John Serry Sr. Explained

John Serry
Birth Date:29 January 1915
Birth Place:Brooklyn, United States
Death Place:Long Island, United States
Occupation:Accordionist, Organist, Educator, Composer
Yearsactive:1930-2002

John Serry Sr. (born John Serrapica; January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator. He performed on the CBS Radio and Television networks and contributed to Voice of America's cultural diplomacy initiatives during the Golden Age of Radio. He also concertized on the accordion as a member of several orchestras and jazz ensembles for nearly forty years between the 1930s and 1960s.[1] [2]

Biography

Serry's career spanned over seven decades. As a proponent of Latin American music and the free-bass accordion, he performed as the piano accordionist on the radio music program Viva América, which was broadcast live to South America under the United States Department of State's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs' cultural diplomacy initiative for Voice of America during World War II.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Broadcasts of this show have been cited as helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero to large audiences in the United States in the 1940s.[9] [10]

Serry performed with big bands, symphony orchestras, radio and television orchestras, and Broadway orchestras at the Radio City Music Hall,[11] the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center (1935); the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (1936–1937);[12] [13] the Palmer House in Chicago (1938);[14] the Stevens Hotel in Chicago (1938);[15] the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles (1938); Carnegie Hall with Alfredo Antonini conducting (1946);[16] the Plaza Hotel (1940s); The Town Hall (1941–1942);[17] [18] [19] the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Wedgewood Room (1948),[20] The Rajah Theatre (1953),[21] the Ed Sullivan Theater (1959) for CBS television; the Empire Theater (New York) (1953);[22] and such New York cafe society nightspots as: El Morocco, El Chico and The Riviera in the 1930s. During the course of these performances he appeared under the musical direction of several noted conductors including: Alfredo Antonini, Mischa Borr, Percy Faith, Shep Fields, Mitch Miller[23] and Andre Kostelanetz.[24] [25] [26]

Serry was born John Serrapica in Brooklyn, New York to Pasquale Serrapica and Anna Balestrieri,[2] the fourth-born of thirteen siblings.[27] [28] [29] [30] His Italian father immigrated to America from Gragnano, Italy after passing through Ellis Island in 1904 and 1914.[31] [32] The family owned a grocery store after initially moving to Navy Street in 1905,[33] and subsequently taking up residence on 18th Avenue in the Bensonhurst section.[34] His formal musical education included studies with the accordionist Joseph Rossi from 1926 to 1929 at the Pietro Deiro School in New York. At the age of fifeteen he performed live on the Italian radio station WCDA.[35] By the age of nineteen, Serrapica was already enrolled as a member of the American Federation of Musicians in 1934.[36] In addition, he undertook studies in piano and harmony with Albert Rizzi from 1929 to 1932 and in harmony and counterpoint with Gene Von Hallberg for two years.[37] Von Hallberg served as a cofounder of the American Accordionists Association in 1938.[38] Hallberg later appeared in the Magnante Quartet before an audience of three thousand concertgoers at Carnegie Hall in 1939 [39] [40] A lifelong friendship with the accordionist Louis Del Monte was established as a result of these studies. Del Monte awakened Serry's interest in Latin American music.[37] Advanced studies in harmony and orchestration were completed under the instruction of the composer Robert Strassburg in the 1940s.

Career

The 1930s: The big band era

The period from 1938 to 1960 has been described as a unique period of prestige for the accordion in the United States when it attained more widespread acceptance by the public as a "serious instrument" on the concert hall stage.[41] [42] At the age of sixteen, Serrapica had already performed as a soloist on the AM radio station WOV in New York City during several live broadcasts in 1931.[43] [44] [45] With the help of Del Monte, in the 1930s Serry continued his professional career by making appearances with the Ralph Gomez Tango Orchestra at The Rainbow Room at the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center,[46] leading to an extended engagement there in 1935. He also played with the Hugo Mariani Tango Orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York [37] and once again in Chicago with Frank Pruslin and Syd Fox (1936)[47] and with Alfred Brito, a Cuban orchestra leader in New York (1936), and Misha Borr, conductor of the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra. He appeared as a soloist for society functions at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Waldorf Towers and at its Starlight Roof with the Lester Lanin Orchestra. In addition, he performed regularly at clubs such as El Morocco, the Rainbow Room, El Chico, and the Riviera in New York City.[46]

The "golden age of the accordion" continued to evolve in America from 1910 to 1960 and some piano accordionists suddenly enjoyed acceptance as performers within the best known dance bands, jazz ensembles and big band ensembles such as the Paul Whiteman orchestra.[48] [49] As the decade came to a close, Serry acquired a position with the jazz ensemble Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm during a nationwide tour which included live radio broadcasts from the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, and the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, over the NBC network (1937–1938).[50] These big band remote broadcasts used Zenith's Radiogran technology. In 1937, he also recorded the distinctive Shep Fields' theme song with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra for Eli Oberstein on RCA Victor's Bluebird label (Victor, BS-017494, 1937).[51] His performances as a member of the orchestra are also documented in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 ("This Little Ripple Had Rhythm" and "Thanks for the Memory"), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939. While touring with Shep Fields, he also recorded several popular songs of the time for Bluebird Records, including "With a Smile and a Song", "Whistle While You Work", and "Now It Can Be Told".[52] [53]

At the young age of only 23 in 1938, Serry was already collaborating on stage with several noted accordionists of the early 20th century including: Andy Arcari, Anthony Mecca, Domenic Mecca, Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano.[54] [55] The six accordionists joined forces at the north ballroom of the legendary Stevens Hotel in Chicago for an "Accordion Jamfest" before an audience of over 1000 concertgoers in September 1938.[56] The concert occurred soon after Andy Arcari's noted accordion recital at Philadelphia's Academy of Music in May 1938, where critics praise him for his brilliance.[57] In a few short months both Biviano and the Mecca brothers would appear with Charles Magnante, Gene Von Hallberg and Abe Goldman to introduce the accordion in recital for the first time to an audience of classical music concertgoers in Carnegie Hall (April, 1939).[58] [59] [60]

The 1940s: The golden age of radio

Serry married Julia Trafficante in the 1940s and moved to Nassau County, New York on Long Island to raise a family of four children which included John Serry Jr.[61] The original family name of Serrapica was anglicized by John to Serry.[62] He simultaneously undertook private studies with: Joscha Zade in piano (1945–1946); Arthur Guttow, an organist at the Radio City Music Hall (1946);[63] and Robert Strassburg in Orchestration and Advanced Harmony (1948–1950). He specialized in the works of Gershwin, Debussy, and Ravel.[64] During the 1930s and 1940s many accordionists emerged as performers on American radio, the new mass entertainment medium of the time.[65] Building upon his concert experiences of the 1930s, Serry entered the golden age of radio performing on the CBS radio network and assisted several concert artists in New York City including the French diseuse Marianne Oswald (aka Marianne Lorraine) in her English speaking debut of "One Woman Theatre" performing the poem Mr. Lincoln and His Gloves (by Carl Sandburg), Never Before (by Archibald MacLeish) and poems by Jean Cocteau and Jacques Prevert at Town Hall (1942).[66] [67] The concert was hosted by the Free World Association and presented with the patronage of Eleanor Roosevelt .[68] [69] This performance was praised in The Players Magazine - National Journal of Educational Dramatics as a "fresh experience and intriguing in its uniqueness."[70] The New York Times described it as being skillfully presented.[71] [67] For ten years Serry performed as an original member of Alfredo Antonini's CBS Pan American Orchestra (1940–1949)[72] [73] [74] [75] on the Viva América program for the Department of State's Office of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA) in support of its cultural diplomacy initiatives.[76] [77] [78] [79] [80] He also worked with Antonini, Nestor Mesta Chayres and members of the New York Philharmonic in the Night of the Americas Concert gala at Carnegie Hall in 1946.[81]

