Polka Go-Round

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Polka Go-Round was a polka music and dancing show that aired on ABC from 1958 to 1959.

Polka Go-Round with Lou Prohut and the Polka Go Rounders began in the spring of 1958 on WBKB in Chicago, Illinois.[citation needed] It was the successor to ABC's first prime-time polka show, It's Polka Time with Stan Wolowic and the Polka Chips.[1] The singers and dancers on Polka Go-Round wore colorful costumes and performed in an outdoor café setting.[2]

Polka Go-Round′s featured vocalist and

Carolyn DeZurik,[2] had also been featured at times on It’s Polka Time.[citation needed] Bob Lewandowski[2] was the master of ceremonies and a vocalist.[3][citation needed] Also appearing were the Caine (or Chaine) Dancers, Tom "Stubby" Fouts, the Singing Waiters, and Georgia Drake.[2] Band members were DeZurik′s husband[citation needed] Rusty Gill, guitar; Jack Cordaro, clarinet, saxophone, and flute; Jimmy James, banjo; Len Druss, clarinet, saxophone, and flute; Clay Campbell, drums; and Jimmie Hutchinson, bass guitar and banjo.[citation needed
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Polka Go-Round was produced at WBKB's 190 North State Street studios and broadcast locally by WBKB Channel 7.[

Eastern Time from June to mid-August 1958,[3] and at 7:30 p.m. Eastern from October to December 1958.[2] Shortened to a half-hour, it aired at 8:00 p.m. Eastern from December 1958 to May 1959.[2] It then returned to a one-hour format and a 7:30 p.m. Eastern broadcast time from June 1959 to the end of its run in September 1959.[2]

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  1. ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8
    , p. 667.
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    ISBN 0-345-39736-3
    , p. 830.
  3. ^ a b c Ross Reports – Television Index, June 23–29, 1958. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
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