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Pietro Deiro

Pietro Deiro (1888 – 1954) was one of the most influential accordionists of the first half of the 20th century.

Born on August 28, 1888 in Salto Canavese, Italy, the younger brother of Guido Deiro, Pietro Deiro emigrated to the United States as a steerage passenger on the S/S La Savoie in 1907 and went to live with his Uncle Frederico and work in the coal mines of Cle Elum, Washington.

Pietro Deiro began playing Diatonic button accordion professionally in a tavern in Seattle in 1908. Within a few months, his brother Guido Deiro (already an accomplished piano-accordionist in Europe) arrived in Seattle, and taught his brother how to play the piano accordion. Both brothers became minor celebrities on the vaudeville circuit; Guido in 1910 and Pietro at least by 1912.

Pietro Deiro recorded dozens of records for the Victor Talking Machine Company. After the demise of vaudeville during the Great Depression, he opened a successful accordion studio in Greenwich Village, New York City and established an accordion music publishing company: Accordion Music Publishing Company (AMPCO), later simply known as Pietro Deiro Publications.

Pietro Deiro was the first president of the American Accordionists Association (1938) and promoted himself as "The Daddy of the Accordion," much to his brother Guido's chagrin. Pietro died in 1954.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1888 (Cuorgnè), Died 1954

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: accordion, composer, arranger, leader

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 76-100 of 203 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-20808 10-in. 9/29/1917 Good-bye Broadway, hello France Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-20809 10-in. 9/29/1917 We're going over Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-21452 10-in. 2/15/1918 Eclipse Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-21453 10-in. 2/16/1918 War ballad medley Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-21646 10-in. 4/2/1918 Melody rag Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala Marimba band composer  
Victor B-22166 10-in. 7/19/1918 My dream Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22167 10-in. 7/19/1918 Uncle Sammy march and two-step Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22168 10-in. 7/19/1918 My treasure Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22257 10-in. 9/25/1918 Medley of Sousa marches Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor C-22258 12-in. 9/25/1918 Medley of Sousa marches Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22426 10-in. 11/21/1918 Turkey in the straw Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor C-22428 12-in. 11/21/1918 Vespri Siciliani : Ouverture Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22467 10-in. 12/13/1918 Oui, oui, Marie Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22645 10-in. 3/21/1919 Have a smile Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22646 10-in. 3/21/1919 You'll find old Dixieland in France Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-22683 10-in. 4/11/1919 Ruspana Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-23415 10-in. 10/16/1919 And he'd say Oo-la-la! Wee-wee Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-23416 10-in. 10/16/1919 My baby's arms Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-23417 10-in. 10/16/1919 Russian rag Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-24398 10-in. 8/20/1920 My Sahara Rose Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-24399 10-in. 8/20/1920 Stop it! Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-24745 10-in. 12/18/1920 Medley of favorite operatic airs Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-24746 10-in. 12/18/1920 Waltz from Kermesse scene Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-24747 10-in. 12/18/1920 Blanche Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Victor B-25230 10-in. 4/23/1921 The blacksmith rag Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
(Results 76-100 of 203 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Deiro, Pietro," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.

Deiro, Pietro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.

"Deiro, Pietro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850

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