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
Ray Young has sung and recorded with some of Cleveland's most popular polka bands
for the past 60 years. Ray first joined the Sokach-Habat Tunemixers in 1949. Late,
he recorded nine singles with Eddie Habat's orchestra on Decca Records. Through
the years, Ray has sung with the Kenny Bass band, Ernie Benedict, Hank Haller, and
Fred Ziwich, and performed at many of the old polka haunts such as Mae's Musical
Lounge Bar, Yankovic's, Golden Goose, Twilight Gardens, the Gay Cosack, and the Hof
Brau Haus. Ray's hit song is the "Erica Waltz," for which he wrote and English lyrics
and recorded the song with Hank Haller's ensemble. He recorded on nine albums with
Hank and wrote lyrics for several songs. Ray continues to sing with swing bands,
and has served as councilman in Middleburg Heights, Ohio since 1970.
Inducted in 2012
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