Mollie B

Mollie B, the multi-instrumentalist, award-winning vocalist, and host of the Mollie B Polka Party TV show, has been performing music all her life. Mollie started her career performing with the Jim Busta Band when she was only a child. Through hard work and dedication, Mollie now performs nation-wide to live audiences, as well as TV productions and the movie screen. She has performed several years with the award winning, Ted Lange, and also serves as a guest artist with other bands.  Mollie not only has performed on over 40 recordings, she has shared her many talents with fans in over 30 states and eleven countries and continues to inspire young musicians with her love for music. 

Mollie went on to continue to develop her love of music and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music (trumpet and voice) from Luther College (Decorah, IA).  Mollie’s senior paper was on polka music which gave her a chance to educate her classical music professors and colleagues about the music dear to her heart.  Mollie also received a Master of Arts in Instruction from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota (Winona, MN). 

Mollie has won the title of the “Favorite Female Vocalist” award numerous times, both from the United States Polka Association and the International Polka Association.  She has also won multiple awards from the Polka America Corporation for her polka recordings with Ted Lange.  Additionally, Mollie has won the “2013 Polka Promoter of the Year” award, from the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Iowa Polka Hall of Fame in 2015.  In 2018, she became the youngest inductee into the International Polka Association Hall of Fame.

In 2008, Mollie participated in a cultural exchange with the Wisconsin Arts Board and Chiba, Japan. She accompanied the band Karl and the Country Dutchmen as a keyboard player and vocalist.

Where can we find your work?

You can find Mollie’s work on her website here: https://www.mollieb.com/