ArtistInfo Logo  ArtistInfo

Artist Portrait

Win Stracke

voc, 1908-1991 US, Lorraine, Kansas
Singer / Musician of Children's Music and Folk
A.k.a. Winfred J. Stracke

b. 20 February 1908 d. 29 June 1991 American folk musician and co-founder of the Old Town School Of Folk Music, Inc. and Old Town School Recordings in Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago fixture in music, theater, and television in the 1940s, Stracke was known as 'Uncle Win' to viewers of his nationally syndicated children's television show on NBC until it was canceled in the wake of the 1950s blacklist.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Bass
Genres
  • Children's Music
  • Folk
  • World
  • Brass
Popular Tracks   
El-A-Noy on Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook: Volume 4 by Various Artists

Track list and 30sec audio provided by

Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Songs Of The Civil WarWin Stracke1974Album
Songs of OldtownWin Stracke1968Album
Golden Ring - A Gathering Of Friends For Making MusicHowie Mitchell, George Armstrong, Gerry Armstrong, Ed Trickett, Ruth Meyer, Win Stracke, Shannon Smith, Steve White, Herb Nudelman1966Album
Pick It Up / Clean-O / Put Your Finger In The Air / Dance Around / Pretty And Shiney-OWin Stracke, Mitch Miller & His Orchestra1966Single
Folk Songs For The Young (Volume 9)Win Stracke1962Album
A Golden Treasury Of Train SongsWin Stracke, Art Carney, Anne Lloyd, Michael Stewart, Bobby Nick, Arthur Norman Chorus, Mitch Miller, The Sandpipers1959Album
A Golden Treasury Of Songs About HeroesThe Sandpipers, Terry Gilkyson, Win Stracke, Michael Stewart, Mitch Miller & His Orchestra1959Album
A Golden Treasury Of Cowboy SongsGail Davis, Michael Stewart, Win Stracke And The Sandpipers, Win Stracke, Mitch Miller1958Album
A Golden Treasury Of Songs America SingsWin Stracke1958Album
6 Songs America SingsWin Stracke1958Single
AmericanaWin Stracke1957Album
The Sinking Of The Enterprise / Little LizaWin Stracke1952Album
Rally Round The Flag BoysWin StrackeAlbum
Animal Play Time With Uncle Win StrackeWin Stracke, Anne Lloyd, The Sandpipers, Mitch Miller & His OrchestraSingle
Play Airplane Part 1/2Win StrackeAlbum
5 Nursery Play SongsWin Stracke With Mitch Miller & His OrchestraSingle
Pick It UpWin Stracke, The Sandpipers, Mitch Miller & His OrchestraSingle
Battle Hymn Of The RepublicWin StrackeAlbum
Nursery School PlaysongsWin Stracke And The Sandpipers With Mitch Miller & His OrchestraAlbum
John HenryWin Stracke, The Arthur Norman Choir And OrchestraSingle
PlaymatesMitch Miller Featuring The Sandpipers And Win Stracke With Mitch Miller & His OrchestraAlbum
Children's Marching Song / Battle Hymn Of The Republic / I've Got Sixpence / March Of Siamese ChildrenJimmy Carroll & The Golden Children's Chorus with Win Stracke & Don ElliottSingle
Pick It Up / Clean-OWin Stracke With Mitch Miller & His OrchestraSingle
Favorite Folk Songs - On Top Of Old Smoky / Old Dan TuckerMitch Miller & His Orchestra With Anne Lloyd & The Sandpipers / Win StrackeSingle
Favorite Railroad SongsWin Stracke, Wayne Sherwood, Artie Malvin and The Sandpipers With Jimmy Carroll And His OrchestraAlbum
Favorite American Folk SongsWin StrackeSingle
Hooray For CowboysThe Sandpipers, Gail Davis, Win Stracke, Mitch Miller, Michael StewartAlbum
Rally Round The Flag BoysWin StrackeSingle
External Links
Wikipedia Logo Wikipedia  MusicBrainz Logo MusicBrainz  Discogs Logo Discogs  Spotify Logo Spotify  
ArtistInfo App
ArtistInfo for iOS and ArtistInfo for Mac are presenting musicians, composers and producers that are envolved in the musical work that you are listening to in Apple Music, iTunes, or Spotify. Discover new music via the network among artists. Manage your favorite musicians and albums via iCloud and share recommendations with your friends via email, AirDrop, or Social Media.

App Store Logo     Mac App Store Logo

Acknowledgements
To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
ArtistInfo for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
ArtistInfo App
Universal Link: https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Win%20Stracke
ArtistInfo Community
Most seen topics within ArtistInfo:

Top 10 Artists    Top 20 Albums
 
What others are currently looking for:

Recent Artists    Recent Albums

ArtistInfo Logo ArtistInfo by Metason © 2015-2020 Metason Logo