinatra songs will be played, none of which will be “Theme from New York, New York.”

The first selection was Sinatra’s “That’s Life,” which accompanied fans to the exits after Sunday’s 4-0 Grapefruit League loss to the Tigers at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The changes will apply to games in Spring Training and at Yankee Stadium.

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Before the days when Sinatra’s vocals accompanied the end of each Yankees game, organist Eddie Layton had played fans out to 161st Street with a series of jaunty numbers. For a brief period, Liza Minnelli’s version of “New York, New York” alternated with Sinatra’s, sometimes played after losses. The team also experimented in the mid-1990s with a Sinatra/Tony Bennett duet of the song.

Now, each time Sinatra’s voice is heard singing, “King of the hill, top of the heap,” you’ll know the Yankees just added one to the win column.

https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-will-not-play-new-york-new-york-after-losses-in-2025

[legallyblondeNYC]

3. When they win, Sinatra. When they lose, Liza.

... I recall someone once telling me....

[lapucelle]

5. Liza Minelli performs "New York, New York" with an assist by the Yankees (1982)