RIP Jane Jarvis -- 94

[Guest Edgy DC]

[quote name=The Wall Street Journal]It�s both difficult and easy to ignore the music played at major-league ballparks. Difficult because the music is generally ear-splitting, but easy because it�s resolutely forgettable. There was a time when most ballparks featured a virtuoso providing organ music. Jane Jarvis, the original Shea Stadium organist and one of the best-loved ballpark musicians ever, was one such figure, and she remained beloved of Mets fans even after leaving the team in 1979. She passed away last Monday, at the age of 94.

�She outlived Shea,� Greg Prince writes at Faith and Fear in Flushing. �She outlived the organ as the prime source of pregame and between-innings entertainment. She lived a very long time and accomplished a great deal as a musician and music executive. For those of us enchanted by the Melody Queen of Shea Stadium, she�s always going to be synonymous with some of the best days of our lives.�

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ms. J's superlative "MTM" available right here in WAV form.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ms. J's superlative "MTM" available right here in WAV form.

[seawolf17]

HOLY MOLEY. I love that. I need a reason to hear that every day.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I want this as my morning alarm. (Once I find cheap, good speakers for the iMachine, I'm good there.)

Still looking for "Hat Dance," "Felix the Cat," and other stuff.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

She has a couple CDs on iTunes! Sadly, while there is "Baltimore Oriole" but no "Meet the Mets."

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

http://www.insystem.com/bb/sounds.htm

Oh, check this out! All kinds of audio Mets glories, with old WHN Mets bumpers, ads, and -- they say -- Mexican Hat Dance in the background of one of them!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

http://www.insystem.com/bb/sounds.htm

Oh, check this out! All kinds of audio Mets glories, with old WHN Mets bumpers, ads, and -- they say -- Mexican Hat Dance in the background of one of them!