Songwriter Paul Vance, who earned pop culture immortality with the 1960 smash about a bashful bather, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” has died. He was 68. The New Milford-raised ...

Stanky and the Coal Miners have performed Irish polkas, Italian polkas, Russian polkas, even rock ‘n’ roll polkas. Add hip-hop to the list of experiments. Stanky and local songwriter/producer Jim ...

This story’s about a fun-time polka song that has some people singing the blues. Ray Rubenzer, 66, of Chippewa Falls, wrote ” Yodelin’ Boy Polka” in 1978 and performed it for years with his wife in ...