Let the Whole World Sing
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Let the Whole World Sing is an album by Jimmy Sturr
Jimmy Sturr
James W. "Jimmy" Sturr, Jr. is a polka musician, trumpeter/clarinetist/saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. His recordings have won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. Sturr's orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired...

 and His Orchestra, released through Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...

 on August 5, 2008. In 2009, the album won the group the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Polka Album
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality polka albums...

.

Track listing

  1. "Heartaches by the Number" (Harlan Howard
    Harlan Howard
    Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...

    ) – 1:53
  2. "Let the Whole World Sing It with Me" (Noe) – 1:53
  3. "Suck It In" (Garrett) – 2:51
  4. "Hank's Magic" (Sturr) – 3:49
  5. "The Wedding Song" (Betteridge) – 2:40
  6. "I Love You Because" (Leon Payne
    Leon Payne
    Leon Payne , "the Blind Balladeer", was a country music singer and songwriter.-Life:Leon Roger Payne was born in Alba, Texas on June 15, 1917. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight of the other eye in early childhood. He attended the Texas School for the Blind from 1924 to 1935,...

    ) – 1:57
  7. "Stop What You're Doin'" (Mechem, Seibert, Viglietta) – 3:10
  8. "Manhattan Spiritual" (Maxted) – 2:50
  9. "Polkaholic" (Harris, Wing) – 2:31
  10. "Wojenko" – 3:11
  11. "Connecticut Oberek" (Przasnyski) – 2:09
  12. "Love and Laughter" (DiPreta, Prose) – 4:05
  13. "Last Date
    Last Date (song)
    "Last Date" is a 1960 instrumental written and performed by Floyd Cramer. "Last Date" peaked at number 11 on the country chart and peaked at number two on the Hot 100.-Chart performance:-Cover versions:...

    " (Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...

    ) – 3:39
  14. "Polka Sturred" (Wing) – 2:31

Personnel

  • Ray Barno Orchestra – Sax (Baritone)
  • Ian Betteridge – Composer
  • Dennis Coyman – Drums
  • Floyd Cramer – Composer
  • Nick Devito – Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
  • Joe Donofrio – Producer, Mixing
  • Pat Garrett – Composer
  • Devon Guillery – Design
  • Ted Harris – Composer
  • Allen Henson – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Harlan Howard – Composer
  • Ken Irwin – Producer, Mixing
  • The Jordanaires – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Johnny Karas – Sax (Tenor), Vocals
  • Dave Kowalski – Engineer
  • Kevin Krauth – Trumpet
  • Joe Magnuszewski – Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
  • Raul Malo – Vocals, Guest Appearance
  • Billy Maxted – Composer

  • Dr. Toby Mountain – Mastering
  • Dale Noe – Composer
  • Louis Dean Nunley – Vocals (bckgr)
  • Ted Olson – Liner Notes
  • Eric Parks – Trumpet
  • Rich Pavasaris – Bass
  • Leon Payne – Composer
  • Al Piatkowski – Accordion
  • Tom Pick – Producer, Mixing, Overdub Engineer
  • Nancy Seibert – Composer
  • Keith Slattery – Piano
  • Jimmy Sturr
    Jimmy Sturr
    James W. "Jimmy" Sturr, Jr. is a polka musician, trumpeter/clarinetist/saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. His recordings have won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. Sturr's orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired...

    – Arranger, Composer, Mixing
  • Steve "Rocky" Swiader – Accordion
  • Dana Sylvander – Trombone
  • Frank Urbanovitch – Fiddle, Vocals
  • Terry Waddell – Arranger
  • Henry Will – Arranger
  • Lance Wing – Composer, Vocals, Guest Appearance
  • Curtis Young – Vocals (bckgr)
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