Top of the World (Jimmy Sturr album)

Top of the World

Studio album by Jimmy Sturr
Released	2002
Genre	Polka
Label	Rounder

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Top of the World is an album by Jimmy Sturr, released through Rounder Records in 2002. In 2003, the album won Sturr the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.^[2]

Track listing

"Top of the World" [Polka] (Bettis, Carpenter) – 3:27
"City of New Orleans" [Polka] (Goodman) – 3:24
"Streamline" [Polka] (Mayall, Mocarski) – 3:53
"The Little Shoemaker" [Polka] – 2:11
"Guacamole" [Polka] (Fender, Levy, Meyers) – 2:55
"Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair" [Waltz] (Carvell) – 3:26
"This Land Is Your Land" [Polka] (Guthrie) – 2:35
"Metropole" [Polka] – 2:11
"No Fun Being Old" [Polka] (Karnish) – 3:37
"Patriotic Polka" [Polka] – 3:12
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" [Polka] (Crain, Daniels, DeGregorio, Edwards) – 3:36
"Polka Paradise" [Polka] (Forsythe, Pick) – 1:48
"God Bless America Again" [Ballad] (Bare, Hawkins) – 2:49

Personnel

Mark Bernstein – Bass
Mark Capps – Engineer
Dennis Coyman – Drums
Tom Crain – Composer
Wally Czerniawski – Accordion
Charlie Daniels – Composer
Ray DeBrown – Arranger
Taz DeGregorio – Composer
Nick Devito – Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Joe Donofrio – Mixing
Fred Edwards – Composer
Nancy Given – Design
Ken Harbus – Arranger, Trumpet
Charlie Hayward – Composer
Ken Irwin – Mixing, Producer
Johnny Karas – Sax (Tenor), Vocals
James Marshall – Composer

John Mayall – Composer
Dr. Toby Mountain – Mastering
Al Noble – Trumpet
Louis Dean Nunley – Vocals (Background)
Eric Parks – Trumpet
Al Piatkowski – Accordion
Tom Pick – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
David Royko – Liner Notes
Keith Slattery – Arranger, Piano
Gerry Stavisky – Clarinet
Gordon Stoker – Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Sturr – Mixing, Narrator, Photography, Producer
Frank Urbanovitch – Arranger, Fiddle, Vocals
Jeremy Welch – Engineer
Henry Will – Arranger
Curtis Young – Vocals (Background)
Arlo Guthrie
Rhonda Vincent

See also

Polka in the United States

References

↑ "Top of the World". Allmusic. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
↑ "The 2003 Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. February 24, 2003. p. 2. Retrieved October 17, 2010.

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