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101 Strings released a version of the song on their 1990 album Polka. [8] The Mom and Dads released a version of the song on their 1995 album Love Is a Beautiful Song. [9] Jimmy Sturr released a version of the song on the 1998 various artist album Legends of Polka. [10] "Weird Al" Yankovic incorporated the song in his Polka Face medley.
Under the title "Beer Barrel Polka", the tune hit No. 1 on the Hit Parade in the United States in 1939. [2] It sold over one million copies by 1943, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA . [ 3 ] After World War II he was known as the "Polka King" in the U.S., and did both big band and folk music arrangements with his orchestra.
The refrain quotes "Liechtensteiner Polka" by Edmund Kötscher and Rudi Lindt. The lyrics refer to the Spanish city of Almería , as well as former bassist Cait O'Riordan's departure from the group and subsequent relationship with Elvis Costello .
York placed in the top three with Wo die Sonne scheint, Liechtensteiner Polka (both 1974) and Ein Adler kann nicht fliegen (1977). In 1976, York took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Das alte Haus and finished in last place.
Harold Loeffelmacher, circa 1957. The Six Fat Dutchmen was an American polka band, formed around 1932 by Harold Loeffelmacher in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States.The band was known mostly for playing the German-American (sometimes called "oom-pah") style of polka music that originated from Germany and the German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia.
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I, Songs of the Polka King Vol. II (1997), and Brave Combo's Kick Ass Polkas (2000). Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra is one of the most popular polka bands in America, having won 18 of the 24 awards for Grammy Award for Best Polka Album. Polka Varieties was an hour-long television program of polka music originating from Cleveland, Ohio. The show ...
Moon River is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1961 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25412). [1] [2]The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on January 13, 1962, reached the No. 4 spot, and remained on that chart for 43 weeks [3]