Tag Archives: Roland FR 1X Accordion

There’s No Tomorrow

Accordion Player Pat Posted on July 7, 2021 by

Today is my 77th Birthday and I celebrate with a song. There is No Tomorrow – a love song explaining “now is forever when love is true.” Pretty much describes our lives. All we have is the now, today to enjoy, love and cherish. We hope there is a tomorrow, but we live in the now and with our memories. I paged through my fake books looking for a song for today and stopped here. Then, after I practiced it, I realized it is a tune with many names. LOL “There’s No Tomorrow”, written by Al Hoffman, Leo Corday and Leon Carr, is one of two popular songs based on the Italian song, “O Sole Mio” (music by Eduardo di Capua). (The other was “It’s Now or Never”, popularized by Elvis Presley.) The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by Tony Martin, which charted in 1949.… Read the rest

Chanson D’Amour

Accordion Player Pat Posted on August 30, 2020 by

“Chanson D’Amour” was composed in 1958 by Wayne Shanklin, performed by Art and Dotty Todd. A really fun song to sing, play or dance to. I was in the mood to play and recorded on my USB drive on my accordion. I liked it and decided to use it and not do a live video. I enjoy recording music when I don’t have to look at the camera and can concentrate on the music! LOL I hope you enjoy this old song. Thank You to Pixabay for the great free photos and graphics.… Read the rest

After You’ve Gone

Accordion Player Pat Posted on August 22, 2020 by

Pat’s cover of After You’ve Gone by Creamer – Layton, 1914. Didn’t realize it was so old. A Facebook Accordion Friend wanted to hear my little Roland FR 1X. He was thinking about buying one. So I pulled mine out. I had just recently loaded Richard Noel’s sound package for it. The sounds are fantastic, just like my Roland FR 4X. Playing the little guy is like driving a sports car, if you are not use to it. Every movement makes a jerky sounds. LOL I have to practice playing more smoothly, but this gives a good ideal of what it is capable of. I used many of the sounds, but missed a few. Hope you enjoy the old music. Thanks to Pixabay for the wonderful photos.… Read the rest