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Jun 19, 2024 · Mays' nickname stuck and became immortalized forever, most famously in the song "Say Hey (The Willie Mays song)," by the Treniers, which was released in 1954. Mays even participated in the...
Jun 20, 2024 · When Epic Records agreed to a record deal, the result was “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song),” a novelty recording performed by The Treniers, an R&B group from Alabama, and arranged by a young ...
- Rustin Dodd
Jun 22, 2024 · “Say Hey” — The Treniers. In an era with great nicknames for baseball players, few can say that their nickname came from a song written about them! The Treniers, led by twins Cliff and Claude Trenier were a 1950s “big band” jump blues (a mix between swing music and 1950s rock) group.
Jun 19, 2024 · He was honored in song from Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey & The Duke)” that remembered the great New York center fielders of the 1950s with Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider to the 1955 classic by The Treniers: “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) that perfectly encapsulated his style.
- jdubow@ap.org
- Pro Football Writer
Jun 18, 2024 · Mays did chant the words “say hey” for a record by a vocal group called the Treniers, but according to Hirsch’s biography, Mays told him he never used the phrase in any conversation. In 1970,...
4 days ago · Jones hired an up-and-coming musical group, The Treniers, to record the vocals. The result was a catchy song featuring Willie’s voice that described his rise as an American cultural phenomenon. It never reached chart-topping status, but it did open more doors for Mays in the form of television and movie cameos.
Jun 19, 2024 · The best-known is “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)” by the Treniers, a Las Vegas lounge act named for their founding brothers. It wasn’t a hit, but it’s the song that often accompanies highlight reels of Mays in action.
