Living on Polka Time

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Living on Polka Time
Jimmy Sturr, Living on Polka Time.jpg
Studio album by Jimmy Sturr
Released 1997
Genre Polka
Length35:55
Label Rounder
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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. [2]

Jimmy Sturr American musician

James W. Sturr, Jr. is an American 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 more Grammy nominations than anyone in the history of musical polka awards.

Rounder Records American record label

Rounder Records is an American record label specializing in folk, bluegrass, blues, and other forms of American roots music. Its roster includes Alison Krauss and Union Station, Béla Fleck, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, and Steep Canyon Rangers. Rounder's musicians have won over 40 Grammy Awards since the label's inception in 1970. The company also maintains book and video divisions.

Grammy Award accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States

A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. The Grammys are the second of the Big Three major music awards held annually.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" (Fain, Hilliard) – 2:23
  2. "Speedline" (Kuciemba) – 2:23
  3. "(Hey Baby) Que Paso" (Meyers, Sheffield) – 3:45
  4. "On the Swing" (traditional) – 2:10
  5. "Always" (Henkler, Scholz, Sturr) – 2:38
  6. "I Love Polka Music" – 2:40
  7. "Sweet and Lovely" (Mack, Sturr) – 2:11
  8. "Loving Arms of Tennessee" (Dempsey, Reed) – 2:51
  9. "WWW Polka. Com" (DeBrown) – 3:03
  10. "Hoop de Doo" (DeLugg, Loesser) – 3:26
  11. "Bad Joe" (Wojnarowski) – 2:44
  12. "Fiddlemania" (traditional) – 3:25
  13. "Such a Way About You" (Meyer) – 2:16

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References

  1. ↑ "Living on Polka Time". Allmusic . Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ "The 1998 Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times . The New York Times Company. February 26, 1998. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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