During this period, several international concert musicians also appeared on Viva America or recorded music with Antonini's Viva America Orchestra including:[82] Terig Tucci (1942)[83] [84] [85] [86] Juan Arvizu (1940s);[87] Nestor Mesta Chayres (1940s);[88] Eva Garza (1940s);[89] [10] Elsa Miranda (1940s),[90] [91] [92] Los Panchos Trio (1946),[93] [94] [95] and Manuolita Arriola (1946)[96] Under the supervision of Edmund Chester, these performances were beamed over CBS' Network of the Americas ("La Cadena de las Americas") across the Latin America continent to over twenty countries[97] [98] and rebroadcast by the United States Office of War Information and the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.[99] [100] [97] Performances by members of Antonini's CBS Pan American Orchestra on Viva America have been credited with helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero to large audiences in the United States in the 1940s.[9] [10]

In addition, Serry also recorded examples of music unrelated to the bolero. During the 1940s he collaborated with the Mischa Borr Orchestra and the vocalist Sidor Belarsky to record several Russian and Ukrainian folk songs for Victor records including: "Dark Night" (Victor 26–5037, 1946) by Nikita Bogoslovsky,[101] "Hobo Song" (aka "Mother") (Victor 26–5036, 1946) by Valery Zhelobinsky,[102] "By the Cradle" (Victor 26–5035, 1946),[103] "Katusha" (Victor 26–5035, 1946) by Hy Zaret[104] [105] In 1946 he also made a guest appearance as the "outstanding accordionist of the year" on Gordon Macrae's Skyline Roof broadcast under the direction of Archie Bleyer on the WABC-CBS network and as a guest on the Danny O'Neil Show.[106] [107] [108] By 1948, he also appeared in concert with Mischa Borr's Orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Wedgewood Room.[20]

Serry recorded his work "Leone Jump" as a member of the Biviano Accordion & Rhythm Sextette with Tony Mottola on guitar and Angelo Delleria on accordion for Sonora Records in 1945.[109] [110] [111] [112] The album includes performances of "Little Brown Jug", "Golden Wedding", "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", "That's a Plenty", and "The Jazz Me Blues".[113] [110] His composition "Fantasy in F" was completed during this decade in 1946.[114] The critic Henry Doktorski has described it as a "novelty piece" and likened it to Zez Confrey's composition "Dizzy Fingers".[115] In 1946 he also appeared in the "Accordion World" concert at Manhattan Center with the accordionists Angello Dellairia and Joeseph Biviano.[116] Later in 1949, the accordionist Joe Biviano collaborated with the RCA Victor Accordion Orchestra to record Serry's composition "Manhattan Hop" for RCA Victor.[117] [118] He also recorded several popular songs for Victor Records as a member of the noted Charles Magnante Accordion Band in 1941 including: "Clarinete Polka", '"Halli-Hallo- Halli", "Le Secret" and "Swing Me A Polka".[119] Both Magnante and Biviano were cofounders of the American Accordionists' Association several years earlier in 1938.[120] [121]

By the end of the 1930s an "accordion craze" had swept the nation.[122] Numerous accordion studios soon emerged within the major ethnic population centers of the East coast, as well as within the rural South and West with an estimated enrollment of over 35,000 students in 1938.[123] [124] As an educator, Serry founded and operated a music studio in Jamaica, Queens in New York City[125] and Long Island, New York.[126] Between 1945 and the late 1980s he provided instruction on accordion, piano, and organ.[127] [128] His pupils included Anthony Ettore, president of the American Accordionist's Association,[129] and Robert Davine, an accordionist and educator at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver[130] as well as his son John Serry Jr.[131] [132] During the 1950s one of his students, Roy Appey, emerged as the first prize winner in a performance competition hosted by the American Accordionists' Association.[133] In addition, Serry was invited to contribute to the annual series of Master Accordion Classes and seminars sponsored by the American Accordionists Association in New York City in August 2000.[134] He also published several method books for his elementary, intermediate, and advanced grade students between 1945 and 1955.[135] [136] In addition, he took note of the limitations imposed by the Stradella bass system during performances of classical music. In an effort to circumvent these limitations, he designed and developed a working model of a free-bass system for the accordion during this decade. It incorporated dual keyboards for the soloist's left hand while incorporating two sets of reeds which were tuned in octaves. This gave the soloist access to a range of tones which exceeded three and one-half octaves.[137] [42]

The 1950s: Broadway and television

During the early days of network television in the 1950s, Serry performed at CBS as a staff member of the original CBS Orchestra (1949–1960) and an accompanist on several live network television programs including The Jackie Gleason Show in 1953, The Frank Sinatra Show in the 1950s, and on the prime time drama I Remember Mama in 1953 starring Peggy Wood.[138] Following introductions by his young son Robert, he was also featured as a soloist on the talent show Live Like A Millionaire on the NBC radio network in 1951.[139] [140]

In 1951 he also arranged his compositions La Culebra and African Bolero for solo flute. He dedicated the scores to his close friend Julius Baker, who subsequently performed them on a demo recording.[141] [142] [143] [144] [145] In the same year, his photograph was featured within an article about the accordion which was published by the journal International Musician - the official publication of the International Federation of Musicians,[146] along with photographs of such noted accordionists as: Louis Del Monte, Pietro Frosini, Anthony Galla-Rini, Charles Magnante, Charles Nunzio, and Art Van Damme.[147] By 1953, he was also photographed by the Bell accordion company as one of several leading accordion artists along with Tony Lavelli and Vince Geraci.[148]

During this time he also performed under the musical direction of Andre Kostelanetz at CBS.[149] As the first accordionist in the Serry Sextette, he recorded his own arrangements of several popular melodies and classical themes for the RCA Thesaurus electrical transcriptions[150] catalog in 1954 [151] [152] during Ben Selvin's tenure as A & R Manager for RCA Victor.[153] [154] Performances on the radio also continued during this period and included: appearances as a member of the Magnante Accordion Quartet, on The Lucky Strike Hour, Waltz Time, and The American Melody Hour (1940s). He occasionally substituted for the quartet's founder Charles Magnante.

On the Broadway stage he performed under director Harold Clurman in a production of Arthur Laurents play The Time of the Cuckoo with Shirley Booth and Dino Di Luca.[155] [156] By 1953, he had also arranged music which was edited by Lawrence Welk and utilized in a course of study for the piano accordion by the U. S. School of Music,[157] which was described years later as the oldest home study music school chartered by the Board of Regents in New York State with a total worldwide enrollment of over one million students.[158] The school also utilized his photograph to encourage enrollment in its course of study for the piano accordion.[159] In the same year, he appeared as a featured soloist at an accordion concert hosted at the Rajah Theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania.[21] [155] He also completed arrangements of popular songs for Seeburg's jukeboxes featuring three accordions, violins, vibes, guitar, bass, percussion and piano. Included among them were: I Get a Kick Out of You, Mimi, The One I Love, Swingin' Down the Lane, and Tico-Tico.[160]

In 1956 Serry composed, arranged and performed several compositions for Dot Records (#DLP3024)[161] with Al Caiola and Bernie Leighton on his album Squeeze Play [162] [163] during Billy Vaughn's tenure as music director at Dot Records.[164] [165] [166] [167] The production received a critical review as a new popular album in The Billboard in 1956 and was cited for establishing a beautiful soothing mood.[168] The album was also critically reviewed in Cash Box magazine later that year.[169] It features his original composition Garden In Monaco which is adapted from the theme of an ancient Italian serenade.[170] [171] Serry was applauded for establishing a wide variety of musical moods with grace, while simultaneously emphasizing a relaxed performance style.[169] In 1958 several songs from the album were released once again in France by Versailles records (# 90 M 178) as Chicago Musette - John Serry et son Accordéon.[172] [173] [174] Dot Records also released several songs from the album in Japan as part of a compilation recording including the John Serry Orchestra and the Billy Vaughn Orchestra (Ballroom in Dreamland, Dot #5006).[175] [176] These activities led to Serry's nomination to the "Who Is Who In Music International" in 1958.His advanced grade composition for accordion, American Rhapsody was completed and published during 1955.[177]

