Can't leave out Arthur Lee Maye, a former major league outfielder who died 
last year. Besides spending more than a dozen years in the majors starting in 
1959, he made some fine records in the 50's mainly as a member of the Crowns 
(which sometimes included "Louie Louie" author Richard Berry). His best-known 
recording, the ballad "Gloria," is on the Specialty Records box, as is its 
rollicking flip "Oh Rooba-Lee." Several of his recordings can be heard online 
by linking to the Harmony Group Website at 
http://www.group-harmony.com/lee_maye.htm. 

Another 60's Sixties baseball player, Jim Mudcat Grant, still sings from time 
to time with his group, the Kittens. He performed in these parts a couple 
years ago when former Tigers OF Willie Horton hosted a baseball clinic in 
Kingsport, Tn. 

Jim McGuinness

In a message dated 2/9/2003 12:00:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, David Bash 
writes:

> Top 5 Athletes who were also "musicians"
> 
> 1. Denny McLain
> 2. Terry Bradshaw
> 3. Meadowlark Lemon (Have you heard that Globetrotters album?  Yeah, I know
> Meadowlark wasn't really on it...)
> 4. Nelson Briles (obscure early '70s pitcher who wrote and performed a song
> about Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's record)
> 5. Sandy Koufax (well, he did have a band named after him, didn't he????)
> 
> Honorable Mention: Wilt Chamerlain...he must have been a great musician.
> After all, by his own admission he was great at everything else.
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>