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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Alpocalypse (redirect from Another Tattoo (Weird Al Yankovic song))
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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Dare to Be Stupid (redirect from This Is the Life ("Weird Al" Yankovic song))
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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