New Brighton and St. Anthony residents also continue to celebrate this ethnic heritage with an annual " Polka Dance Party " which began in 1892.

In 1986, " Weird Al " Yankovic parodied the song in his song " Polka Party ".

Assuming the song would be a hit, " Weird Al " Yankovic requested ( and received ) permission from Jagger to record a parody version, " Toothless People ", for his upcoming Polka Party!

Polka Party could refer to:

** " Polka Party!

* Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild !, an album by the American polka band Brave Combo

* " Dog Eat Dog ", a song by " Weird Al " Yankovic from Polka Party!

Cover for the album Polka Party!

* Polka Party

* Havin ' An Oldies Party With Sha Na Na compilation that includes 1 previously unreleased song: Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.

* " Three Weeks ", a song by Brave Combo on the 1998 album Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild!

* The Polish Polka Party ( 12 noon-2 p. m .), currently the longest-running show on WSOU.

Prior to that the programming was a mix of classical ( e. g., the Evening Concert show M-F 6: 00 to 8: 00 PM ), popular and ethnic music ( e. g., Bill Shibilski's 36 + year long Polka Party starting in 1965 ), and Fordham University sports broadcasts.

Two episodes in the first season, The Heart of the Jungle and Polka Palace Party, feature a character called Sherman the Worman, an intelligent yellow-and-orange-polka-dotted worm who talks in gibberish, although the characters seem to understand him.

* " Weird Al " Yankovic included it in his medley " Polka Party!

" Weird Al " Yankovic parodied " Living in America " on his 1986 album Polka Party!

" Weird Al " Yankovic included the chorus in his 1986 polka medley " Polka Party !.

The band made their recording debut in 1987 with Let's Polka Steady !, with British dub producer Mad Professor, which contained several reggae inspired instrumentals and is usually considered the highpoint for the original line up.

They won a Grammy Award in 1999 in the Best Polka Album category for their album Polkasonic, and again in 2005 for their album Let's Kiss.

His album, Another Polka Celebration won the 1986 Grammy in the Polka Category.

In 1987, a tie vote resulted in awards being presented to Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra for the album I Remember Warsaw as well as to Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones for the album Another Polka Celebration.

" Weird Al " Yankovic included the song in " Angry White Boy Polka " medley, included on his album Poodle Hat.

A gold album, Melodies of Love, followed as well as more Top 40 pop hits (" Beer Barrel Polka " and " Dick And Jane " in 1975 ), a successful half-hour variety show The Bobby Vinton Show ( which aired from 1975 to 1978 ), which used " My Melody of Love " as its theme song ; ABC Records subsequently released an album of songs performed on the show.

The song was included in " Weird Al " Yankovic's polka medley " Angry White Boy Polka ", from his album Poodle Hat.

* " Weird Al " Yankovic included the chorus in his polka medley " Polka Your Eyes Out " from his 1992 album Off the Deep End.

During the middle of 2002, Monteiro launched the album " Swinging in Chicago " which featured tracks such as Polka Dots and Moonbeams and I'm Confessin ' That I Love You.

The song was also used in " Weird Al " Yankovic's polka medley " The Alternative Polka " from his 1996 album Bad Hair Day.

It was also included on a polka medley by " Weird Al " Yankovic, " Angry White Boy Polka ", from his 2003 album Poodle Hat.

( The success of Hee Haw and Lawrence Welk in syndication, and the network decisions that led to their respective cancellations, were the inspiration for a novelty song called " The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka ," performed by Clark ; the song became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1972.

Polka is still a popular genre of folk music in many European countries and is performed by folk artists in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Slovakia.

In the United states, Polka is promoted by the International Polka Association based in Chicago, which works to preserve the cultural heritage of polka music and to honor its musicians through the Polka Hall of Fame.

* Their live music video, " The Denton Polka ", appears on the " Bohemia Rising DVD Compilation " ( released in 2009 ), a collection of documentary shorts directed by Christopher Largen exploring rebellion and resistance to corporate demolition in their hometown of Denton, Texas.

The " Lola Montes Polka " composed by Albert Denning was later rumoured to have been inspired by this event, but as the song was published in 1855 and the incident with Seekamp occurred months later in February 1856, this is scarcely probable.

But before he was permanently retired, Oswald made a final cameo appearance in The Woody Woodpecker Polka ( 1951 ), also in three-strip Technicolor, which by then had become the norm in the cartoon industry.

From January to August 1941, story material was developed based on additional pieces, including Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner, The Swan of Tuonela by Jean Sibelius, Invitation to the Dance by Carl Maria von Weber, Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was later adapted into the Bumble Boogie segment in Melody Time ( 1948 ), and there was even consideration for a segment inspired by the Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper by Jaromír Weinberger.

Polka music is provided by the Oom Pas and Mas, composed of lederhosen-wearing local musicians.

Central to the evolution of early Tejano music was the blend of traditional forms such as the Corrido and Mariachi, and Continental European styles, such as Polka, introduced by German and Czech settlers in the late 19th century.

Sponsored by Autolite, the program used opening theme music by the Polka Dots, a harmonica group.

* 103 —" Strip Polka "/" Air – Minded Executive "— both with vocals by Johnny Mercer

* Bohemian National Polka, a dance choreographed by Richard Powers

* " The German Polka " by Gus Williams ( vaudeville )

13 on Billboard in 1938, staying on the charts for 2 weeks, " Parade of the Milk Bottle Caps ", " Dusk in Upper Sandusky " with Larry Clinton, " Shoot the Meatballs to Me Dominick Boy " with Toots Camarata, " A Man and his Drums ", " Mutiny in the Brass Section ", " Praying the Blues ", " Contrasts ", his theme song, " Major and Minor Stomp ", " Hep-Tee Hootie ( Juke Box Jive )" with Fud Livingston and Jack Palmer, " I Bought A Wooden Whistle ", " Tailspin " with Frankie Trumbauer, the classic jazz standard " I'm Glad There Is You ( In This World of Ordinary People )", " Clarinet Polka ", " I Love You in Technicolor ", " All The Things You Ain't " with Babe Russin, " JD's Boogie Woogie ", " Jumpin ' Jehosaphat ", " I'll Do Anything For You ", " Dorsey Stomp ", " Grand Central Getaway " with Dizzy Gillespie, " Sunset Strip " and " The Champ " with Sonny Burke, " Town Hall Tonight ", " Outer Drive " with Herb Ellis, the jazz standard " It's the Dreamer in Me " with Jimmy Van Heusen, recorded by Duke Ellington and others.

** Jon Dickson, Ken Irwin ( engineer ), Tom Pick ( engineer & producer ) & Jimmy Sturr for Touched by a Polka

It has been used in a number of films and has been quoted or referred to in literature and music, including in the poem / song " Polka " from Façade by Edith Sitwell and William Walton.