Issue 826: Marino Polka

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Well, that’s tricky. The research for the recording of Gordon Pattullo clearly states the dance’s name is “Marino Polka” (with an a, not an o). The composer of that tune seems to be a “J Cassidy”. I cannot find a Marino or Morino Polka for “Jimmy Cassidy”, only for “James Cassidy” - then under “Morino Polka” (with an o). So, to me, it is not 100% sure that a) both Polkas are the same tune and b) Jimmy Cassidy, J Cassidy and James Cassidy are necessarily the same person, even though I must admit that there is some coincidence. But I don’t want to change the database based on estimation - can you come up with a more coherent research for that? (Sorry for the really long delay in our editing work for tunes and music - I try to work my way through some of the issues bit by bit now).

Okay, I will give it a second thought. Even though all records state “Marino Polka” for the Pattullo recording, it is most likely some typo gone bad. Pattullo is a dedicated accordionist, and one series of instruments is the “Hohner Morino”. James Cassidy, who did recordings for “Morino Polka”, is an accordionist as well. I will try to dig deeper and then most likely correct the entry with an alias for “Marino Polka”.

I sent an email to Gordon Pattullo through his website. Let’s see what he comes back with!