The 1960s: Liturgical organ music

In 1960, Serry emerged as a performer in one of the first stereo recordings of an accordion orchestra on a major label for Coral Records with such noted instrumentalists as: Joe Biviano, Carmen Carrozza, Angelo Di Pippo and Eugene Ettore.[178] [179] [180] [181] The ensemble of sixteen accordionists utilized modified piano accordions to recreate the orchestral sounds of several instruments while performing classical works by: Rimsky-Korsakov, Karl Maria von Weber, Nicolo Paganini and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[182] [183] [184] The recording was cited in Billboard Magazine for its high level of musicality.[185]

Several years later, Serry completed his Concerto For Free Bass Accordion in 1966 and subsequently transcribed it for piano in 2002.[186] [187] [188] As the decade of the 1960s unfolded, however, the general public's interest in the accordion began to diminish in the United States while the popularity of rock music continued to grow.[42] [189] [190] The ensuing revolution in popular music induced many young people to view the accordion as a "square relic" from their parents' generation which should be replaced by the electric guitar, electric piano and electronic organ.[191] [192] As a result, many established accordion studios either diversified or closed down entirely.[193] [189]

With this in mind, Serry devoted the remaining thirty-five years of his professional career to the performance of wedding music and liturgical music of the Catholic and Jewish faiths as a freelance organist at the Interfaith Chapel of Long Island University C W Post Campus in Brookville, N.Y. (1968-2002).[194] [195] [196] [197] [198] As more rabbis sought to unite couples of different faiths without first requiring conversions in the 1960s and 1970s,[199] he collaborated with several clergymen of both the Jewish and Catholic religious traditions including: Rabbi Nathaniel Schwartz[198] and the Rev. John Heinlein[200] [201] [202]

During this period, he also transcribed his composition Processional March (1951) from piano for use on the organ in 1968.[203] In the years which followed, he composed several additional liturgical works for the choir of Notre Dame Parish on Long Island including: A Savior Is Born (1991, organ and solo voice), The Lord's Prayer (1992, organ and chorus) and Lamb of God (1994, for choir, flute and brass).[204]

Serry died after a brief illness on Long Island, New York in 2003, age 88.[205]

Performance style

Several of John Serry's early live performances and recordings were reviewed by critics in such noted magazines as The Billboard, Cash Box and The Players Magazine - National Journal of Educational Dramatics.[168] [169] [70] His recording with the Biviano Accordion and Rhythm Sextette for Sonora Records in 1945 (Accordion Capers) was reviewed by Billboard magazine, which noted that the music on the album was strictly for listening as opposed to dancing.[112] While accompanying a dramatic vocalist he was cited for contributing to an intriguing and nuanced performance.[206] His recording of Latin American music with the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra was described as "as amongst the most attractive" by critics at The New Records in 1946.[207] In addition, his recording of classical compositions by Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolo Paganini. Carl Maria von Weber and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as a member of Pietro Deiro's Accordion Orchestra was cited by critics in The Billboard for its high level musicality.[208] His musical arrangements were also cited for using the accordion to convey a variety of musical moods with easy-going grace intended for low-pressure listening.[169] Above all else, he was applauded on his album Squeeze Play for utilizing the accordion to establish a beautiful, relaxed and soothing mood while avoiding a more common type of "show-off" performance.[168] [169]

Works

Compositions and arrangements

His compositions include:

Advanced compositions

Serry's compositions in the symphonic jazz and classical music genres include:[272] [259] [273]

Discography

[281] List of musical arrangements -Allegro - Joseph Haydn, The Golden Wedding(La Cinquantaine) - Jean Gabriel-Marie, Tango of Love - John Serry Sr., Shine On, Harvest Moon - Jack Noworth & Nora Bayes, My Melancholy Baby - Ernie Burnett & George A. Norton, Singin' in the Rain - Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown, Nobody's Sweetheart - Elmer Schoebel/Gus Kahn, Chicago - Fred Fisher, If You Knew Susie - Buddy DeSylva & Joseph Meyer, Somebody Stole My Gal - Leo Wood, Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay - Paul Stanley (composer), Old McDonald - children's music, Beer Barrel Polka - Jaromir Vejvoda/Eduard Ingris, I Love Louisa - Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz, Oh You Beautiful Doll - Seymour Brown/ Nat D. Ayer, Chinatown, My Chinatown -William Jerome/Jean Schwartz

Filmography

Invention

Serry was granted a patent in 1966 by the United States Patent Office for his design of a protective shield for collapsible toothpaste tubes (US Patent #US3269604).[306] [307] A patent for the same design was also granted to him by the Canadian Patent Office in 1966 (Serial #998,449 May 14, 1966).[308]

Publications

Archived works

Professional affiliations

Serry was an active member of the BMI, SESAC, American Federation of Musicians (Local #802) (1933–2003),[315] [36] and The American Guild of Organists. For a brief period he served as a charter member of the American Accordionists Association (1938). He pursued professional musical studies with: Joseph Rossi (accordion, 1926–1929); Albert Rizzi (piano and harmony, 1929–1932); Gene Von Hallberg (counterpoint and harmony, 1933–1934)[37] (a founder of the American Accordionists Association); Jascha Zade (piano, 1945–1946);[37] Arthur Guttow (organ, 1946), and Robert Strassburg (piano, advanced harmony, and orchestration, 1948–1950).

