AIR-041-A — My Baseball History

For Immediate Release
July 21, 2025

"NANCY FAUST AT THE GAME"
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1978 DEBUT ALBUM FROM THE ICONIC ORGANIST WAS NEARLY LOST TO TIME

FULLY REMASTERED TO BE RELEASED AS SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY CD, OUT TUESDAY, JULY 29

VIA CHICAGO'S ARTISTIC INTEGRITY RECORDS AND THE MY BASEBALL HISTORY PODCAST

Nancy Faust first played her now-iconic interpretation of "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" at Comiskey Park on July 29, 1977. The song has become a staple in the repertoire of the legendary organist during her career, and has helped shape the in-stadium experience on the South Side and at sporting events across the country over the last five decades. Nancy was awarded an RIAA gold record from Mercury Records for her role in re-popularizing the song by the band Steam, which originally came out in 1969.

To celebrate the anniversary of this momentous occasion, Dan Wallach of the My Baseball History podcast is re-releasing Nancy's first album - "Nancy Faust At The Game" - both on compact disc and digitally. Copies of the CD are available for purchase either unsigned, or autographed by Nancy. It is a joint release in conjunction with Chicago label Artistic Integrity Records, with a release date of Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

"Nancy Faust At The Game" was originally released in the spring of 1978 as a one-time, vinyl-only pressing, and had never been produced in any other format since. But now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, these recordings are available to be heard again.

"We are thrilled to be able to bring this album back to life and preserve it for future generations," says Wallach. "Listening to these songs is like taking a trip back in time. To be able to hear the true roar of the crowd, and listen to the fans cheering and singing along with Nancy's playing during the prime of her life and career is something that sends chills down my spine in the best way."

Originally produced by Players in Person (PIP), Richard Dozer, Phoebe Medow, and other partners, the audio has been painstakingly restored and fully remastered from the original vinyl release by Dave Eck of Lucky Lacquers. The new design, layout, and graphics for the CD release were done by Dan Wallach, Mitchell Ransdell, and Nick Vetter, and include never-before-seen photos of Nancy during the 1977 White Sox and Bulls seasons, as well as updated liner notes written by Nancy, herself. The actual disc is designed to look like one of the colorful pinwheels atop Comiskey Park's famous exploding scoreboard.

Tracks 1-10 were recorded live at Comiskey Park on August 22, 1977. Nancy was playing a Hammond X66 organ with an ARP Pro Soloist Synthesizer.

Tracks 11-18 were recorded live at Chicago Stadium on October 25, 1977. Nancy was playing a Hammond 2307M Concorde organ with an ARP Pro Soloist Synthesizer.

LISTEN TO “TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME"
(RECORDED LIVE AT COMISKEY PARK, AUGUST 22, 1977)

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Nancy Faust played the organ at more than 3,000 Chicago White Sox games starting at Old Comiskey Park in 1970, with the last appearance in her stretch of 41 straight seasons as the full-time organist for the team coming on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at what was then called U.S. Cellular Field. This season, the White Sox have invited Nancy back to the stadium for a number of dates, much to the delight of the fans.

At the beginning of her career, Nancy was tasked with playing the song of each player’s birth state as the batter walked to plate. But she was also given freedom to play and respond to the crowds’ moods. Almost immediately upon her arrival at her original perch in the center field bleachers of Old Comiskey, Nancy became arguably the first sports organist to include pop and rock themes while playing during games, straying away from an organist’s typical musical choices, which usually dated to the 1960s or earlier.

In her second season as the team’s organist, Nancy's shyness waned. She carried a radio out with her, and tied creative tunes from TV commercials or popular songs to the players and game situations, as well as to the conversations happening on the radio broadcast. Nancy swiftly made a name for herself due to her fast thinking, quick wit, sense of humor, and brilliant musicianship. Before long, Nancy, herself, became a major entertainment force, an attraction at the ballpark, and a fan favorite.

In addition to being an innovator, Nancy was incredibly reliable. She did not miss a single White Sox home game from 1983 through 2005, including the 2005 World Series, which the White Sox won. After the Sox clinched the American League pennant that year, Nancy became a featured performer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, and was written up in Sports Illustrated as baseball's "MVO, or Most Valuable Organist."

Nancy has been celebrated with multiple days at the ballpark specifically honoring her. Ten thousand Nancy Faust bobblehead dolls were presented to fans by the White Sox before their game on September 18, 2010, just two weeks before her retirement. Nancy has contributed organ pieces to the podcast edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and she was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2018. Her talents and contribution to the game are recognized in an exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown called "Women in Baseball."

Nancy Faust's Recent and Upcoming Performances

MAY
11 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Marlins (1:10 PM)
25 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Rangers (1:10 PM)

JUNE
8 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Royals (1:10 PM)
22 – Pensacola, FL – Blue Wahoos Stadium, Blue Wahoos vs. Biscuits (4:08 PM)
29 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Giants (1:10 PM)

JULY
13 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Guardians (1:10 PM)

AUGUST
9 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Guardians (6:10 PM)
10 – Chicago, IL – Rate Field, White Sox vs. Guardians (1:10 PM)

ABOUT MY BASEBALL HISTORY:

My Baseball History is a long form interview podcast. Each episode features host Dan Wallach (former Executive Director of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum) interviewing someone new who has some sort of association to the game of baseball.

The guest could be a current or former player, manager, executive, or broadcaster. They could be a photographer, a journalist, an author, or historian. It could even be a coach, a collector, a clubhouse attendant, or the curator of a museum. No matter who Dan talks to, they’ll talk about how the guest fell in love with baseball, how their career started, and how they got to be where they are today.

Dan grew up a White Sox fan in the Chicagoland area and often attended games with his mom, Lori, sometimes purely to hear Nancy play. It was through his podcast that Dan and Nancy struck up their friendship. An interview with Nancy was the premier episode of Season 4 of My Baseball History. After the interview, Dan and Nancy stayed in touch. Dan's passion for collecting vinyl records eventually led him to ask Nancy if there were ever any plans for a new album, or to re-release one of her old albums. After months of collaboration, the re-release of "Nancy Faust At The Game" (AIR-041-A) is the result.

LISTEN TO NANCY FAUST'S EPISODE OF MY BASEBALL HISTORY
( SEASON 4, EPISODE 1 - RECORDED AUGUST 1, 2023)

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