Bill Randle

National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum

605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

USA

E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com

Phone: 216-261-3263

Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

Bill Randle was the top opular music disc jockey in the United States in the 1950s. He is credited with discovering Elvis Presley and Johnny Ray, among others. He identified many rising stars and introduced their music to radio audiences. Bill admired polka music and knew most of the city's Cleveland-Style musicians. He was a good friend of Al Tercek, and aired Al's "Annabelle Waltz" constantly when it was released. Later, Bill introduced Avsenik's "Wind Song" on the air and featured it for weeks. He hired polkas bands to play on his show, "Swap and Shop." He co-hosted a couple of tours to Slovenia with Tony Petkovsek. He was an expert on popular music, earned six different college degrees, and was a practicing lawyer. Bill once said, "I want to come back as a Slovenian."

Inducted in 2004