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    accordion-playing Yankovic in the world." Al performed accordion and the backing vocal part on "Who Stole the Kishka?" on one of Frankie's final records,...
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  • Notable people with the surname include: "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959), American parodist Frankie Yankovic (1915–1998), American accordionist Janković Jankovich...
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  • (Metal Health)" by Quiet Riot "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic "Hooked on Polkas" – 3:51 "I Want a New Duck"...
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    should be at least one more accordion-playing Yankovic in the world"; this was in reference to Frankie Yankovic, to whom he is not related. He has also said...
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    "Weird Al" Yankovic is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, director, television producer, and author....
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    songwriter, musician, record producer, actor and parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic consists of fourteen studio albums, two soundtrack albums, nine compilation...
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    Harris, Paul McCartney, Ricky Skaggs, Ricky Van Shelton, Andy Williams, Frankie Yankovic, as well as many others. He is a performer, studio musician, producer...
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  • Victor V40273 (1929) The song was also recorded by Frankie Yankovic. Columbia agreed to release Yankovic's version of "Just Because" in 1948. This recording...
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    Awards were first presented for polka in 1985. The first award went to Frankie Yankovic, known as "America's Polka King", for his 70 Years of Hits album on...
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    by Los Lobos have been recorded by Elvis Costello, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Yankovic, and Robert Plant. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into...
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  • Polish, Norwegian, and Danish. The song was a hit for accordionist Frankie Yankovic, appearing on Friendly Tavern Polkas (1960) and subsequent albums....
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  • Al" Yankovic is a 15-album box set by the American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on November 24, 2017. Squeeze Box marks Yankovic's second...
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    Lilly Brothers & Don Stover Charlie McCoy Maceo Pinkard Red Sovine Frankie Yankovic Class of 2009 The Bailes Brothers Larry Combs, Frank De Vol Hawkshaw...
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  • for ethnic clubs and union halls. However, the commercial success of Frankie Yankovic (Jankovič) and other musicians soon introduced the genre to a wider...
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  • Bernstein & Co. It became an almost immediate hit for The Andrews Sisters. Frankie Yankovic also made a successful recording of the "Pennsylvania Polka". The song...
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  • over the closing credits is a version of "The Happy Wanderer" sung by Frankie Yankovic. Listed in order of first appearance: Clifton High School in Clifton...
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  • Hits is a compilation album by Frankie Yankovic, released through Our Heritage Records in 1985. The title refers to Yankovic having turned 70 years old that...
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  • Grammy Award for Best Polka Recording, the award was first presented to Frankie Yankovic in 1986. Previously, polka recordings had been placed in the folk category...
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  • 2003 "Just Because" (Nelstone's Hawaiians song), 1929; covered by Frankie Yankovic, Elvis Presley, and others "Just Because", by Anita Baker from Giving...
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    song. In 1950, she collaborated as a singer with the polka musician Frankie Yankovic, and the U.S. servicemen in Korea voted her their favorite star. Day...
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  • parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on June 21, 2011. It was the seventh studio album self-produced by Yankovic. The musical styles on the album...
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    producer Frankie Yankovic – Grammy Award-winning musician, known as "America's Polka King", popularized Slovenian-style polka "Weird Al" Yankovic – comedy...
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  • audiences from a 1963 recording by the Grammy award–winning polka artist Frankie Yankovic. It is an homage to kiszka, also known as kaszanka. According to an...
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  • hundreds of festivals with fellow musicians like Lawrence Welk and Frankie Yankovic, as well as his own children, Bob Jr. and Barbara Kames. In 1982, the...
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    style has been compared to America's Polka King, Frankie Yankovic of Cleveland. Like the late Yankovic, Walter Ostanek is of Slovene descent. Ostanek hosted...
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    U.S. on ATCO Records, 6277. Patti Page, The Shadows, Chet Atkins, Frankie Yankovic, Horst Wende, and James Last also recorded the song. There were many...
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  • Louis Armstrong, Mario Lanza, Patti Page, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Frankie Yankovic, Frank Zappa, Paul Frees and The Carpenters among others. In its prime...
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  • the American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on June 18, 1985. The album was one of many Yankovic records produced by former McCoys guitarist...
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    Lilly Brothers & Don Stover Charlie McCoy Maceo Pinkard Red Sovine Frankie Yankovic Class of 2009 The Bailes Brothers Larry Combs, Frank De Vol Hawkshaw...
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    Smith, Dean Martin, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots, Frankie Yankovic, Doris Day, the McGuire Sisters, Howard Hewett, Shirley Murdock, Boz...
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