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Artist of the Month ♫ George Staiduhar ♫
October 2017
George Staiduhar
Lifetime Achievement Recipient
National Cleveland-
Inducted in 2004
George Staiduhar
1945
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GLORIA'S POLKA
George Staiduhar
Recording from Cadillac Polkas
George has been a polka band leader and accordionist for 50 years. He is also the
composer of the 2001 Greatest All-
George was voted the Musician of the Year by the National Cleveland style Polka Hall of Fame in 1991, 1994, and 2000. The George Staiduhar Band was voted the 2003 Band of the Year.
In the early 1970s George's band led tours to Slovenia, and recorded the album Polkas on the Slopes and Polka Swingin' with Staiduhar.
George continued playing as lead accordionist with the Harry Faint Revue, recording
"Polkas by George", which was nominated for a Grammy in 1990, and was voted the Recording
of the Year in 1991 by the Cleveland-
George has written more than 100 polkas and waltzes.
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