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Accordionally Yours
''Accordionally Yours'' is an album by Walter Ostanek and His Band. In 1994, the album won Ostanek the 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. Honors in several categories are .... Track listing #"Whoop Polka" – 2:45 #"Singers & Players Polka" – 2:19 #"Pretty Polly Polka" – 2:25 #"I Never Knew Polka" – 2:25 #"Emily's Waltz" – 2:39 #"My Maria Polka" – 3:09 #"You Are My Sunshine Polka" – 2:43 #"I Knew from the Start Polka" – 2:48 #"Clarinet Polka" – 2:28 #"Please Leave Me Alone Waltz" – 2:39 #"That Is Why Polka" – 2:24 #"La Dee Da Oberek" – 3:06 #"Kenny's Polka" – 2:37 #"Lulubelle Polka" – 2:18 References {{reflist External linksWalter Ostanek Band's official site Grammy Award for Best Polk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Ostanek
Ladislav John "Walter" Ostanek, CM (born 20 April 1935) is a Canadian musician. He is known as "Canada's Polka King." He has received twenty-one nominations for Grammy Awards and won three. Early life Born in Duparquet, Quebec in 1935, his family moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, when he was a boy. A young Ostanek received his first accordion as a gift in 1944. After several years, Ostanek became a popular entertainer in Southern Ontario, performing Slovenian-style (also known as Cleveland-style) polkas and waltzes. He could be heard frequently on the radio in St. Catharines and Welland. Walter began playing polka after his best friend introduced him to the accordion at age 5. Career In 1957 Ostanek formed his own band playing Slovenian-style polka music. In 1963, Ostanek and his band, the Walter Ostanek Band, would record their first of many albums. Over his career, Ostanek would record more than 50 albums and become known as Canada's Polka King. He has received three Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
