Western New York Accordion Club

Jimmy Stewart

Jimmy Stuart in Night Passage (1957)

(Search Youtube under: “James_Stewart Acordeonista”

for a Spanish version of his accordion skills)

John Lennon

 Elvis Presley

Cheryl Crow

 Ginger Rogers

Barry Manilow

Billy Joel

Weird Al Yankovic

[no relation to Frankie Yankovic]

Myron Floren and Lawrence Welk

Steve Urkel

(Actor Jaleel White)

Phoebe Legere

Julieta Venages (Mexican Singer/Accordionist)

Fred Astaire in Flying Home to Rio (1933).

Fred is an accordion player in a local band

 Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Clint takes up the accordion so can use the case to block the tunnel he is digging for his escape.

  Mary Steenburgen in The Grass Harp (1996)

Connie Francis (Age 12)

Connie Francis after she stopped playing the accordion

Idi Amin

Desi Arnaz serenading Lucy in Forever Darling (1956)

Stan Laurel on the concertina in The Big Noise (1944)

 Dan Akroyd plays a Scandelli in Christmas with the Kranks(2004)

Before he was a Country Western Star and Sausage King,

Jimmy Dean played the accordion.

Tina Fay

To be

 continued