Gone Polka

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Gone Polka
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Studio album by
Jimmy Sturr
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2001
Genre Polka
Label Rounder
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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. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Yellow Rose of Texas Polka" – 2:52
  2. "Sugar and Spice Polka" (Sturr) – 3:02
  3. "Music! Music! Music! Polka" (Baum, Weiss) – 2:07
  4. "Near the Town Polka" (Solek) – 2:05
  5. "Waltz Across Texas Waltz" (Tawil, Tubb, Tubb) – 2:57
  6. "Dancing Girl Oberek" – 2:15
  7. "Ricochet Polka" (Coleman, Darion, Gimble) – 3:22
  8. "Just Because Polka" (Robin, Shelton) – 2:17
  9. "Hop Scotch Polka" – 2:19
  10. "Big Mamou Polka" (Davis) – 2:44
  11. "Poor Girl Polka" (Wojnarwoski) – 2:57
  12. "On the Road Again Polka" (Nelson) – 2:10
  13. "Sing Sing Sing" (Louis Prima) – 3:33

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Gone Polka". Allmusic . Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ "The 2002 Grammy winners". San Francisco Chronicle . February 28, 2002. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
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