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Touched by a Polka

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| released = August 15, 2000

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| genre = Polka

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/23/movies/steely-dan-u2-eminem-macy-gray-winners-of-the-2001-grammy-awards.html|title=Steely Dan, U2, Eminem, Macy Gray: Winners of the 2001 Grammy Awards|date=February 23, 2001|accessdate=July 21, 2010|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company}}

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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See also

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Category:2000 albums

Category:Grammy Award for Best Polka Album

Category:Jimmy Sturr albums

Category:Rounder Records albums

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