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Bill GaleReal Name: Wasyl GulaBill Gale was the Americanized name of Wasyl Gula, who was the son of Ukrainian musicians. As Wasyl Gula he made a number of records for the ethnic catalogs of Victor and Columbia, and as Bill Gale he appeared on ARC's Vocalion label and its CBS successor Okeh.Profile:American violinist, band leader, and composer of Ukrainian ancestry, also known as the "Polka King" (born April 11, 1911 in New York City – died January 31, 1972 in Broward, Florida)Having grown up in New York City's Lower East Side, Gale began to play professionally as a teenager. On his earliest recordings, from 1930, he plays violin with the Ukrainska Orchestra. Starting in the late 1930s, he had great success with his Trembita Orchestra and Bee Gee Tavern Band. Later he led well-known polka ensembles like Bill Gale And His Globe Trotters and Bill Gale And His Orchestra. From the late 1940s to 1950s, he also was the musical director and orchestra conductor of a radio show called "County Fair."Gale recorded under dozens of aliases that he adapted to his target audiences, recording, for example, as Wasyl Gula for Ukrainians, V. Gailiaus for Lithuanians, Wiejska Balowa for Slovaks, and Brunek Grabowski for Poles. Gale himself claims to have used a total of 53 aliases.He wrote about 1,300 songs, mostly polka and folk music, but also many advertising jingles.Wasyl Gula: - Trembita Orchestra - Ukrainska Orchestra - Bee Gee Tavern Band - Globe Trotters - Bill Gale and his Globe Trotters - Bill Gale and his Music Makers - Bill Gale And his Orchestra - International Rhythm Boys- Orquesta de Salon - Les Jolis Voyageurs - Brunek Grabowski i jego Orkiestra - Wasyl Gula i jego Krajowna Orkiestra - Orquesta Lira Peruana de Guillermo Gale - Wasyl Gula i jego Nowa Modna Orkiestra - Wiejska Balowa Orkiestra - Basil Gula Nova Ukrainska Orchestra - V. Gailiaus - Orquesta de los Bohemios Alegres - Orquesta El Capitolio - Mednarodni Plesni Orkester - Orquesta de Salón Columbia - Guillermo Gale - Orquesta De Los Parranderos Alegres - Bill Gale and his Continental Orchestra - ...