See also

Accordion music genres
Bolero
Easy listening
Secular Jewish music
Wedding music

External links

Notes and References

  1. Allegro, American Federation of Musicians, New York, January 2004, Vol CIV, Obituary and the date of death for John Serry listed as Sept. 14, 2003 as posted by his son John Serry Jr. No. 1.
  2. Web site: John Serrapica from Assembly District 16 Brooklyn in 1940 Census District 24-1722. Archives.com.
  3. Book: Settel, Irving. A Pictorial History of Radio. Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1960. 1967. 146. 67-23789. 1475068. (See photograph showing Serry seated as the accordionist in the orchestra above the caption "The Latin-American artist Juan Arvizu with the CBS Pan American Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini"
  4. The New York Times, January 8, 1941, p. 18
  5. The New York Times, January 1, 1942, p. 27
  6. The New York Times, May 10, 1942, p. SM10
  7. The New York Times, February 28, 1943, p. X9
  8. Time, June 1, 1942.
  9. Media Sound & Culture in Latin America & The Caribbean. Editors: Bronfman, Alejandra & Wood, Andrew Grant. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012, p. 49 Alfredo Antonini's CBS Pan American Orchestra, "Viva America" and Latin American music in the United States on Books.Google.Cmm See p. 49
  10. Book: Vargas, Deborah R.. Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of la Onda. August 29, 2012. 153–157. U of Minnesota Press. Google Books. 9780816673162.
  11. https://archive.org/details/lp_squeeze-play-featuring-the-dynamic-accordi_john-serry The biographical profile on the album Squeeze Play shows "John Serry...appearing as a soloist at the Radio City Music Hall" - on archive.org
  12. Accordion News, November, 1937.
  13. Accordion World, March, 1946, Vol. 11 #11
  14. The Los Angeles Examiner, October 9, 1938, p. 1
  15. https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Serry+AFM&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS984US989&ei=aTndY8OuEpCj5NoP7qOp4Ao&ved=0ahUKEwiDh5zq5fn8AhWQEVkFHe5RCqwQ4dUDCBA&oq=John+Serry+AFM&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQDDIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgAToICAAQogQQsAM6BQghEKsCSgUIPBIBMUoECEEYAUoECEYYAFDpCFiKDmDuHWgBcAB4AIABY4gBjQKSAQEzmAEAoAEByAEEwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1 Tempo - "Accordionists Stage a 'Jam Session'" Vol 6, No. 3, 1938 p. 4 Photograph and caption identifying John Serry in concert at the Stevens Hotel. See the link on this page to "EmPO - World Radio History" at https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Music-Miscellaneous/Tempo-1938-09.pdf
  16. The New York Times, May 12, 1946, p. 42
  17. The Nation, March 7, 1942, Vol. 154, #10
  18. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE2D7113BE33BBC4953DFB5668389659EDE&legacy=true "Diseuse in Debut Here"
  19. The New York Times, May 28, 1941, p. 32
  20. https://www.google.com/search?q=Mischa+Borr+John+Serry&sca_esv=577452161&tbm=bks&ei=eR49ZfOGKdPx0PEP-eG_yA0&ved=0ahUKEwizp5DS_ZiCAxXTODQIHfnwD9kQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=Mischa+Borr+John+Serry&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzIhZNaXNjaGEgQm9yciBKb2huIFNlcnJ5SLYgUJYIWOYccAB4AJABAJgBhgGgAbUKqgEEMC4xMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICBRAhGKsCiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-books "Accordion World" Gerstner Publications, 1948 Vo. 14 p. 6 John Serry accordioinst with the Mischa Borr Orcehstra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Google Books
  21. https://books.google.com/books?id=ihArAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22John+Serry&pg=PA38&article_id=3456,1341936 "Current Attratcions: Theatre Timetable: Rajah Accordion Concert: featuring John Serry"
  22. New York Journal-American (see the photograph of Serry's signature inscribed with signatures of other members of the cast on the stage door of the Empire Theatre at the closing of the play The Time of the Cuckoo), May 25, 1953, p. 15
  23. https://www.discogs.com/master/1445202-Pietro-Deiro-Joe-Biviano-The-Accordion-Orchestra/image/SW1hZ2U6MzQyODM1NjE= "Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra - Under Direction of Joe Biviano" Coral Records (CRL-57323, 1960) See the album cover's credits for performers including John Serry "who has worked under such eminent conductors as Alfredo Antonini, Mitch Miller and Shep Fields. Phonograph album photographed on Discogs.com
  24. https://archive.org/details/lp_squeeze-play-featuring-the-dynamic-accordi_john-serry The biographical profile on the album Squeeze Play shows "John Serry toured the United States with Shep Fields' Orchestra..and appeared under the direction of Andre Kostelanetz, Percy Faith and Alfredo Antonini and others" on archive.org
  25. https://www.google.com/search?q=Mischa+Borr+John+Serry&sca_esv=577452161&tbm=bks&ei=eR49ZfOGKdPx0PEP-eG_yA0&ved=0ahUKEwizp5DS_ZiCAxXTODQIHfnwD9kQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=Mischa+Borr+John+Serry&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzIhZNaXNjaGEgQm9yciBKb2huIFNlcnJ5SLYgUJYIWOYccAB4AJABAJgBhgGgAbUKqgEEMC4xMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICBRAhGKsCiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-books "Accordion World" Gerstner Publications 1948 Vo. 14 p. 6 John Serry accordioinst with the Mischa Borr Orcehstra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Google Books
  26. https://www.discogs.com/master/1445202-Pietro-Deiro-Joe-Biviano-The-Accordion-Orchestra/image/SW1hZ2U6MzQyODM1NjE= "Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra - Under Direction of Joe Biviano" Coral Records (CRL-57323, 1960) See album cover for the performers' credits including: "John Serry who has worked under such eminent conductors as Alfredo Antonini, Mitch Miller and Shep Fields". Phonograph of album cover as photographed on Discogs.com
  27. https://www.archives.com/1940-census/john-serrapica-ny-65186289?FirstName=John&LastName=Serrapica&Location=NY&folderImageSeq=724 John Serrapica (son of Pasquale & Anna Serrapica) and his siblings: Louis, Carmela, Silvie, Ida, Nancy, Romeo, Julio, Rose, in the US Census of 1940, Kings County, NY on archives.com
  28. https://www.archives.com/1940-census/benito-serrapica-ny-65186297?FirstName=Ben&LastName=Serrapica&Location=NY&folderImageSeq=724 Benito Serrapica (son of Pasquale & Anna Serrapica) and his siblings: Louis, John, Carmela, Silvie, Ida, Nancy, Romeo, Julio in the US Census of 1940 Kings County, NY on archives.com
  29. https://www.archives.com/1940-census/madeline-serrapica-ny-65186298 Madeline Serrapic (daughter of Pasquale & Anna Serrapica) and her siblings: Louis, John, Carmela, Silvie, Ida, Nancy, Romeo, Julio in the US Census of 1940 Kings County, NY on archives.com
  30. https://dp.la/item/28119e73c177c00a88569c6859f9d61e?q=Serrapica%2C+Pasquale Enrollment of Pasquale and Anna Serrapicia and their children: Vincent, Louis, Adolf, John, Carmela, Sylvia, Ida listed on lines #33-41 in the Records of the Bureau of the Census - 1920 Population - Kings County, New York, National Archives No. 91851107 in the National Archives Catalog at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/91851107
  31. https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation - Passenger Search -- Pasquale Serrapica on heritage.statueofliberty.org
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20120831061253/http://www.jazz.com:80/encyclopedia/serry-john Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: John Serry - biography of John Serry Jr. the original family name Serrapica is from Gragnano, Italy on jazz.com
  33. https://books.google.com/books?id=_fGBsabZJoYC&dq=Serrapica+Grocery+Brooklyn%2C+NY&pg=PA2518 "New York Court of Appeals, Records and Briefs 1919 City of New York p. 840, Entry # 2519 - Sworn testimony under oath in 1919 by Pasquale Serrapica that he is an Italian owner of a grocery store on Navy Street in Brooklyn, NY where he has lived for fourteen years- on Books Google.com
  34. https://www.archives.com/1940-census/record?UniqueId=12888151:2442:892 United States Census 1940: John Serrapica & family members residing on 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY on archives.com
  35. News: . Today on the Radio . The New York Times . 2 December 1930 .
  36. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Directory_and_Instrumentation/zvO4JsTZB8oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=John+Serrapica&dq=John+Serrapica&printsec=frontcover Directory and Instrumentation: Local #802 American federation of Musicians, Associated Musicians of Greater New York. Publisher: American Federation of Musicians- Local 802, New York 1934 p. 398 John Serrapica on Google.com/books
  37. "Biography", Accordion World, March 1946, Vol. 11, #11, p. 3
  38. http://www.ameraccord.com/2018graphics/AAA-Formation.htm "American Accordionists' Association" Photograph of founding members includes Gene Von Hallburg and Joe Biviano March 9, 1938 on ameraccord.com
  39. https://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/essays/cheered.html The Free Reed journal - "1939 Magnante Concert at Carnegie Hall Part 3 -As Thousands Cherred" reprinted from Accordionin World, New York, NY, May 1939. Gene Von Hallberg & the Charles Magnante Quartet: Abe Goldman &Joe Biviano at Carnegie Hall, 1939 on www.ksanti.net
  40. https://books.google.com/books?id=eTJEAQAAIAAJ&dq=Charles+Magnante+Carnegie+Hall+1939&pg=PA84 The Musician - "Thumbnail Reviews - New York Recitals in Retrospect--Carnegie Hall -review of the Charles Magnanate Quartet with Gene Von Hallberg at Carnegie Hall, May 1939 p. 84 on Google Books
