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In her thirty years in the radio and recording field, Marisha Data was also an opera and concert singer and a comedienne. Gifted with a great voice and acting talent, she used her abilities well. A soloist in the Midwest and San Carlo Opera Company, she sang in "Il Travatore", "Hansel And Gretel", "Barber Of Seville" and other operas. She appeared in Chicago's Grant Park concerts and did summer stock for two seasons at Music In The Round in Skokie, Illinois in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Her appearances took her to Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Canada.
As a recording artist sher performed on Rondo, Capitol, Dana, Ridgemoor and the Chicago Polka labels. The radio programs allowed her to use her musical and acting abilities and to help others. To Marisha, her talents were tools to help others. The charities she helped through her radio program were many and widely varied. All the charities were helped without expectation of pay or recognition. She was inducted into the Polka Music Hall of Fame in 1974.
Selections:
1. Village Bells Waltz
2. Do You Remember - Instrumental
3. Duli-Duli Oberek
4. Ballroom Polka - Instrumental
5. Old Willow Waltz
6. Little Red Shoes Polka
7. Nightingale And Crow Polka - Instrumental
8. Bouquet Of Roses Waltz
9. Strolling In The Forest Polka - Instrumental
10. Around And Around Oberek - Instrumental
11. Mother's Garden Polka
12. Farewell My Home Waltz
13. Drive On Polka - Instrumental
14. Tickle-Tickle Polka - Instrumental
15. Wide Creek Polka
16. I Am A Musician Polka
17. Cash My Check Oberek - Instrumental
18. Play A Polka
19. Meadowlark Oberek
20. At The Brook Polka
21. Ridin' High Polka - Instrumental
22. Blue Eyes Oberek
23. Naughty Eyes Oberek - Instrumental
24. Time To Part Waltz
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