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
Joe Samsa always enjoyed a jam session with his tenor sax. He began his career in
1946 with the Al Strukel Orchestra, a popular Cleveland-Style polka band noted for
two saxophones. The group performed on live national radio broadcasts from Cleveland’s
Bowl Ballroom and the Green Darby, plus Sunday shows on WSRS. Joe’s own band was
a regular at the Nottingham Tavern. He played with Champa’s Old-Timers and the Joe
Novak Orchestra, among others. In the 1980s, Joe accompanied the Euclid Squeezeboxers
and the West Park Button Box Club. He served as President of the Euclid Chromatic
Club. He was a frequent entertainer at the Slovene Home for the Aged.
Inducted in 2015
National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame
Trustees Honor Roll Recipient
JOE SAMSA
1924 - 2018
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