When It's Polka Time at Your House
Encyclopedia
When It's Polka Time at Your House is an album by Jimmy Sturr
and His Orchestra, released through Vanguard Records
in 1991. In 1991, the album won Sturr the Grammy Award
for Best Polka Recording
.
Jimmy Sturr
James W. "Jimmy" Sturr, Jr. is a polka musician, trumpeter/clarinetist/saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. His recordings have won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. Sturr's orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired...
and His Orchestra, released through Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
in 1991. In 1991, the album won Sturr the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Polka Recording
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality polka albums...
.
Track listing
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, Will) – 2:07 - "Tuba Polka" (Glowacki) – 2:43
- "Break Out the Bottle" (Sturr, Will) – 1:36
- "Box Fiddle Polka" – 1:54
- "Carpenter Polka" (Wojnarowski) – 2:49
- "Pulaski Highway Polka" – 2:46
- "Jackpot Polka" (Wisniewski) – 2:32
- "That Polka Melody" (Tady) – 2:26
- "Just for You Waltz" (Nowack) – 3:30
- "Sturr-It-Up Polka" (Urbanovitch) – 2:00
- "Jolly Onion Polka" (Karnish) – 2:04
- "Polka Time at Your House" (Sturr) – 1:52
- "Fireball Mail" (Rose) – 1:52
Personnel
- Gene Bartkiewicz – Accordion
- Louise Bialik – Accordion
- Tony Cicero – Drums
- Dennis Coyman – Drums
- Wally Czerniawski – Accordion
- Bob Fitzer – Bass
- Jeff Hoffman – Piano
- Gary Jacobelly – Artwork, Vocals
- Ethan James – Engineer
- The Jordanaires – Vocals
- Johnny Karas – Arranger, Performer, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
- Joe Magnuszewski – Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Ken Morey – Arranger
- Al Noble – Trumpet
- Eric Parks – Trumpet
- Tom Pick – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Dennis Polisky – Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Paul Roessler – Piano
- Jimmy SturrJimmy SturrJames W. "Jimmy" Sturr, Jr. is a polka musician, trumpeter/clarinetist/saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. His recordings have won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. Sturr's orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired...
– Arranger, Clarinet, Mixing, Performer, Producer, Sax (Alto) - Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra – Performer
- Frank Urbanovitch – Bass, Fiddle, Vocals
- Ken Uy – Piano, Synthesizer
- Henry Will – Arranger
- Joe Zarawski – Bass