"The Clarinet Polka" or "A Hupfata" (Polish "Polka Dziadek", Estonian "Vanaisa polka" – Grandpa Polka) is a popular musical composition from the end of...
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popular songs, each one reinterpreted as a polka (generally an instrumentation of accordion, banjo, tuba, clarinet, and muted brass interspersed with sound...
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through the Polka Hall of Fame. Chicago is associated with "Polish-style polka," and its sub-styles including "The Chicago Honky" (using clarinet and one...
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Off the Deep End (section Parodies and polka)
phonetically. One of the last songs to be recorded was the obligatory polka medley, "Polka Your Eyes Out". Yankovic had already performed the medley at Dr....
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Jimmy Sturr (category Polka musicians)
polka musician, trumpeter, clarinetist, saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. Media outlets have often dubbed him the "King of Polka...
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sign come to life and the "Y" sings a song (sung to the tune of the Clarinet Polka) imploring Charlie to go into the Candy Cave. After the letters explode...
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video Charlie the Unicorn, parodies this song (to the tune of the "Clarinet Polka"). In 1978, country singer Mel Tillis released the single "Ain't No...
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Slovenian-style polka (also known as Cleveland Style polka) is an American style of polka in the Slovenian tradition. It is usually associated with Cleveland...
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and the Return of Prosody." The last of the "Raysburg Series", The Clarinet Polka (2002), was well received in the United States, particularly by the...
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Whoopee John (category Polka musicians)
recorded nearly 1,000 songs, the most popular being “Mariechen Waltz” and “Clarinet Polka.” He died in 1961 at age 68 years of a heart attack. "IPA Hall of Fame:...
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