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Accordion Player is a short silent motion picture directed by Louis Le Prince, is one of the earliest surviving motion pictures. The brief film shows a man ( Adolphe Le Prince ) playing the accordion in a single, static shot, highlighting the pioneering experiments in motion capture during the late 19th century .
The merry village accordionist Timofey Dudin, or as known by his nickname Timoshka, is elected secretary at one of the Komsomol units. This high office, in his opinion, is not compatible with playing on the accordion.
He made 38 appearances [2] on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1971 through 1992. In 1983 he also hosted a short-lived variety show called Pete's Place . Originally starting in the entertainment industry as a polka accordionist as a teenager, he switched to comedy, but still used his musical talents in his comedy routines, such as ...
The accordion appeared in popular music from the 1900s-1960s. This half century is often called the "Golden Age of the Accordion." This half century is often called the "Golden Age of the Accordion." Three players: Pietro Frosini , and the two brothers Count Guido Deiro and Pietro Deiro were major influences at this time.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety reviewed, "Weird is witty and inventive enough to sustain what could, in lesser hands, have been a one-joke movie, an SNL riff on itself. The film's ultimate joke is that 'Weird Al' Yankovic's entire career was a joke — not just because he made so-daft-they're-funny versions of other people's songs, but because what ...
Chavis made his first recording in 1955, "Paper in My Shoe", based on a song he heard performed by Creole accordionist Ambrose "Potato" Sam. [5] Chavis's version was an uptempo tune with a dance beat about being too poor to afford new shoes or socks, so he placed a paper in his shoes to keep his feet warm when the holes in the sole got too large. [12]
Clifton began playing accordion around 1947, and by 1950 was playing in a club in Basile with his brother Cleveland Chenier on rubboard. Before launching a professional music career, Chenier worked in fields and at a Gulf Oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas , outside of whose gates he also played music with Cleveland.
Amédé Ardoin (March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942) [2] was an American musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on German-made one-row diatonic button accordions. [ 3 ] He is credited by Louisiana music scholars with laying the groundwork in the early 20th century for both Creole and Cajun music . [ 4 ]