Gone Polka
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Gone Polka is an album by Jimmy Sturr
, released through Rounder Records
on September 25, 2001. In 2002, the album won Sturr the Grammy Award
for Best Polka Album
.
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...
, released through Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
on September 25, 2001. In 2002, 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 Album
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
- "Yellow Rose of Texas Polka" – 2:52
- "Sugar and Spice Polka" (Sturr) – 3:02
- "Music! Music! Music! Polka" (Baum, Weiss) – 2:07
- "Near the Town Polka" (Solek) – 2:05
- "Waltz Across Texas Waltz" (Tawil, Tubb, Tubb) – 2:57
- "Dancing Girl Oberek" – 2:15
- "Ricochet Polka" (Coleman, Darion, Gimble) – 3:22
- "Just Because Polka" (Robin, Shelton) – 2:17
- "Hop Scotch Polka" – 2:19
- "Big Mamou Polka" (Davis) – 2:44
- "Poor Girl Polka" (Wojnarwoski) – 2:57
- "On the Road Again Polka" (Nelson) – 2:10
- "Sing Sing Sing" (Louis PrimaLouis PrimaLouis Prima was a Sicilian American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the...
) – 3:33
Personnel
- Scott Alarik – liner notes
- Gene Bartkiewicz – accordion
- Mark Bernstein – bass
- Doyle Brown – visual coordinator
- Dennis Coyman – drums
- Wally Czerniawski – accordion, arranger
- Ray DeBrown – arranger
- Nick Devito – clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Joe Donofrio – mixing
- Ken Harbus – trumpet
- Johnny Karas – clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals
- Brenda Lee – vocals
- Jean-Pierre LeGuillou – design
- Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering
- Willie Nelson – vocals
- Al Noble – trumpet
- Eric Parks – trumpet
- Al Piatkowski – accordion
- Tom Pick – producer, engineer, mixing
- Emil Shapach – assistant engineer
- Keith Slattery – 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...
– producer, mixing - Samir El Tawil – composer
- Frank Urbanovitch – fiddle, vocals
- Jim Uzwack – engineer
- Henry Will – arranger