Romy gosz biography
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Remembering Romy Gosz, the 'Polka King'
TWO RIVERS - Bandleader Romy Gosz had a night job, so his five active youngsters had to tiptoe around the house days.
Lloyd Gosz, youngest of the brood and a curious preschooler, wondered what work his dad did.
“He’s a musician,” his mother explained.
Lloyd thought she said “magician.”
Romy was so amused by his little son’s remark that, for months thereafter, he toted home little magic tricks for the children.
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Later, surprises were larger.
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Romy Gosz was a magician — a musical one.
Romy gosz biography
He had the noteworthy talent to transform a mildly pulsating Bohemian polka into a whirligig on the dance floor. He also was a pacemaker in his day, both rhythmically and with his band’s incessant bookings for decades. In time, the media identified him as the “King of Polka.” Now, 51 years after his death, he’s still