Living on Polka Time
Encyclopedia
Living on Polka Time is an album by Jimmy Sturr
, released through Rounder Records
in 1997. In 1998, 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...
in 1997. In 1998, 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
- "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" (Fain, Hilliard) – 2:23
- "Speedline" (Kuciemba) – 2:23
- "(Hey Baby) Que Paso" (Meyers, Sheffield) – 3:45
- "On the Swing" (traditional) – 2:10
- "Always" (Henkler, Scholz, Sturr) – 2:38
- "I Love Polka Music" – 2:40
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Mack, Sturr) – 2:11
- "Loving Arms of Tennessee" (Dempsey, Reed) – 2:51
- "WWW Polka. Com" (DeBrown) – 3:03
- "Hoop de Doo" (DeLugg, Loesser) – 3:26
- "Bad Joe" (Wojnarowski) – 2:44
- "Fiddlemania" (traditional) – 3:25
- "Such a Way About You" (Meyer) – 2:16