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Jimmy Sturr, also known as the "Polka King," is a polka musician and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. His recordings have won 15 out of a maximum of 20 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. His orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired more Grammy nominations than anyone in the history of musical polka awards. His band is arguably the most popular polka band. Jimmy Sturr's band has been voted the #1 polka band in America, and have their own TV show on the network, a network devoted to rural America. The band has reported in press releases that they have also appeared on Saturday Night Live, however this has proven to be untrue. Evidence of this is the List of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests, where they are conspicuously absent. When they are on a trip, the band rides in Jimmy’s forty-five foot customized tour bus. On their travels, they have been to the most prestigious venues in the world, including seven Sold Out concerts at Carnegie Hall and four Sold Out concerts at Lincoln Center in New York City and a sold out concert at The Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland. The band has also played at many famous casinos.

Today, Jimmy Sturr lives in the house he grew up in, in the upstate town of Florida, New York. The band usually attracts crowds of loyal fans wherever their travels take them.

Discography

Shake, Rattle and Polka! (2006 Grammy)
Let's Polka 'Round (2004 Grammy)
Top of the World (2003 Grammy)
Gone Polka (2002 Grammy) with Willie Nelson
and Brenda Lee
Touched By a Polka with Mel Tillis (2001 Grammy)
Prime Time Polka
Life's a Polka
83 Giant Polka Hits
Dance with Me with Oak Ridge Boys and Flaco Jiminez (1999 Grammy)
Polkapalooza
Living on Polka Time (1998 Grammy) with Bill Anderson and Flaco Jiminez
Polka! All Night Long (1997 Grammy) with Willie Nelson
I Love to Polka (1996 Grammy)
Polka Your Troubles Away
Pure Polka
Polka Favorites
Saturday Night Polka
Clarinet/Accordion Magic
Sturr It Up
Live At Gilley's (1992 Grammy)
Polka Time at Your House (1991 Grammy)
Fiddles On Fire
Trip To Poland
Pure Country
All In My Love For You (1990 Grammy)
Born To Polka (1989 Grammy)
A Polka Just For Me (1988 Grammy)
I Remember Warsaw (1987 Grammy)
1st Class Polka's
Hooked on Polkas
On Tour
All American Polkafest
Polka Fever
A Jimmy Sturr Christmas
Polka Christmas
Old Fashioned Christmas
Christmas In My Hometown

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