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Celebrating over 40 years of Polka Entertainment Eddie Korosa, Jr. and his Boys from Illinois P.O. Box 115 Summit, Illinois 60501 (773) 586-3719 Polka Emergency: (773) 919-3719 |
Eddie Korosa, Jr. started playing drums at the age of 7 with his dad, America's Prince of Polkas, and played weekly on his parent's Emmy nominated television show, Eddie Korosas' Polka Party from 1970-1984. He played for the opening set for Bobby Vinton at the Holiday Star Theater and when Pope John Paul II's motorcade stopped at the Baby Doll Polka Club in 1979. He also frequently played drums with Frank Yankovic. He soon began playing the accordion and a button box made for him in Germany in 1976 and started his own band, Eddie Korosa, Jr. and the Boys From Illinois. Eddie was voted the "Piano/Keyboard Player of the Year" in 1996 and "Accordion Player of the Year" in 1997 by the United Polka Association. Eddie has performed on television, radio and in movies as well as by invitation all over the world. He has played numerous polka festivals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and South America. Eddie and his Boys were selected from polka bands auditioned from all over the US for a Pepsi commercial aired nationwide the summer of 2001. He welcomed the World Cup Soccer team to Chicago, and was John Candy's Polka Band, the "Kenosha Kickers" in the hit movie "Home Alone" Television coverage includes a segment on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", "Jenny Jones Show", the movie "The Fugitive", and "Wild Chicago". A favorite of "Chicago's Very Own Channel 9", When Emeril Lagasse prepared Polish culinary favorites, Eddie was invited to provide music. Eddie and his band regularly appear at Polkafests in Las Vegas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois and Florida. The band performs regularly at weddings, anniversary parties, church-sponsored fests, Moose Lodges, Elk Lodges, VFW halls, American Legion Halls as well as festivals at Navy Pier in Chicago, the Arlington Million, and the Museum of Science and Industry's "Christmas Around the World" exhibit.