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Walter Ostanek And His Polka Band ‎– I Like Frankie Yankovic. Label: Unidisc ‎– UBK-4064. Mould SID Code: IFPI 6000. Other (stamped in mirror band): 21. Other (in clear hub): 9.

Album · 1969 · 11 Songs. I Like Frankie Yankovic Walter Ostanek. Listen on Apple Music.

Walter Ostanek And Frankie Yankovic. Walter Ostanek and Frankie Yankovic I Love To Polka (Red Raven Polka). Walter Ostanek and Frankie Yankovic Just Because.

I Like Frankie Yankovic, 1969. Town Tap Polka, 02:16. Bye Bye My Baby Polka, 02:08.

Ladislav John "Walter" Ostanek, CM (born 20 April 1935) is a Canadian musician. He is known as "Canada's Polka King. He has received twenty-one nominations for Grammy Awards and won three. Born in Duparquet, Quebec in 1935, his family moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, when he was a boy. A young Ostanek received his first accordion as a gift in 1944

Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks. Young Walter received his first accordion as a gift in 1944. After several years, Ostanek became a popular entertainer in Southern Ontario. Performing Cleveland-Style Polkas and Waltzes. He could be heard frequently on the radio in St. Catharines and Welland. I Like Frankie Yankovic.

Walter Ostanek and His Band – All Aboard It's Polka Time. Walter Ostanek – Moments to Remember. Frankie Yankovic and Friends – Songs of the Polka King. To have that taken away, it's like it was all for nothing. Apart from ensuring that the "awards process remains representative of the current musical landscape", the Academy cited dwindling competition as one reason for the category retirement. Others speculated that Jimmy Sturr's eighteen wins led to the elimination. Due to the elimination.

In 1957 Ostanek formed his own band playing Slovenian-style polka music. In 1963, Ostanek and his band, the Walter Ostanek Band, would record their first of many albums. Over his career, Ostanek would record more than 50 albums and become known as Canada's Polka King. He has received three Grammy Awards and he has been nominated thirteen times. His style has been compared to America's Polka King, Frankie Yankovic of Cleveland. Like the late Yankovic, Walter Ostanek is of Slovene descent. Ostanek (right) appearing at the 2006 Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest  . 1992, 1993, 1994: winner, Grammy Award for Best Polka Album. 2001: inductee, Canada's Walk of Fame.

Polka King Walter Ostanek has been playing polka music for over 50 years. For polka music,polka videos,and more visit WalterOstanekBand. We’ve had the pleasure of recording well over 80 polka albums and polka videos since 1957. We’ve even been fortunate enough to be recognized three times by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences with the highest honour in the music business, the Grammy Awards. Friends like, my personal mentor and America’s Polka King, Frankie Yankovic. Please feel welcome to contact me anytime through our Contact Walter.