Touched by a Polka explained

Touched by a Polka
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jimmy Sturr
Cover:	Jimmy Sturr Touched by a Polka cover.jpg
Released:	August 15, 2000
Genre:	Polka
Label:	Rounder

Touched by a Polka is an album by Jimmy Sturr, released through Rounder Records on August 15, 2000. In 2001, the album won Sturr the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Tic Toc" – 3:13
2. "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" (Jim Beck, Lefty Frizzell) – 2:10
3. "Melody" (Sturr) – 2:53
4. "St. Patty's Polka Melody" – 4:00
5. "If I Could Catch a Rainbow" (Sturr, Will) – 2:08
6. "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) – 3:14
7. "Don't Cry Daddy" (Wojnarowski) – 3:08
8. "Little Girl of Mine" (Corcoran) – 3:30
9. "Thibodeaux and His Cajun Band" (Newman) – 2:07
10. "Time Changes Everything" (Tommy Duncan) – 2:24

Personnel

• Doyle Brown – visual coordinator
• Dennis Coyman – drums
• Wally Czerniawski – accordion
• Ray DeBrown – arranger
• Nick Devito – clarinet, alto saxophone
• Mel Ellis – performer
• Geoffrey Himes – liner notes
• Doug Howard – engineer
• Ken Irwin – mixing engineer
• The Jordanaires – backing vocals
• Johnny Karas – tenor saxophone, vocals

• Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering
• Al Noble – trumpet
• Dermot O'Brien – vocals
• Eric Parks – trumpet
• Tom Pick – producer, engineer, mixing engineer
• Keith Slattery – piano
• Jimmy Sturr – arranger, producer, mixing engineer
• Mel Tillis – vocals
• Frank Urbanovitch – fiddle, vocals
• Henry Will – arranger

See also

• Polka in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Steely Dan, U2, Eminem, Macy Gray: Winners of the 2001 Grammy Awards. February 23, 2001. July 21, 2010. The New York Times. The New York Times Company.