Outstanding Polka DVD
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This film, hosted by Myron Floren, is a comprehensive documentary about the life and 50-year career of Grammy® Award winner Frank Yankovic, an extraordinary American musician and performer. During the late 1940s and 1950s, nearly everyone who listened to the radio or watched television had heard of Frank Yankovic s music. He expanded the genre of polka music and brought it into the mainstream of popular American music. Millions of people bought his records. His biggest hits, The Blue Skirt Waltz (the second most popular song in 1949) and Just Because, sold over a million records each when first released. Yankovic's career has been a whistle-stop tour playing to millions of fans for over three generations.
This Emmy Award winning program examines the life of America's Polka King, and his contribution to the history of popular music.
'Get ready to get happy! ' - Associated Press
'He took the Polka, modernized it and got kids dancing to it' - USA Today
This special Frankie Yankovic program was originally aired on PBS. It is a high quality show which takes a wonderful look at the life and music of America’s Polka King, Frankie Yankovic.