Happy Louie Dusseault – Living Category – Inducted 1982

  Happy Louie was born August 4, 1934 in Ware, Massachusetts.  His mother is Polish and living.  His father was French, and is deceased.   At the age of nine, he played his first note on a Bugle and then changed to a B-flat Trumpet and has kept it up ever since.  Happy Louie attended the eight grades of St. Mary’s Polish Grammar School in Ware, where he was taught to write and speak the…

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Johnny Libera – Living Category – Inducted 1982

    He was born on April 20, 1919, in Southbridge, Massachusetts, where he still lives.  It seems that Polka music has been a part of his life as long as he can remember.  His singing was inherited from his mother, who was a polka contest winner in Southbridge, twice.   In 1943, Johnny joined the U.S. Navy.  After boot training, he was assigned to the Great Lakes Basic Engineering School.  On a weekend pass,…

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Joe Fiedor – Deceased Category – Inducted 1982

 Joe was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania, on February 26, 1931.  He graduated from Hurst High School in 1948.   Joe was always attracted to Polka music and it is easy to understand why he would become an outstanding Polka promoter.  With a strong determination and the use of his personal he was able to bring Polka music into an area that was relatively foreign to this type of music.  Beginning in 1951, he…

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