Today in White Sox History: October 18

Almost a decade after the song became a surprise No. 1 hit, Nancy Faust led a revival of “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)” that would earn her a gold record.1969

A little-known studio musical group had released an oddly-named song. On this date, it broke into the Billboard Top 100 chart, and would eventually move all the way to No. 1.

The group was called Steam, and the song, “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye).” Thanks to the efforts of White Sox organist Nancy Faust, it would become the song Sox fans used to “serenade” pitchers being removed from games.

Faust had played the song many times at Comiskey Park before it caught on as a phenomenon, but it was during a battle for first place with…