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Polkas on 45

POLKAS ON 45
 
 
“Polkas on 45”  is “Weird Al” Yankovic’s first polka medley.  It appears on his second album, In 3-D.  The song title is a take on the medley-releasing novelty band Stars on 45 and their self-titled 1981 single.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
There are two other medleys that were released in the wake of the hit song “Stars on 45 Medley” (Beatles medley).  On what is probably his biggest hit album, In 3-D, “Weird Al” Yankovic put together a hilarious medley called “Polkas on 45” where he performed a wildly wide-ranging medley (all while frantically playing the accordion) that ranged from Deep Purple, to Devo, to the Doors, to Foreigner, to Iron Butterfly, and even to Lawrence Welk. 
 
(September 2012)