''Polka! All Night Long'' 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 ...
. It was released through
Rounder Records in 1996. In 1997, 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 pr ...
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
# "All Night Long" (Gimble, Wills) – 2:48
# "Swirl" (Soyka, Sturr) – 3:15
# "Tavern in the Town" (traditional) – 2:05
# "Edelweiss" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) – 2:27
# "Alice" (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:58
# "Krakow Bridge") – 2:23
# "Cajun Fiddle" (Rich) – 2:10
# "Big Ball's in Cowtown" (Nix) – 2:46
# "Dizzy Fingers" (Sturr) – 3:47
# "Green Valley" (Wills) – 2:52
# "My Sophie" (Wojnarowski) – 1:59
# "Can't Afford to Be a Star" (Gerstenfeld, Lenard) – 2:48
# "Alice
ock Version (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:28
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 dynami ...
References
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1996 albums
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
Jimmy Sturr albums
Rounder Records albums