1930 Accordion POLKA Whoopee JOHN WILFAHRT CONCERTINA Orc Jolly Crowd Blue Eyes
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A series of great  JAZZ Records from early Ragtime to Beb-Bop on 78 rpm Victrola Records

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Great performance by the JOHN WILFAHRT CONCERTINA  Orchestra of New Ulm Minnesota

 Brass band w accordion

Wesole towarzystwo (The jolly crowd) (Polka) 

Blue eyes 
Niebieskie oczy (Blue eyes) (Waltz) 

John Wilfahrt Concertina Orchestra (Musical group) 
"Whoopee" John Wilfahrt (leader) 


Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, piano, concertina, bass, and drums

  
11/2/1930 Chicago, Illinois  Brunswick 488

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Whoopee John Wilfahrt

Real Name: Hans Anthony Wilfahrt Profile: Concertina player, bandleader, pioneer of "Dutchman" or "New Ulm" style polka music. Born May 11, 1893, on a farm near New Ulm, Minnesota. Moved to St Paul, Minnesota in 1925. Died June 15, 1961, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Wilfahrt began making records in the 1920s for the Brunswick, Vocalion, Okeh, and Columbia labels. In 1934, he was signed to Decca as the label's second artist. (Bing Crosby was first.) Inducted posthumously to the International Polka Association Hall of Fame (1976) and the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (1989)



John Anthony Wilfahrt, (May 11, 1893 – June 15, 1961), the eldest son of John Wilfahrt and Barbara Portner, was a professional polka musician who recorded with Vocalion and from 1934, Decca. He went by the moniker "Whoopee John." Wilfahrt was born in New Ulm, Minnesota and got his start playing the concertina at local gatherings and concerts in and around his community. In the 1920s Whoopee John and his band relocated to Saint Paul, Minnesota where they became regulars at live shows and on the radio. Wilfahrt first began recording commercially in the 1920s and would sign with the newly formed U.S. division of Decca Records in 1934 as the label's second act. (The first act signed to the label being Bing Crosby.) "Whoopee John" Wilfahrt and his band enjoyed popularity through the 1940s and 50s on the polka circuit. Over the course of his professional career Wilfahrt would record nearly 1,000 songs, some of the most popular being “Mariechen Waltz” and “Clarinet Polka.”

He died in 1961 at age 68 years of a heart attack.


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