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Slavko Avsenik; Eddie Blazonczyk, The Versatones; Brave Combo, Texas, alternative, two-time Grammy Award winner; The Bravery [1]; Tom Brusky, Wisconsin [2]; The Chardon Polka Band, Ohio
The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for quality polka albums. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to ...
James Knox Polk (/ p oʊ k /; [1] November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of Jacksonian democracy and extending the territory of the United States.
The International Polka Association (IPA) is located in Chicago, Illinois and dedicated to the study and preservation of polka music and the cultural heritage of Polish Americans who have made this music tradition part of their heritage.
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"Attractive feature in opening of the $1,000,000 drive to purchase Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson at Charlottesville, Va., was folk dancing by Albemarle Community dancer of Albemarle County, Va., who showed just how the polka was done in Jefferson's time"
James W. Sturr Jr. (born September 25, 1941), commonly known as Jimmy Sturr, is an American polka musician, trumpeter, clarinetist, saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra.
Jimmy Sturr, the 18 time Grammy Award Winner for Best Polka Album, said of him: "He was one of my idols.I grew up on him...I modeled my band after his Eastern style." [2] Lenny Gomulka, the twelve time Polka Grammy Nominee, said that Larry Chesky was a "pioneer who changed and enhanced the image of polka to the Big Band sound."