Billy Reid Accordion Band - South American Joe, 1935

Billy Reid And His Accordion Band, with Vocal Chorus - South American Joe (Friend /Caesar), Decca (UK) c. 1935
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Billy REID (1902-1975) was a United Kingdom orchestra leader and songwriter. He was an accordionist who started out as a boiler maker apprentice in the Southampton docks. In 1930s Reid formed a number of accordion bands primarily The London Piano Accordion Band. When the vocalist Dorothy Squires joined his band, he took it as an opportunity to write songs especially for her. Subsequently, many of them, such as "The Gypsy," "A Tree in the Meadow," and "I'm Walking Behind You" became hits in the United States for other vocalists.

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Music

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• Akordeon
• accordion
• Thirties
• 1930s
• London
• United
• Kingdom
• British
• dance
• orchestra
• Billy
• Reid
• 78rpm
• latin
• dances
• rhumba

[Rudipolt]

Fine Song!

Thanks for posting!

Aloha from Hawaii!

[phaich]

Thank you for this -- you put me in a South-Amercan-Joe-crase and gave me a present of some beautiful hours -- and the aqiuntance with Carole Lombard the girl on the Rumba-Picture -- she was the wife of Clark Gable who was unconsolable after her sudden death... -- Thank You

[4tild]

This is Great! Thank you for posting this song... I love it!

[bsasdevelez]

jose el sudamericano...que bueno !!!!!!

[genia106]

Thank you Grzegorz from Poland for this HOT RHUMBA FOX.

Love the song! I think the words should be changed to "Here comes Grzegorz to Guatamala", look out for your wives, look out for your girl " Grzegorz from Poland"

he's GOOD LOOKIN!, he's MAGNIFICO!, as a lover he's TERRIFICO! ....... .

[dzheger]

Love the rhythm, love the tune. As the lovely poster says: Rumba caliene!

[smurfswacker]

According to the Word Detective, a polka dance craze in the 1890s led to the production of all sorts of tie-in products: polka hats, polka dresses, polka ties, etc. The dotted fabric used became known as polka dots. TWD doesn't say why dotted fabric became associated with polka dancing, though. He says though "Polka" is Polish for a Polish woman, the dance is Bohemian...maybe the fabric was part of a regional costume.

[barbcard]

Sparkles! Despite that woman in the polka-dot outfit (the first one)...The later woman in red dress with yellow dots: now she's a swinger.

By the way, does anyone know why polka dots are called polka dots?