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I have been reviewing and rating polka CDs since 2002. To read how I rate CDs, click here . If you're new to polka music, you might want to start with my overview of polka artists and genres . For further reading, this site also includes my thoughts on the history and marginalization of the polka, a bibliography of polka resources, links to important polka articles on the Web (both popular and scholarly), and some essential information for polka musicians. Your feedback is invited.
Cousin Fuzzy and His Cousins (Cousin Fuzzy and His Cousins, Polkaland CD-615, originally recorded 1950-63) Anyone who says that polka bands shouldn't be covering Country & Western songs hasn't listened to the old timers of the genre. For example, in 1954, cowboy gospel singer Stuart Hamblen released "Old Pappy Time." Among the performers who covered it was Earl J. McNellis, better known as polka bandleader Cousin Fuzzy. Earl and his band were quite popular in the Wisconsin area for about a decade. They