  41. https://books.google.com/books?id=bPhXe_qNy5QC&dq=Magnante+Accordion+Quartet&pg=PA50 "Squeeze This: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America". Jacobson, Marion. University of Illinois Press, 2012, p. 50-51 (Chapter Two: SqueezeBox Bach: The Classical Accordion) on google.com/books
  42. Jacobson . Marion S. . Searching for Rockordion: The Changing Image of the Accordion in America . American Music . 2007 . 25 . 2 . 216–247 . 10.2307/40071656 . 40071656 .
  43. News: . Today on the Radio . The New York Times . 6 January 1931 .
  44. News: . Today on the Radio . The New York Times . 15 January 1931 .
  45. News: . Today on the Radio; OUTSTANDING EVENTS ON THE AIR TODAY . The New York Times . 22 January 1931 .
  46. Accordion News, March, 1935
  47. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Accordion_News/LJ5peQ2vYrgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=John+Serry+Copyright&dq=John+Serry+Copyright&printsec=frontcover Accordion News Vols. 5-6 Louis Siquier. 1936 p. 4 "John Serry Frank Pruslin and Sy Fox with...Hugo mariani Orchestra ...at Chicago". John Serry Copyright on Google Books
  48. https://books.google.com/books?id=bAzGNogQmM4C&q=Paul%20Whiteman A Passion for Polka: Old-Time Ethnic Music in America. Greene, Victor. University of California Press, 1992 p. 124 Paul Whiteman featured the accordion on Google Books.com
  49. https://books.google.com/books?id=TQPXAQAAQBAJ&dq=Magnante+Accordion+Band&pg=PA3 Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture. Edmondson, Jacqueline. ABC-CLIO, 2013, p. 3. "Accordion" - accordionists gain acceptance in dance bands, jazz ensembles and big bands on GoogleBooks.com
  50. https://archive.org/details/lp_squeeze-play-featuring-the-dynamic-accordi_john-serry Notes on the album Squeeze Play by John Serry: "John Serry...toured the United States with Shep Fields' Orchestra" - See the album on archive.org
  51. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200030373/BS-017494-Shep_Fields_theme_song_recorded_for_Mr.Oberstein "Shep Fields Theme Song recorded for Mr. Oberstein / Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra" - John Serry (instrumentalist accordion) on the Discography of American Historical Recordings
  52. Book: Rust . Brian . The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942: Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange . 1975 . Arlington House . 978-0-87000-248-9 . 516–517 .
  53. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=100000 "Discography of American Historical Recordings" - John Serry on adp.library.ucsb.edu
  54. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Music-Miscellaneous/Tempo-1938-09.pdf Tempo - "Accordionists Stage a 'Jam Session'" Vol 6, No. 3, 1938 p. 4 Photograph and caption identifying John Serry, Andy Arcari, Anthony Mecca, Domenic Mecca, Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano in concert at the Stevens Hotel. Google search for "John Serry AFM" and click on "EmPo- World Radio History" or See the link on this page at https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Music-Miscellaneous/Tempo-1938-09.pdf
  55. https://books.google.com/books?id=bAzGNogQmM4C&q=Joe%20biviano A Passion for Polka: Old-Time Ethnic Music in America. Greene, Victor. University of California Press, 1992 p. 124 Pietro Deiro & Joe Biviano: virtuoso accordionists of the decade following the mid 1920s on Google Books.com
  56. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Music-Miscellaneous/Tempo-1938-09.pdf Tempo - "Accordionists Stage a 'Jam Session'" Vol 6, No. 3, 1938 p. 4 Photograph and caption identifying John Serry, Andy Arcari, Anthony Mecca, Domenic Mecca, Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano in concert at the Stevens Hotel. Google search for "John Serry AFM" and click on "EmPo- World Radio History" or See the link on this page to at https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Music-Miscellaneous/Tempo-1938-09.pdf
  57. https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,882997,00.html Time - "Music: Accordionist" Andy Arcari in recital at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in May 1938 on content.time.com
  58. https://books.google.com/books?id=eTJEAQAAIAAJ&dq=Charles+Magnante+Carnegie+Hall+1939&pg=PA84 The Musician - "Thumbnail Reviews - New York Recitals in Retrospect--Carnegie Hall -review of the Charles Magnanate Quartet with Gene Von Hallberg, Abe Goldman, Anthony Mecca, Domenic Mecca, Joe Biviano at Carnegie Hall, May 1939 p. 84 on Google Books
  59. https://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/essays/cheered.html The Free-Reed Journal - "1939 Magnante Concert at Carnegie Hall: Part 3 As thousands Cheered" -Mganante, Biviano, Anthony Mecca, Domenic Mecca, Gene Von Hallberg, Abe Goldman in the first accordion recital held at Carnegie Hall on 4/18/1939 on ksanti.net/free-reed/essays/cheered.html
  60. Book: Jacobson, Marion S. . Squeeze this! : a cultural history of the accordion in America . University of Illinois Press . Urbana . 2012 . 978-0-252-03675-0 . 826684860 . Squeezebox Bach-The Classical Accordion.
  61. https://web.archive.org/web/20120831061253/http://www.jazz.com:80/encyclopedia/serry-john Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: John Serry - biography of John Serry Jr. one of four children raised by John and Julia Serry on jazz.com
  62. https://web.archive.org/web/20120831061253/http://www.jazz.com:80/encyclopedia/serry-john Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: John Serry - biography of John Serry Jr. - the family name of Serrapica was shortened by John Serry Sr to Serry on jazz.com
  63. The New York Times, November 18, 1945, p. 50
  64. "Who Is Who In Music International 1958", Who Is Who In Music International, Chicago, IL. Biographical File # B11719. See International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England as current publisher.
  65. https://books.google.com/books?id=wvb2DwAAQBAJ&dq=Magnante+Accordion+Band&pg=PA3 Music Around The World: A Global Encyclopedia . Andrew Martin & Matthew Mihalka editors. "Accordion (Americas) p. 3 Accordion performers on the radio: Charles Magnante on Google Books
  66. https://archive.today/20070814110438/http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/13485324 "Marianne Lorraine" performs at Town Hall", The Nation, March 7, 1942, p. 10 on archive.ph
  67. News: . DISEUSE IN DEBUT HERE; Marianne Lorraine Presents 'One Woman Theatre' at Town Hall . The New York Times . 1 March 1942 .
  68. https://www.google.com/search?q=Free+World+Association+Eleanor+Roosevelt+Feb.+1942&tbm=bks&ei=OwC3Y7bnGrfKytMP5fypyA8&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwj28Kv68bD8AhU3pXIEHWV-CvkQ8NMDegQIDxAW&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1 Free World Vol. 2 p. 94 "The Free world Association presents Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Patroness Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt" - Free World Association Eleanor Roosevelt Feb. 1942 on Google Books
  69. https://www.google.com/search?q=Free+World+Association+Marianne+Oswald+1942&biw=1034&bih=844&tbm=bks&ei=zAS3Y6_IOviEytMPod2o8A4&ved=0ahUKEwiv3oGo9rD8AhV4gnIEHaEuCu44FBDh1QMICQ&uact=5&oq=Free+World+Association+Marianne+Oswald+1942&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzEANQmgdYqDpg-EJoBnAAeACAAc8DiAGTC5IBBjIxLjQtMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-books Free World - A Monthly Magazine devoted to Democracy, p. 94 "The Free World Association presents...Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Town Hall, February28, 1942" Free World Association Marianne Oswald 1942 on Google Books
  70. https://books.google.com/books?id=3WBCAQAAIAAJ&q=John+Serry "Players Magazine: The National Journal of Educational Dramatics...Vols 18-21" --Review of "Miss Lorraine's rendition of poems...against a background of music by distinguished contemporary musicians...John Serry on the accordion" on Books Google
  71. Book: The Players Magazine - National Journal of Educational Dramatics . 25 July 2018 . 18–19 . 1941. National Collegiate Players. 25.
  72. Book: Settel, Irving. A Pictorial History of Radio. Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1960. 1967. 146. 67-23789. 1475068. (See the photograph showing Serry seated as the accordionist in the orchestra above the caption "The Latin-American artist Juan Arvizu with the CBS Pan American Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini")
  73. https://www.google.com/search?q=CBS+Pan+American+Orchestra++A+Pictorial+History+of+Radio&biw=1600&bih=789&tbm=bks&ei=2YSjY_TjJPP-9AOtlrHQBA&ved=0ahUKEwi0tIXP3Yv8AhVzP30KHS1LDEoQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=CBS+Pan+American+Orchestra++A+Pictorial+History+of+Radio&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzEAM6BAghEApQAFjqSWDYTGgBcAB4AIABkQGIAawakgEENi4yNJgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-books "A Pictorial History of Radio" by Irving Settel Caption for the photograph of the CBS Pan American Orchestra with Juan Arvizu conducted by Alfredo Antonini on Page 146 on Books.Google
  74. The New York Times, November 5, 1983, p. 34
  75. https://archive.org/details/lp_squeeze-play-featuring-the-dynamic-accordi_john-serry Notes on the album Squeeze Play by John Serry: "John Serry...appeared under the direction of Alfredo Antonini" - See the album on archive.org
