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Frank Yankovic
Frank Yankovic was born in Jerome, Pennsylvania in 1915. He started playing accordion at six and had his first band, the Yankovic Melody Boys, as a teenager....
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Frank Yankovic was born in Jerome, Pennsylvania in 1915. He started playing accordion at six and had his first band, the Yankovic Melody Boys, as a teenager. They built a following in Pennsylvania's polka communities.
He kept recording polka music for years, working with musicians like his brother Steve on accordion and vocalist Alice Ketterlin.
Yankovic faced a plagiarism lawsuit in the 1950s but defended himself successfully. He continued performing and recording after that. Over his career, he put out hundreds of albums with songs like "Just Because" and "Polka Dot Polka."
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