Lifetime Achievement Honorees

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: 1-866-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

Lifetime Achievement Honorees

Induction into the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the American Slovenian Polka Foundation. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes valuable contrubutions by musicians, individuals and organizations to the Cleveland-Style Polka, the genre of American dance music that emerged from the city's Slovenian neighborhoods more than a century ago and achievement nationwide popularity after World War II.

Each year, the Polka Hall of Fame members nominate and vote for Lifetime Achievers by secret ballot. The Board of Trustees also has the option to select an honoree of special merit. Bominees are screened by the Board to confirm that the each candidate's contributions have had an important impact on their evolution and success of the Cleveland-Style Polka.

The following inductees have been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards plaques on display in the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame's Museum portrait gallery. The profiles are also available on this website. Please click on a name for the biography.