  76. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Photograph of John Serry accordionist on CBS' C de Las A program circa 1940s p. 3, Series 3, Collection Box 3, Item 1: The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  77. Web site: Goldin . J. David . Copyright 2018, J. David Goldin . Radiogoldindex.com . July 25, 2018 . February 6, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206070142/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Viva+America . dead .
  78. The New York Times, June 9, 1946, p. 49
  79. Book: Vargas, Deborah R.. Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of la Onda. November 26, 2018. University of Minnesota Press. 166 . November 26, 2018 . Google Books. 9780816673162.
  80. Media Sound & Culture in Latin America & The Caribbean. Editors: Bronfman, Alejandra & Wood, Andrew Grant. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012, p. 49; Pan-Americanism & CBS & "Viva America" on Books.Google.com See pp. 48-49
  81. Web site: New York Philharmonic. December 29, 2022. archives.nyphil.org.
  82. https://books.google.com/books?id=ehN4sM0Xy_UC&pg=PA49 CBS Pan American Orchestra, Alfredo Antonini, Terig Tucci, Juan Arvizu, Nestor Chayres, Elsa Miranda, "Viva America" on Books.Google.com See p. 49
  83. The New York Times, January 18, 1942, p. 27
  84. The New York Times, January 17, 1942, p. 30
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  86. The New York Times, January 14, 1942, p. 24
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  88. The New York Times, April 23, 1944, p. X5
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  91. Billboard. Banana E.T. Proves Good Eating for Elsa Miranda. July 25, 2018. February 2, 1946. 3–.
  92. Book: Bratkovich, Colin. Just Remember This . July 25, 2018. May 8, 2014. Xlibris . 978-1-4836-4519-3 . 173.
  93. https://books.google.com/books?id=ql_sDwAAQBAJ&dq=CBS+Pan+American+Orchestra+Alfredo+Antonini&pg=PT74 Beyond the Black and White TV: Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America. Han, Benjamin M. Rutgers University Press, 2022 "Viva America" Edmund Chester and Los Panchos on Google Books
  94. https://books.google.com/books?id=DBoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Los+Panchos+trio+La+Palma&pg=PT28 The Billboard - Music Popularity Charts: Alfredo Antonini and his Viva America Orchestra record album with Los Panchos Trio (Pilotone 5067) November 16, 1946, p. 29 on books.google
  95. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/viva-america-a-cbs-radio-program-featuring-latin-america-news-photo/905995988?adppopup=true Photograph of Los Panchos Trio and Manolita Arriola on the Viva America Show 1946 on Getty Images
  96. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/viva-america-a-cbs-radio-program-featuring-latin-america-news-photo/905995940?adppopup=true Photograph of Manolita Arriola and Nestor Chayres for "Viva America" 1946 CBS on Getty Images
  97. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qx00pQIkclMC&q=ociaa&pg=PA166 OCIAA, CBS' Cadena de las Americas, Edmund Chester, Viva America, Office of War Information & Armed Forces Radio Service Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music the Limits of La Onda. Vargas, Deborah. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2012 p. 152-155 on Google Books
  98. Time - Radio: La Cadena, June 1, 1942 William S. Paley, Edmund Chester, La Cadena de las Americas -CBS broadcast network to South America for news and cultural programs on Content.time.com
  99. Book: Mackenzie, Harry. The Directory of the Armed Forces Radio Service Series . 26 November 1999 . Greenwood Publishing Group. H 21. 26 November 2018 . Google Books. 9780313308123 .
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  101. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300005388/D6FB-2220-Dark_night Victor matrix D6FB-2220 Audio recording of "Dark Night" -vocalist Sidor Belarsky, accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara Library
  102. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300005403/D6FB-2221-Hobo_song Victor Matrix D6FB-2221 Audio recording of "Hobo Song" -vocalist Sidor Belarsky, accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara Library
  103. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300005390/D6FB-2222-By_the_cradle Victor Matrix D6FB-2222 Audio recording of "By the Cradle" -vocalist Sidor Belarsky, accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara Library
  104. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300005391/D6FB-2223-Katusha Katusha Victor Matrix D6FB-2223 Audio recording of "By the Cradle" -vocalist Sidor Belarsky, accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara Library
  105. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=2 John Serry accordionist, Sidor Belarsky vocalist & Mischa Borr Orchestra recordings listed on The University of California Santa Barbara Library's Discography of American Historical Recordings
  106. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Item 8 audio disc p. 18 in The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  107. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 4 Recordings: Item 9 p. 18, 12" audio disk of John Serry's guest appearance on the Danny O'Neil Show in the John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of music on esm.rochester.edu
  108. Web site: Gordon MacRae Show, the . March 8, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170309071138/http://otrrpedia.net/getprogram1.php?item=2485 . March 9, 2017 . dead .
  109. Web site: Leone Jump; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; The Jazz Me Blues; Nursery Rhymes . his Accordion and Rhythm Sextette. Joe Biviano. Tom Delaney. John Serry. November 26, 2018. Archive.org.
  110. Web site: Accordion Capers. his Accordion and Rhythm Sextette . Joe Biviano. November 26, 2018. 26 November 2018. Archive.org.
  111. Web site: The Sonora Label. Campber.people.clemson.edu. November 26, 2018.
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  113. Web site: Classic Jazz Guitar - Albums . https://web.archive.org/web/20021107052600/http://www.classicjazzguitar.com/albums/artist_album.jsp?album=747. 2002-11-07. November 7, 2002 . November 26, 2018 .
  114. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Fantasy In F (Fantasia, Accordion, F Major), Composer John Serry, 1946, Copyright #EP7274 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3, Pg. 153
  115. https://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/reviews/ktrio.html The Free-Reed Review- "CD Review: The K Trio" by Henry Doktowski - "Fantasy in F" by John Serry likened to Zez Confrey's "Dizzy Fingers" on ksanti.net
  116. https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Serry+accordion&tbm=bks&ei=BhTYY5TNCser0PEPkb-UgAw&start=30&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwiU6Ky8_e_8AhXHFTQIHZEfBcA4FBDw0wN6BAgPEBs&biw=1553&bih=789&dpr=1 The Music Magazine/Musical Courier Volumes 133-134 1946 p. 34 Acordion World Concert at Manhattan Center...Joe Biviano, Angelo Dellairia, John Serry accordionists on Google Books
  117. Web site: BnF Catalogue général . Catalogue.bnf.fr . 25 July 2018 . fr.
  118. Web site: Manhattan Hop by Joe Biviano, RCA Victor Accordion Orchestra (20-3388-B), John Serry. 8 December 2021. Archive.org.
  119. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/356873/Serrapica_John John Serry (aka John Serrapica) as a member of the Magnante Accordion Band on the University of California - Santa Barbara Library's: Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp.library.ucsb.edu
  120. http://www.ameraccord.com/2018graphics/AAA-Formation.htm "American Accordionists' Association" Photograph of founding members including Charles Magnante and Joe Biviano
  121. https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rjn2wL0NzMC&dq=American+Accordionists+Association&pg=PA169 The Accordion of the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco and More!
  122. https://books.google.com/books?id=bAzGNogQmM4C&q=accordion A Passion for Polka: Old-Time Ethnic Music in America. Greene, Victor. University of California Press, 1992 pp. 124-125 Accordion craze nationwide on Google Books.com
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  124. https://books.google.com/books?id=TQPXAQAAQBAJ&dq=Magnante+Accordion+Band&pg=PA3 Music in American Life: An An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture. Edmondson, Jacqueline. ABC-CLIO, 2013, p. 3. "Accordion" - accordion schools appear nationwide enrolling hundreds of thousands of young students on GoogleBooks.com
  125. http://www.accordionusa.com/?d=01-Mar-2017&lang=en#art2903 "Accordion USA"- A Boy and His Box by Joe De Clemente - John Serry identified as an accordion teacher in Jamaica, Queens in 1961
  126. https://archive.org/details/lp_squeeze-play-featuring-the-dynamic-accordi_john-serry The biographical profile on the album Squeeze Play shows "John Serry...devoted himself to the teaching of his chosen instrument"
  127. Accordion World. Biography . Bedford Hills, New York. March 1946 . 11 . 11 . 3.
  128. News: Auricle is Gliding with Good Reviews . 25 July 2018 . Democrat and Chronicle . 7 July 1978 . Rochester, New York . 13.
  129. Web site: 2005 Honoree - Tony Ettore . 2011-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072342/http://www.aamsaccordionfestival.com/2005/ettore.html . 2011-07-07.
  130. Web site: Robert Davine: 1924–2001 . Ksanti.net . July 25, 2018.
  131. https://jazzbluesnews.com/2018/02/07/john-serry/ Interview with John Serry: Can Jazz be a creative progressive art form? February 7, 2018 John Serry Jr. identifies his father John Serry as his first instructor on the accordion at the age of 4-11 on jazzbluesnews.com
