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Dance with Me | |
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Studio album by Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | |
Released | 1998 |
Recorded | Clinton Recording Studios, New York City |
Genre | Polka |
Label | Rounder Records [1] |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
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]
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 adapted from the Apple Store [6]
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