While UH would not be considered a singing campus like the University of California, Berkeley or Yale University, a few hymns have been written for the U and enjoyed by the UH community.

Head Football Coach Jack Pardee, Heisman Trophy Winning Quarterback Andre Ware, and former Quarterback David Dacus felt the University lacked a symbol for the football team. An oil field siren was chosen to represent the University's ties to the petroleum industry and the "air-raid" style of offense at the time. A group of students, all members of Sigma Chi Fraternity, manned a manual crank siren that sounded after each score. In the summer of 1991, David Carl Blazek, a staunch supporter of the University and member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, passed away. His death was a blow to the original men who ran the siren. They named the siren "The Blaze" in honor of their fallen brother. In the of Fall 1991, through the efforts of the "H" Association, the Taxi Squad, Pleas Doyle and the Hruska Family, the purchase of a new siren was complete. However, the siren did not arrive until the day before Homecoming. To this day, every time that The Blaze is sounded, the University hears the voice of David Carl Blazek