  132. https://democratandchronicle.newspapers.com/search/#query=John+Serry+Jr. Democrate and Chronicle July 7, 1978 p. 13 John Serry Jr. (pianist) is the son of John Serry -an instructor of piano and accordion, studies accordion at the age of four with his father on democrateandchronicle.newspapers.com
  133. http://www.ameraccord.com/search.php American Accordionists' Association Newsletter: "AAA Competitions in the '50s", May-June 2020 p. 13 John Serry music studio on ameraccord.com/search.php
  134. Web site: Accordion Weekly News . Accordions.com . July 25, 2018 . May 19, 2000.
  135. https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=John+Serry&author=Serry%2C+John&limit=10&offset=1 John Serry's Accordion Method Book 3 Intermediate Course (1955) on worldcat.org
  136. Book: LC Catalog - Item Information (Full Record) . lccn.loc.gov . 26 November 2018.
  137. Book: Jacobson . Marion . Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America . 2012 . University of Illinois Press . Urbana, IL . 978-0-252-03675-0 . 61.
  138. Web site: Mama. Classicthemes.com. 26 November 2018.
  139. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music: Sibley Music Library Special Collections - John J. Serry Sr. Collection Archive: Series 4 Recordings - Item #5, p. 18 Audio Recording of John Serry and his son Robert on the show Live Like A Millionaire. October 22, 1951 the John J. Serry Sr. Collection on Google.com
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  170. https://archive.org/details/lp_squeeze-play-featuring-the-dynamic-accordi_john-serry Notes on the album Squeeze Play describe Serry's oringinal composition Garden In Monaco - See the album on archive.org
  171. https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Catalog?Num=ghzHg9frLPth31%252fUPAVsUA%253d%253d&Cae=NyKQPAHJlG6xdIfufIKvLw%253d%253d&Search=%7B%22Main_Search_Text%22%3A%22Garden%20In%20Monaco%22%2C%22Sub_Search_Text%22%3Anull%2C%22Main_Search%22%3A%22Title%22%2C%22Sub_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22Search_Type%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22View_Count%22%3A20%2C%22Page_Number%22%3A0%2C%22Part_Type%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id_Sub%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Name%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Cae%22%3Anull%2C%22Original_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22DisclaimerViewed%22%3Anull%7D&PartType=WriterList&ResetPageNumber=True&PartIdSub=YO0HedHMatLb45JzS23DVw%253d%253d "Garden in Monaco"; composer John Serry on BMI Songview catalog
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  176. https://www.cdandlp.com/en/various/ballroom-in-dreamland/lp/r2412382082/ Ballroom in Dreamland - Audio album featuring performances by the Billy Vaughn Orchestra and John Serry on cdandlp.com
  177. Library of Congress Copyright Office, American Rhapsody, Composer: John Serry Sr., Copyright: Alpha Music, New York, New York, 1957
  178. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Music_Trades/oiNtRleCw6wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=John+Serry&dq=John+Serry&printsec=frontcover Music Trades: "Accordion Orchestra Featured on New Coral 12" Record" Vol. 109, 1961 p. 84 John Serry on Google Books
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  187. Web site: The Library of Congress Copyright Office - Public Catalog 1978 - Present, "Concerto in C major for Free Bass Accordion" (Revised for Piano), Composer: John Serry Sr.. 2002. Copyright # PAU 3-336-024. Cocatalog.loc.gov.
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  210. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Glissando, Composer John Serry, 1946, Copyright #EP8078 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3, Pg. 179
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  212. Web site: 20 July 2023. Tarantella by John Serry archived at Oxford University, London. 1946. worldcat.org.
  213. Web site: Valse ... Arranged by John Serry. Accordion Solo. Peter Ilich. Tchaikovsky. 1946. The europeanlibrary.org. 26 November 2018.
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  218. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Invitation to Jive" score p. 8 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  219. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Consolation Waltz,Composer John Serry, O.Pagani & Bro., New York, 29 November 1949, Copyright # EP58852 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol.5 Part 5a, #1 P. 605 on Books.google.com
  220. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Uncle Charlie's Polka,Composer John Serry, O. Pagani & Bro., New York, 29 November 1949, Copyright # EP58854 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol.5 Part 5a, #1 P. 605 on Books.google.com
  221. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Bugle Polka,Composer John Serry, O.Pagani Bro., New York, 29 November 1949 Copyright #EP5883 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol.5 Part 5a, #1 P. 605 on Books.google.com
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  224. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Leone Jump, Composer John Serry, 1946, Copyright # EP8079 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3, Pg. 355
  225. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Leona Jump" orchestral score for 3 accordions, bass, rhythmic guitar & electric guitar p. 8 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  226. The Library of Congress Copyright Office,La Culebra, Composer John Serry Sr., March 7, 1951, Copyright # EU 233726
  227. Web site: John Serry Sr. 1915 - 2003 La Culebra . Worldcat.org . 26 November 2018.
  228. http://library.juilliard.edu/search~S1?/m20.1+Se685af+BakerBxC07f16/m20.1+se685af+bakerbxc07f16/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=m20.1+se685cu+bakerbxc07f17&1%2C1%2C La Culebra - Flute solo, composer John Serry & dedicated on the score as "written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker, 1951" in the Julius Baker Music Collection Archive on Julicat at library.juilliard.edu
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  230. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, African Bolero Composer: John Serry Sr., March 7, 1951, Copyright # EU 233725
  231. Web site: John Serry Sr. 1915 - 2003 - African Bolero . Worldcat.org . 26 November 2018.
  232. https://www.juilliard.edu/school/library-and-archives/special-collections#peter-jay-sharp-special-collections Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections -- Julius Baker Collection
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  236. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, The Syncopated Accordionist, Composer John Serry a.k.a. John Serrapica, Charles Colin, New York 2 March 1953, Copyright #EP69650 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Published Music Jan-Dec, Vol 7, Pt 5A, Pg. 257
  237. https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=John+Serry&author=Serry%2C+John&limit=10&offset=11 The Syncopated Accordionist: Studies in Syncopation (1953) by John Serry on Worldcat.org
  238. https://reverb.com/item/65777650-used-piano-accordion-music-book-john-serry-s-accordion-method-book-1-2 "Accordion Method Book 1 & 2" by John Serry on reverb.com
  239. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Rhythm-airs for the Accordionist Charles Colin & Bigs Bower, editor John Serry, Charles Colin, New York Vol. 1-2, 2 March 1953, Copyright #EP69648-69649 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Published Music Jan-Dec Vol 7, Pt 5a, Pg. 58
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  242. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Top Ten Accordion Solos - Easy To Play, Publisher Broadcaste Music Inc. (BMI), Arranger John Serry, 12 July 1954, Copyright # A146305 Catalog of Copyright Entries Vol 8 Pt.1 Books and Pamphlets July-December 1954, p. 1405
  243. https://www.ebay.com/itm/254556663995 Junior Accordion Band Series by John Serry on ebay.com
  244. Web site: BMI - Repertoire Search. Repertoire.bmi.com. 26 November 2018.
  245. https://repertoire.bmi.com/Search/Catalog?Num=ghzHg9frLPth31%252fUPAVsUA%253d%253d&Cae=NyKQPAHJlG6xdIfufIKvLw%253d%253d&Search=%7B%22Main_Search_Text%22%3A%22Garden%20In%20Monaco%22%2C%22Sub_Search_Text%22%3Anull%2C%22Main_Search%22%3A%22Title%22%2C%22Sub_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22Search_Type%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22View_Count%22%3A20%2C%22Page_Number%22%3A0%2C%22Part_Type%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Id_Sub%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Name%22%3Anull%2C%22Part_Cae%22%3Anull%2C%22Original_Search%22%3Anull%2C%22DisclaimerViewed%22%3Anull%7D&PartType=WriterList&ResetPageNumber=True&PartIdSub=YO0HedHMatLb45JzS23DVw%253d%253d BMI-Songview Catalogue - songs by John Serry on repertoire.bmi.com
  246. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Tango of Love" score p. 13 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  247. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, The Lost Tango, m. John Serry, Words Edward Steinfeld, New York, New York, 14 June 1956 Copyright #EU440575 Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries 1956 Unpublished Music Jan-Dec. Vol. 10, Part 5a, Pg. 134 on archive.org
