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词条 Walter Ostanek
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Lottery

  4. Awards and recognition

  5. Discography

     Singles  Walter Ostanek Band  Walter Ostanek and His Band  Walter Ostanek and His Polka Band  Walter Ostanek and His Polka Kings  Walter Ostanek 

  6. References

  7. External links

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| origin = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
| instrument = Accordion
| genre = Polka
| occupation = musician, songwriter
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}}Ladislav John "Walter" Ostanek, CM[1][2] (born 20 April 1935) is a Canadian musician. He is known as "Canada's Polka King." He has received twenty-one nominations for Grammy Awards and won three.[3]

Early life

Born in Duparquet, Quebec in 1935, his family moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, when he was a boy. A young Ostanek received his first accordion as a gift in 1944.[1] After several years, Ostanek became a popular entertainer in Southern Ontario, performing Slovenian-style (also known as Cleveland-style) polkas and waltzes. He could be heard frequently on the radio in St. Catharines and Welland. Walter began playing polka after his best friend introduced him to the accordion at age 5.

Career

In 1957 Ostanek formed his own band playing Slovenian-style polka music.[6] In 1963, Ostanek and his band, the Walter Ostanek Band, would record their first of many albums. Over his career, Ostanek would record more than 50 albums and become known as Canada's Polka King.[7] He has received three Grammy Awards and he has been nominated thirteen times. His style has been compared to America's Polka King, Frankie Yankovic of Cleveland. Like the late Yankovic, Walter Ostanek is of Slovene descent.

Ostanek hosted his own television shows (one for fourteen consecutive years), radio shows, and polka tours. He has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Phil Donahue, Tommy Hunter Show, Cleveland's Polka Varieties, and his own award-winning TV specials and telethons. He has appeared in concert with Roy Clark, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ronnie Milsap, Ray Price, Mel Tillis, Brenda Lee, Slim Whitman, Tom T. Hall, T. G. Sheppard, Tommy Hunter, Lawrence Welk, Myron Floren, Frank Yankovic, Black Forest Band, and Weiss Blau.

Ostanek is a member of Canada's Walk of Fame as well as the Polka Halls of Fame in Cleveland and Chicago. Currently Ostanek does two main concert sets each year: one at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the other during Oktoberfest in Kitchener, Ontario.

He is also the subject of the 2006 Bravo! network documentary The Cult of Walt: Canada's Polka King. Ostanek is also cited as the inspiration for the Second City Television polka parody, the Shmenge Brothers.[8] and the Osler show.

In 2007, Ostanek was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[2]

Ostanek currently resides in St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the owner of the popular music store "Ostanek's" until 1 April 2013, when the store was converted to a Long & McQuade.[10] He still plays locally.

Lottery

In July 2016 Ostanek was in the news when he won a million dollars in the London Dream Lottery, which raises money for hospitals.[3]

Awards and recognition

  • 1992, 1993, 1994: winner, Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
  • 1999: appointed Member of the Order of Canada[12]
  • 2001: inductee, Canada's Walk of Fame
  • 2007: SOCAN Lifetime Achievement Award

Discography

Singles

  • ca 1962 "Walter Ostan" Marianne
  • 1998 "Larhonda Polka" Here Come the Polka Heroes[13]

Walter Ostanek Band

  • The Walter Ostanek Band [14]

Walter Ostanek and His Band

  • 35th Anniversary
  • Accordionally Yours

Walter Ostanek and His Polka Band

  • I Like Frankie Yankovic [15]

Walter Ostanek and His Polka Kings

  • Polka Party [16]

Walter Ostanek

  • Music and Friends
  • Marineland Favourites [17]
  • Like Father, Like Son
  • 1995 Polka Monster (EP)

References

1. ^http://www.570news.com/2016/10/10/adams-1st-oktoberfest-day-2-meet-polka-king/
2. ^http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2007-socan-awards
3. ^[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2016/07/13/polka-king-walter-ostanek-wins-1m-lottery.html "Roll out the barrel: Polka king Walter Ostanek wins $1M lottery"]. Toronto Star, Geoffrey Vendeville, July 13, 2016
4. ^1 {{cite journal|journal=Canada Gazette|url=http://publications.gc.ca/gazette/archives/p1/2000/2000-03-25/pdf/g1-13413.pdf |title=The Order of Canada|volume=134|issue=13 | date=25 March 2000|last=LaRoque|first=Judith A.|publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=19 January 2011}}
5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p1/2000/2000-03-25/pdf/g1-13413.pdf |format=PDF|title=Canada Gazette Vol. 134, No. 13 | date=25 March 2000|author=Governor General of Canada|author-link=Governor General of Canada|work=www.gazette.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=19 January 2011}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/walter-ostanek|title=WALTER OSTANEK 2001 INDUCTEE|date=|work=www.canadaswalkoffame.com|publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame|accessdate=19 January 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607135034/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/walter-ostanek|archivedate=7 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/walter-ostanek-emc/ |title=Ostanek, Walter Biography |author=Governor General of Canada |author-link=Governor General of Canada |date=|work=The Canadian Encyclopedia |accessdate=19 January 2011}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.chumlimited.com/press/releasetelevision.asp?stationID=92&pressID=2135 |title=It's Polka Time on Bravo! -- The Cult of Walt: Canada's Polka King |date=25 September 2006 |accessdate=19 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021153646/http://www.chumlimited.com/press/releasetelevision.asp?stationID=92&pressID=2135 |archivedate=21 October 2006 |deadurl=unfit }}
9. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/O/Ostanek_Walter.html |title=Artist: Ostanek, Walter Biography |author=Ralf Hakenberg |date= |work=jam.canoe.ca |publisher=Sun Media Corporation |accessdate=19 January 2011}}
10. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-20T01%3A37%3A50Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=32117984&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 32117984 |author=Library and Archives Canada |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |date= |work=amicus.collectionscanada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=13 January 2011}}
11. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-20T01%3A30%3A18Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=33553580&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 33553580 |author=Library and Archives Canada |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |date= |work=amicus.collectionscanada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=13 January 2011}}
12. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-20T01%3A49%3A09Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=11934611&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 11934611 |author=Library and Archives Canada |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |date= |work=amicus.collectionscanada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=13 January 2011}}
13. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-20T02%3A03%3A15Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=33553570&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 33553570 |author=Library and Archives Canada |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |date= |work=amicus.collectionscanada.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=13 January 2011}}
14. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://musicbrainz.org/release/7ee576f9-571d-44f0-acf2-5168e19a0c64.html |title=Various Artists |author= |date= |work=musicbrainz.org |publisher=MusicBrainz |accessdate=19 January 2011}}
15. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/03/18/the-last-song-for-walter |title=The last polka song for Walter Ostanek |author=Don Fraser |publisher=St, Catharine's Standard |accessdate=25 October 2014}}
16. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=346 | title=New Appointments To The Order Of Canada | date=11 January 2000 | publisher=Governor General of Canada | accessdate=20 April 2015 }}
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External links

  • {{official website|http://walterostanekband.com/}}
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