Jan Lewan sings "Ole Ole" with his Orchestra.

[@stomil]

Im polish, funny thing Lewan wasnt known in Poland. I learned about him once Ive heard about Jack Blacks movie!!

[@javeydones5163]

Wasn’t known in Poland? I’m sure that isn’t true. He did a few concerts in Warsaw. And he wasn’t super well known in the US to be fair.

[@CoolVanVideos]

He was big in Poland back in the communist days. They sent him to many block countries to sing. We are talking back in the 60s and early 70s before he escaped to Canada. He even sang for Nikita Khrushchev when they sent him to Russia to sing. Here is a link to a 1968 show filmed in Leningrad, Russia. Of course when he came to America he had to start all over again from the bottom. Just like it says in the beginning of the movie. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHQpqmKm7icjaM

[@CoolVanVideos]

See comment and video below. He was big in Poland but long ago before he came here. Noone knew about him as back in those days they were listening to our music and not vis versa. Thanks for commenting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHQpqmKm7icjaM

[@joannakamuda2059]

@@javeydones5163 well, he wasn't known. I remember 90s very well, Netflix brought me here, to check who he was, after I saw the movie. I guess that he was some kind of star for polish immigants in US. Concerts in Warsaw? After the movie I rather think that could be fake?

[@CoolVanVideos]

You Guys should remember him as he was all over Eastern europe in the 50s and 60s. Where were you then? LOL. This vid is from 68. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHQpqmKm7icjaM

[@crystalmarie5023]

The Netflix movie is hilarious 😂🥰 I'm from Hazelton and I grew up with polka everything. The hot dog talk is especially hilarious 🤣🤣 Jimmy's quick lunch on Broad st. It was the place to be and Jan ate there for lunch all the time. I remember him in the funfest parades.. they all dressed in these rhinestone covered, feathers on the back, outfits. My grandparents loved this guy. Smh I can't believe this movie 😂😂

[@ratancrasta1351]

Haha oh my god Just watched the movie and i can't believe that he is for real xD Reading your comment makes it so much more real. You've seen the Polka King! XD Did your grandparents invest??

[@crystalmarie5023]

@@ratancrasta1351 lol I had to ask my mom she said no they didn't thank God but she said she had to talk my nana out of the pope trip 🤣🤣

[@ratancrasta1351]

@@crystalmarie5023 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CoolVanVideos]

She should have went. He knew the Pope in Poland when he was young as his uncle went to the seminarian with him. All audiences were already approved before we went. over 30 times and everyone on the tour got a photo with the Pope. I myself have over 30 pics with the Saint. The segment in the movie was made up just to be Jack Black funny but we let it go.

[@theBaron0530]

Hot dogs? At the Coney Island Lunch Counter?

[@levimatthew8911]

That's the wildest concert front row I've ever seen.

[@synystersound8888]

😂😂😂👏👏🤘

[@A380sebster]

I'm Polish and I never knew about Jan Lewandowski until the movie was released.

[@CoolVanVideos]

He been around. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHQpqmKm7icjaM

[@lesramirezroman5801]

Dude is he related to Robert Lewandowski? lol

[@CoolVanVideos]

No but he knows him if he is in Chicago. But No Relation.

[@illyrian44]

@@CoolVanVideos Robert Lewandoski is one of the best football players in the world

[@loop5720]

Just because of Jack Black's great performance and the great movie, he bring me here. This guy's story is too good.

[@samadams219]

Boy them old ladies sure getting excited.

[@loop5720]

I know right....

[@deelnoorahmed2670]

Haha I reckon

[@djb.drumming7450]

Jack black brought me here

[@DowntheJunction]

same here

[@zer0tonin343]

yup same

[@blakemelkey3774]

The movie with Jack black is pretty good

[@chicobig707]

Just watched it lol

[@tness72]

Me to. Me like Jan Lewan now.

[@Mariii2137]

I'm from Poland🇵🇱 I think he is wonderful👍

[@tinatini3940]

Wowwww, Jack Black is incredible actor👏👏👏👏🙌🙌 Thanks to movie I just saw it because of Jack Black. Wow 90 s was a best time ever in Atlantic City 😀 Even today people get fooled still 😀

[@gettingbetter12345]

Same here, during and after watching Jack Black’s film, I had to come to KZbin! This guy is very charismatic 😀👍

[@armandoguardado3027]

Just watched polka King absolutely 💯 love it but these videos are even better

[@nicolasfeinercontestin6577]

I've always loved polka. I listened to it with my father, I listen to it with my kids. My daughter has ASD and whenever she has a crisis we listen to Jan (not just polka, Jan) and she calms down instantaneously. I guess she's Jan's biggest fan

[@maReK.OczOplAs]

I'm here because I saw a movie on netflix. In Poland, he is an unknown figure. This genre of music and this type of culture is not the native part of Polish culture in Poland. Nobody plays or listens such music in Poland. Polka music is played only in the Czech Republic, Germany , Austria. Switzerland. Croatia and Slovenia. Pennsylvanian Polka is a synthesis of cultures of immigrants from Central Europe

[@KingfisherLtd]

As a Pole I agree👍

[@snowm6472]

shame, really admired this music as being apart of Poland

[@conigonde]

@E. B. Listen, our great great grandparents brought it here from somewhere, it definitely has origins in central European folk music. It's fun at big parties, like outdoor weddings, nothing to be ashamed of.

