National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum

605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

USA

 

E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com

Phone: 216-261-3263

Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

 

Frankie Kramer blazed into the polka scene like a shooting star, one of the best of the new generation of polka players after the glory years of the 1950's. Frankie started playing the accordion at age 9 and was largly self-taught. He organized his first band when he was 14. By the 1960's, the Frankie Kramer Orchestra attracted an avid following and made regular appearances on the "Polka Varisties" televsion show in WEWS in Cleveland. In the mid-1960's, Frankie also managed Kramer's Lounge in Cleveland. Kramer's Lounge became a polka haven in the Midwest for musicians and fans. As a musician, Frankie had a knack for taking a waltz or a polka and giving it his own kick-up-your-heels style. He recorded three albums, "TV Polka Party," "Earth-Moving Polka," and "Polkas Cabaret Style." He moved to Minnesota in 1975, where he continued to entertain on the accordian.

 

Inducted in 2000

National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame

 

Trustees Honor Roll Recipient

 

FRANKIE KRAMER

 

1937 - 1993

 

 

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