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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Accordion, John Linnell, David Hidalgo, "Weird Al" Yankovic, John Serry, Sr., Daniel Libeskind, Henry Doktorski, Luiz Gonzaga, Orlando DiGirolamo, Frank Marocco, Mogens Ellegaard, Anthony Galla-Rini, Tatico Henriquez, James Keane, Pyotr Dranga, Charles Magnante, List of accordionists, Kate St John, Chango Spasiuk, Dominic Frontiere, Gabby La La, List of popular music acts that incorporate the accordion, Dick Contino, Richard Galliano, Michael Salgado, Rocco Granata, Herbert Greene, Phil Cunningham, James Fearnley, Igor Outkine, Ionic Minune, Rita Keane, Antonio Rivas, Carl Finch, Fefita la Grande, Nihad Hrustanbegovic, Dominguinhos, Isidro Larranaga Accordion Orchestra, Efim Jourist, List of music styles that incorporate the accordion, Angel Corpus Christi, Accordion Tribe, Sivuca, Yuri Lemeshev, Luka Juhart, El Prodigio, Jim Pekol, Francisco Ulloa, Geovanny Polanco, Kerubanda, Martin White, Wolfgang Dimetrik, Alfredo Gutierrez, Vladislav Zolotaryov, Stuart MacKintosh, Nico Lora, Sandy Brechin, Flavio Jose, Boris Karlov, Andrzej Krzanowski, Bill Palmer, Fergie MacDonald, Motion Trio, Phil Menard, F rami Lambru, Aslan Tlebzu, American Accordionists' Association, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Coba. Excerpt: Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he had sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in th...