[@TracyR4]

You're so full of yourself. There is actual video of him in Warsaw , Poland singing Polka music. To say that Polish people never listened to it is a bold face lie. Not to mention it's been the Poles that come over here and market Polka as Polish music. So, you need to blame the people of your own country for that. It's become part of Polish-American culture here because of that. So next time you want to say that Poles don't listen to Polka,, they may not now but they have. You might want to rethink before you post. Just because you don't care for Polka, doesn't mean that Poles have never listened to it. Just because it's not part of the culture in Poland doesn't mean it's not part of the Polish American culture here in the US because it is. Take a moment to learn about the Polish culture here in the US. You offensive jerk. Jan Lewan was the Polka King and Bobby Vinton the Polish Prince. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHddY2gjtiIqtE

[@ladida1031]

I really like that Guy and hope he is doing Fine today.

[@TracyR4]

I've read he's doing well and has moved back to Poland to help with the efforts for Ukraine as of 2023.

[@erwin4501]

would have loved one of his sweaty napkins, how marvellous !!

[@anne-droid7739]

That endless kleenex-box dispenser of red polyester audience-bait is a hilarious touch. What a shame that nobody featured in Tiger Beat magazine ever figured that out. Just think: EVERYONE could have a piece of, say, David Cassidy or The Bay City Rollers. Also, I can't get it out of my head that this song title should be spelled, "Olay Olay," even though it wasn't actually Rula Lenska in that old TV ad.

[@victoriaelizabethwhitimaxw1613]

This guy Lewan is the king I couldn't stop laughing big ups to this man he's awesum

[@kathrynhendra8810]

Loved ths !!!!

[@eflidabaluyot1176]

Where is mickey pizzazzyyy hahaha

[@beautifulbees8118]

Ha ha ,yeah I want 2 see him

[@shadyganem5448]

Came here looking for him too

[@loop5720]

I wonder what Mickey look like in real life

[@gaceqkos]

I feel kind of proud of this man. God bless you Jan.

[@steinhvik4380]

I love Polka. I am a young man, I love beers, sausages and women.

[@tommymichalski9989]

hahahaha this is so epic

[@FarhanFadzli]

This guy is one true inspiration.. ❤️

[@tristanspicer9830]

Weird, I was watching the Netflix trailer while watching this and than the trailer started playing this song as well, almost completely in sync

[@CoolVanVideos]

He was big in Poland but it was way before your time. Here is from 1968 when they sent him to perform in Russia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHQpqmKm7icjaM He was also singing all over Poland and Sopot theatre where he lived.

[@jillmitchell1500]

Ole Ole,......Polka is alive and well!

[@ElConquistador39]

This is awesome. God Bless Sir.

[@tss81exon]

Jack Black....what an actor!

[@tommymichalski9989]

only 100k views ? i expect at least 10 mil

[@Bebumita]

Siempre pensé que esta canción era chilena, es el canto de la selección chilena en los estadios

[@allato8658]

wyznawcy jana Lewana :)

[@Jacob_EstateAgent]

I see good music I click like , polka style

[@Veronica-bc6pp]

The movie was so funny 😂

[@SAUOrtiz-jf6lc]

2019 i am here for netflix .

[@gaylordfockerfajfus7599]

Jak na polskim weselu. Nie miałem pojęcia o tym geniuszu ale po obejrzeniu filmu król polki nadrobiłem zaległości.

[@endybarbosabrites1968]

Eu e meu filho estamos neste exato momento vendo o filme na Netflix sobre esse cara kkkkk

[@ghostface7591]

You're quite young to be a mother ain't you...

[@Podzespolny]

Polska ,Polska górą

[@kevinhalsey1185]

I cant effing believe I kind of like this lol it's all due to Jack Black

[@JackyPinkman]

Poland!

[@eiderglast]

Hopefully, whatever deals he had with the movie people would give him enough money to give back to the people he fooled.

[@everythingelse3086]

Is that Micky Pizazz on the clarinet?

[@Patrick-c8x]

Wheres NICKY Pizzazz !!!?? 🤣

[@tonyrobert6357]

America is awesome Go Polka King.

[@pika23]

My husbands boss' name is Oleg and I sing this behind his back...bc he abhors people teasing him about his name.

[@gungbojog6030]

Although it is pronounced kinda different lol

[@kar6426]

Oleg is not a Polish name. It's Ukrainian, Russian, but not Polish.

Very good

[@juliosalviz7675]

great movie years didnt comedy like that

[@micvili7527]

Only in America

[@shadyganem5448]

You haven't been to Israel my friend

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

anyone else come here after watching Interstellar?

[@YoshiKai_]

Bruh I don't know what to think when my name is eactly his name qwq

[@rezeda8160]

💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿

[@luisomarperez1243]

Jack blacks movie bought me here 😂

[@equador1986]

Hits

[@evgeniastankevich461]

Хто пасля фільму на Нэтфліксе?

[@MrAntsrules]

I prefer the blues

[@electricink3908]

Hehehehe he is not known in Poland and Polka music is more connected to Czechia , Germany ,Pensylvania even Paraguay rather then Poland. But what a character !!!

[@CoolVanVideos]

He has been featured on many TV shows and performed live all over Poland and many other countries in Europe (back then the communist block) He was as big as Elvis over there back in the early 60s But you would have to be old enough to remember him. Here is a video of him performing in Russia back in 1968. Anyone around back then? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHQpqmKm7icjaM

[@arschgeficktahurensohnn2285]

That's not Punkrock!

[@Podgey25]

Lol me too

[@ccr7712]

Hopefully he is trying to repay the money he took from all the people who trusted him with their finances, otherwise he seems like a guy, who is proud to be American, who appreciates and loves this country and is grateful for being able to live in here, and I like that about him.

[@gregchandler900]

Not my kind of music honestly

[@mikdukevich9838]

Jack black poggers

[@professordick4868]

I Love di Polish Peoples n di Polka music!!!!