Volume 70: 7 Decades of the Polka King

You would think that polka music would be out of place in an Italian household. But not ours. It was one of the dances my parents loved to do and one I would even attempt at the right wedding. It was the music my grandmother and one of her sisters loved to play on the organ. And this kind of polka has Cleveland written all over it. So get ready for some beer drinking and skirt twirling with Volume 70: 7 Decades of the Polka King.

Video Intro

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Credits and Copyrights:

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Frank Yankovic – 70 Years Of Hits
Label: Smash Records – 830 024-1 M-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Polka

We will hear 7 of the 10 songs on this album.

Zivili Brace, Zivili Sestra
Written by Johnny Krizancic
Cleveland, A Polka Town
Written by William Lausche
Blue Skirt Waltz
Written by Václav Bláha (or Rudolf Antonín Dvorský)
Lyrics written by Mitchell Parish
Just Because
written by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin and Bob Shelton
Beer Barrel Polka
Written by Jaromír Vejvoda
Beer Drinking Song
Written by Lacy J Dalton and David Wood
Corrida #1/Serenata
Written by Carlos Rosas

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

Photo credits:
cleveland.com