The Red Sox Song was written about the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

 right after the 1975 World Series

1975 World Series

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 against the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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. It was written, copyrighted and published (BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

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) in 1976 by Wayne Ulaky, a founding member of the rock band

Rock Band

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 The Beacon Street Union

Beacon Street Union

The Beacon Street Union was a 1960s psychedelic era rock band, named for a street in their native Boston, whose original members John Lincoln Wright , Paul Tartachny , Wayne Ulaky , Robert Rhodes , and Richard Weisberg all went to Boston University...

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Wayne Ulaky produced the recording with studio musicians

Session musician

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 under the fictitious name

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 of Pine Tree John and the Designated Hitters. The lead vocal was performed by John Lincoln Wright, also a former member of the Beacon Street Union.

The recording was pressed into 45 rpm

Gramophone record

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 records and released as a single. It was played occasionally on many radio station

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s around New England

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, and appeared in many juke boxes in night clubs

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 at the time. Boston TV channel

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 38 (WSBK) was broadcasting the Red Sox home games that year, and used The Red Sox Song (A Day In Fenway Park) as a theme song

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 for their promotional video

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 about upcoming game broadcasts. It was also played occasionally at Fenway Park

Fenway Park

Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...

 by organist John Kiley

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The song was sold in a few record stores around greater Boston

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, including the Strawberries music chain. It was also sold at Twins souvenir shop on Yawkey Way

Yawkey Way

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next to Fenway Park.