I Love to Polka
Encyclopedia
I Love to Polka is an album by Jimmy Sturr
and His Orchestra, released through Rounder Records
in 1995. In 1996, 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...
and His Orchestra, 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...
in 1995. In 1996, 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
- "It's Party Time" (Zalac) – 2:41
- "Dancing Clarinets" (Sturr) – 2:14
- "Bed of Roses" (Urbanovitch) – 2:34
- "I L.O.V.E. Y.O.U." (Brown, Sturr) – 3:02
- "Button Box Fever" (Rink) – 2:23
- "Gettin' Married" (Biskup) – 2:28
- "I Love to Polka" (Filipowski) – 3:10
- "Nat the Cat" (Will) – 2:45
- "My Mary" (Resetar) – 2:45
- "Skylark" (Solek) – 2:47
- "Last Night" (Rink) – 2:47
- "Here We Come/The Polish Polka" (Sturr) – 2:40
- "Blaze of Glory" (Keith, Morrison, Slate) – 2:45
Personnel
- Gene Bartkiewicz – accordion
- Doyle Brown – visual coordinator
- Basia Ciborowski – vocals
- Dennis Coyman – drums
- Todd Culross – assistant engineer
- Wally Czerniawski – accordion
- Dave Czohara – trumpet
- Will Dombrowski – engineer
- Nancy Given – design
- Ken Harbus – trumpet
- The Jordanaires – vocals, group
- Johnny Karas – tenor saxophone, vocals
- Ella Kuzdzal – vocals
- Joe Magnuszewski – clarinet, alto saxophone
- Jeff Miller – piano
- Al Noble – trumpet
- Eric Parks – trumpet
- Tom Pick – producer, engineer, mixing
- Dennis Polisky – clarinet, alto saxophone
- Mike Ralff – bass
- Lynn Marie Rink – accordion
- Bill Shibilski – liner notes
- 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...
– clarinet, arranger, alto saxophone, producer, mixing - Frank Urbanovitch – fiddle, vocals
- Shonna Valeska – photography
- Henry Will – arranger
- Hank Williams – mastering