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

  1. "Top of the World" [Polka] (Bettis, Carpenter) – 3:27
  2. "City of New Orleans" [Polka] (Goodman) – 3:24
  3. "Streamline" [Polka] (Mayall, Mocarski) – 3:53
  4. "The Little Shoemaker" [Polka] – 2:11
  5. "Guacamole" [Polka] (Fender, Levy, Meyers) – 2:55
  6. "Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair" [Waltz] (Carvell) – 3:26
  7. "This Land Is Your Land" [Polka] (Guthrie) – 2:35
  8. "Metropole" [Polka] – 2:11
  9. "No Fun Being Old" [Polka] (Karnish) – 3:37
  10. "Patriotic Polka" [Polka] – 3:12
  11. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" [Polka] (Crain, Daniels, DeGregorio, Edwards) – 3:36
  12. "Polka Paradise" [Polka] (Forsythe, Pick) – 1:48
  13. "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

References

  1. ↑ "Top of the World". Allmusic. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ "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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