Dance with Me (Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra album)

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Dance with Me
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Studio album by
Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra
Released1998 (1998)
RecordedClinton Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Polka
Label Rounder Records [1]
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Dance with Me is an album by Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra, released on August 18, 1998. [2] In 1999, the album won Sturr the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album. [4] Dance with Me was Sturr's 100th album. [5]

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Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "is a very good recording and should be enjoyed by those who enjoy first-rate dance music and can leap beyond the stereotype of polka music being only for the gray-haired generation." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Make Mine Polka" (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)
  2. "My Polka Dot" (feat. The Jordanaires)
  3. "Stellato's Polka"
  4. "May All Your Dreams Come True" (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)
  5. "Papa Won't You Dance With Me" (feat. The Rocco Sisters)
  6. "E-String Polka"
  7. "Borracho #1"
  8. "Ordinary Girl" (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)
  9. "Blue Star"
  10. "In One Year (Za Rok)"
  11. "Watch Your Step"
  12. "Loretta" (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)
  13. "Wasn't That a Party" (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)

Track listing adapted from the Apple Store [6]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (September 5, 1998). "Nashville Scene". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dance with Me - Jimmy Sturr". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 816.
  4. ↑ "Complete List of Grammy Winners". The New York Times . February 25, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  5. ↑ Writer, ROGER CATLIN; Courant Staff. "POLKA PARTY !". courant.com.
  6. ↑ Dance With Me by Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra , retrieved 2020-02-22


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