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
Steve and Roz Silber turned Milwaukee’s Mellody Bar into Wisconsin’s premiere Cleveland-Style
Polka spot. When they first heard Bob Timko play in Waukegan in 1973, Steve and Roz
fell in love with Cleveland-Style music and chose to showcase the happy sound at
the Mellody. Beginning in 1978, the Silbers brought busloads of dancers to Cleveland
for Tony Petkovsek’s annual Thanksgiving Polka Weekend. They even earned a commendation
from the City of Cleveland in 1981 for promoting polka music and Slovenian heritage.
Steve and Roz made the Mellody Bar a regular stop for Cleveland-Style orchestras
on the road. Among the bands they featured were Eddie Buehner, Frankie Kramer, John
Tasz and Polka Hall of Famers Bob Timko, Richie Vadnal, Hank Thunander, Joe Fedorchak,
Dave Wretschko and Eddie Rodick. The Silbers sponsored and hosted a weekly polka
radio show on WYLO-AM featuring Fritz the Plumber.
Inducted in 1993
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