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237:. Yankovic acquired an accordion at age 9, and received a few lessons from Zelodec. By the late 1920s, in his early teenage years, he was a working musician, playing for community events. In the 1930s, he formed a business relationship with Joe Trolli and began making radio appearances on stations such as WJAY and WGAR. As his reputation spread, he sought opportunities to make records, but the major labels turned him down. His first records were made for the Yankee and Joliet labels operated by Fred Wolf, and the expenses were paid for by Yankovic himself. 44: 1056: 602:- Began playing with Yankovic in 1962 at the age of 13. This was the start of a relationship that lasted for the next 35 years. Joey developed his skill with the accordion and music while touring with the band. Joey began writing and arranging songs for Yankovic, eventually arranging and producing some of Yankovic's albums, including the Grammy Award-winning album "70 Years of Hits". 523: 455: 408:, although the two are not related. Al, who also performs polka music among many other styles, has jokingly hypothesized that he was given accordion lessons as a child because his parents thought that "there should be at least one more accordion-playing Yankovic in the world." Al performed accordion and the backing vocal part on " 633: 240:
In 1940, he married his first wife June, and they began to raise a family. However, the expenses of family life quickly overcame the incoming money from his music career, so he opened a tavern, calling it the Yankovic Bar. It became a popular hangout for local musicians, and he continued to run it
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Columbia Records initially refused to record "Just Because", because other versions of the song had been around for years without much success; only allowing it when Yankovic said that he would buy the first 10,000 records. Yankovic obtained the title of America's Polka King after beating
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In Bob Dolgan's 2006 biography of Yankovic, Frankie's longtime drummer Dave Wolnik observed that "Yankovic didn't have a street named for him in his own hometown". This launched a campaign by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum and City Councilman
470:. He was presented with a commemorative certificate in recognition of his significant contributions to promoting Slovene culture worldwide. Additionally, he received an oil painting by the academic painter TomaĹľ Perko to remember his time in Cerknica. 264:. The doctors urged him to have his fingers amputated, but he refused, as that would have ended his music career. After getting out of the hospital, he and four other musicians were assigned to special services to entertain the troops, including 446:. Hundreds of friends, family, his loyal fans and fellow musicians attended his memorial service. At his peak, Yankovic traveled extensively and performed 325 shows a year. He sold 30 million records during his lifetime. 592:
Anthony "Tops" Cardone was a member of the popular Yankovic Show band that toured in the early 1950s, playing in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and top nightclubs in the United States. Tops played second accordion with Frank's
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Eddie "Teener" - played banjo with Yankovic off and on from 1953 until his death in 1970. Co-wrote with Yankovic on "Happy Polka", which was originally written as a commercial for the TV show.
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Yankovic enlisted in the armed forces in 1943 and cut numerous records while on leave, prior to his departure for Europe. Yankovic was assigned duty in 1943 in the infantry as a
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for 26 weeks in 1962. He commuted from Cleveland to host each episode, which aired live. He also hosted a similar show at WGN-TV Chicago at about the same time.
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Adolph "Church" Srnick - long time bass player with Yankovic. Played the stand up 3/4 bass and also the "baby" electric bass from 1945 until he died in 1968
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in 1976. Yankovic found a Bohemian Waltz called "Cervenou Sukynku," (written by Vaclav Blaha) or loosely translated, "Red Skirt Waltz." Yankovic asked
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Denny Boneck (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), stand-up bass and back-up vocals. Played, toured and recorded with Frank as one of the "Yanks" from 1970 to 1981.
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Johnny Pecon - Button Box and Piano Accordion with the original "Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks" from 1946 through 1949.
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Henry "Hank The Yank" Bokal - Drummer with the original "Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks" from 1941 through 1949.
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nearly required the amputation of his hands and feet. Fortunately, he was able to beat the resulting
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musician. Known as "America's Polka King", Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the
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Joseph A. Godec (upright 3/4 bass) and Frank Godec (guitar) toured Ely and range 1940-44 and 1951.
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Jeff Winard - Accomplished accordionist from Milwaukee; traveled with Yankovic in later years.
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category. He rarely strayed from Slovenian-style polka, but did record with country guitarist
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Dennis Kucinich's letter to Clinton in support of awarding Yankovic a National Medal of Arts
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In 1970, a house fire destroyed the gold records for "Just Because" and "Blue Skirt Waltz".
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in West Virginia where they both worked. When Yankovic was young, his father moved to
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Georgie Cook - Banjo player, who helped Yankovic establish the "Cleveland Sound".
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Yankovic was assigned duty in 1943 in the infantry as a flame-thrower operator.
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Yankovic hit the national scene when he earned two platinum singles for "
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Rod Verette - played bass on Yankovic's west coast tour in late '80s.
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Steve Kucenski - played 2nd accordion in the late 70s to early 90s.
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Yankovic's father, a blacksmith, and his mother, a cook, met in a
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during his long career. He was not related to fellow accordionist
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until he sold it in 1948, dedicating himself to the accordion.
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He performed with musical comedian and fellow accordionist
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America's Polka King: The Real Story of Frankie Yankovic
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Index

Frank Yankovic
Frankie Yankovic in 1958
Davis, West Virginia
New Port Richey, Florida
Slovenian-style polka
Accordion
accordion
polka
Slovenian style
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Davis
Slovene
Kal
Cerknica
Collinwood
Cleveland
Grammy
Best Polka Recording
Chet Atkins
Don Everly
Too Fat Polka
Drew Carey
lumber camp
Cleveland
bootlegging
button box
flame-thrower
Battle of the Bulge
frostbite
gangrene

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