ON this date in 1967 - Pat Boone, the owner of the Oakland Oaks, sang the national anthem at the first game of the new American Basketball Association.

That afternoon, he asked world-renown tenors Bun Man and Mr. Purple to join him for this momentous occasion.

The Boyz began by singing "On a day like today, we pass the time away..." rather than "O say can..."

Pat busted up, but only a few in the crowd got the reference.