The Highway Polka
(Highway Polka)
1944



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1944 PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation) feature film Swing Hostess, starring Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian and Charles Collins.
  • A down-on-her-luck would-be singer keeps encountering roadblocks on her way to stardom. The rags-to-riches story featuring Martha Tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. After falling in love with a bandleader, she finally gets her chance by singing for his group.
  • Tag Line: “The nation’s favorite singer in a Musical Romance as New as Tomorrow!”
  • HIGHWAY POLKS is performed in the film by Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Earle Bruce, and Cliff Nazarro.



Recording History
Michael Feinstein
Johnny Mercer, The Chesterfield Music Shop Radio Show