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''Living on Polka Time'' is an album by
Jimmy Sturr 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 Te ...
, released through
Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by Al ...
in 1997. In 1998, the album won Sturr the
Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
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

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


See also

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Polka in the United States Polka is a music and dance style that originated in Europe in the 1830s and came to American society when people immigrated from Eastern Europe. A fast style in 2/4 time, and often associated with the pre–World War II era, polka remains a dynamic ...


References

{{Authority control 1997 albums Grammy Award for Best Polka Album Jimmy Sturr albums Rounder Records albums