  248. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Garden in Monaco" score p. 14 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  249. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Rockin' the Anvil" score p. 14 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  250. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Cocktails in Spain" score p. 14 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  251. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Spooky Polka" score p. 10 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  252. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Reeds in a Rush" draft score p. 10 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  253. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "American Rhapsody" score p. 10 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  254. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 4 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  255. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 5 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  256. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 6 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  257. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 7 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  258. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder p. 14-15 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  259. https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V70N6/cn-u-80.html "Rochester Review" July-August 2008, Vol 70, No. 6 University of Rochester Alumnus magazine: River Campus (See Class of 1980) - Son of John Serry notes that his father's compositions and recordings have been submitted into the Sibley Library for archive
  260. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Processional March" score p. 10 John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  261. The Library of Congress Copyright Office,Falling Leaves, Composer: John Serry Sr., May 21, 1976, Copyright # EU 233726
  262. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Falling Leaves" score p. 11 John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  263. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Elegy" score p. 10 The John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  264. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Three Songs of Love" pp. 11-12 The John J. Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  265. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, A Savior Is Born, Composer: John Serry Sr., November 18, 1991, Copyright # PAU 1-575-137 A Savior is Born on THe United States Copyright Office Online Catalog cocatalog.loc.gov
  266. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "A Savior Is Born" score p. 12 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  267. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Dreams Trilogy" score p. 11 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  268. The Library of Congress Copyright Office, The Lord's Prayer, Composer: John Serry Sr., September 2, 1992, Copyright # PAU 1-665-838 The Lord's Prayer on The United States Copyright Office Online Catalog cocatalog.loc.gov
  269. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "The Lord's Prayer" score p. 12 The john Jerry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  270. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Lamb of God" score p. 12 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  271. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Five Children's Pieces For Piano" score p. 11 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  272. Web site: Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Home . Sibley Music Library . 13 November 2019 . 12 December 2022 . Performers can locate the scores to "American Rhapsody" and "Concerto For Free Bass Accordion" which were donated to the Eastman School of Music's Sibley Music Library's - Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department by contacting the archivist here.
  273. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  274. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "American Rhapsody" score Folder 12 & 19 p. 10 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  275. Web site: The Library of Congress Copyright Office - Public Catalog 1978 - Present, "Concerto in C major for Free Bass Accordion" (Revised for Piano), Composer: John Serry Sr.. 2002. Copyright # PAU 3-336-024. Cocatalog.loc.gov.
  276. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection score "Concetro in C Major (1967) for Free Bass Accordion " Folder 15 & 16 p. 10 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm.rochester.edu
  277. Book: Squeeze play . 26 November 2018 . 12935411.
  278. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf The John J. Serry Sr Collection "Squeeze Play" audio recording of compositions and arrangements by John Serry in "The John J. Serry Sr. Collection" p. 19 at the Eastman School of Music on esm.rochester.edu
  279. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/ Eastman School of Music: Sibley Music Library: Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Dept. at www.esm.rochester.edu
  280. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "John Serry Sextette" audio recording for RCA Thesaurus of arrangements and performances by John Serry at the RCA Victor Sudios in 1954 p. 18 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  281. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=RCA+Thesaurus+John+Serry Radio Daily-Television Daily. Publisher: Radio Daily Corporation 29 October 1954, p. 8 - "RCA Thesaurus cut a session of Latin-American music, polkas, and novelties with the John Serry Accordion Quartet", RCA Thesaurus John Serry on Google Books
  282. https://books.google.com/books?id=hR8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=Pietro+Deiro+Presents+the+Accordion+Orchestra&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipz9zhrO2EAxWzD1kFHfU4BIIQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=Pietro%20Deiro%20Presents%20the%20Accordion%20Orchestra&f=false The Billboard- Reviews and Ratings of New albums "Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra" (Coral, CRL-57323), 27 June 1960 p. 33 "Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra" Critical Review of the album on Google Books
  283. https://search.worldcat.org/title/36735352?oclcNum=36735352 "Pietro Deiro Presents the Piano Accordion"- See the performers' credits and song listings on the record album on Worldcat.org
  284. https://www.discogs.com/release/12006299-Pietro-Deiro-Joe-Biviano-The-Accordion-Orchestra Pietro Deiro, Joe Biviano The Accordion Orchestra (Coral, CRL-57323). See the notes on the album cover. Photograph of the album on Discogs.com
  285. https://www.bsnpubs.com/decca/coral/coral.html The Coral Album Discography. Edwards, David. Callahan, Mike. Eyrles, Patrice. Watts, Randy. Neely, Timothy. April 27, 2014. CRL-57323 "Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra" (1960) "The Coral Album Discography" on bsnpubs.com
  286. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Music_Trades/oiNtRleCw6wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=John+Serry&dq=John+Serry&printsec=frontcover Music Trades: "Accordion Orchestra Featured on New Coral 12" Record" Vol. 109, 1961 p. 84 John Serry listed as a member of the accordion orchestra on the new Coral record. John Serry on Google Books
  287. Book: Accordion capers . 26 November 2018 . 48679834.
  288. Billboard. Alpha's 12" Latin-Vinylites, New York, Vol. 58 No. 13 30 March 1946, P. 22 Alpha Records release of Alfredo Antonini and Viva America Orchestra in Billboard on books.google.com
  289. Web site: Granada. Nestor Chayres . Agustin Lara. Alfredo Antonini. 30 April 1946. 26 November 2018. Archive.org.
  290. https://archive.org/details/78_chiquita-banana_elsa-miranda-alfredo-antonini-and-his-viva-america-orchestra-mckenz_gbia0185276a/CHIQUITA+BANANA+-+Elsa+Miranda+-+Alfredo+Antonini+and+his+Viva+America+Orchestra.flac "Chiquita Banana" performed by the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra & vocalist Elsa Miranda on archive.org
  291. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=2 Discography of American Historical Recordings: By the Cradle, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  292. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=2 Discography of American Historical Recordings: Katusha, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  293. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=2 Discography of American Historical Recordings: Hobo Song, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  294. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=2 Discography of American Historical Recordings: Dark Night, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  295. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200051914/BS-067554-Clarinet_polka John Serrapica as instrumentalist in the Charles Magnante Accordion Band in 1941 at the University of California Santa Barbara Library's Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp.library.ucsb.edu
  296. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/356873/Serrapica_John John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band on the University of California Santa Barbara Library's Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp.library.ucsb.edu
  297. Web site: Tres Palabras . Luis G. Roldan . Alfredo Antonini y su Orquesta Pan-Americana C.B.S.. Osvaldo Farres. 26 November 2018. Archive.org.
  298. Web site: Esta Noche Ha Pasado . Luis G. Roldan . Alfredo Antonini y su Orquesta Pan-Americana C.B.S.. M. Sabre Marroquin. 26 November 2018. Archive.org.
  299. Web site: Asi - Frontera Project. Frontera.library.ucla.edu. 26 November 2018.
  300. Web site: Somos Diferentes - Frontera Project . Frontera.library.ucla.edu . 26 November 2018 .
  301. Web site: La Palma; Rosa Negra . Los Panchos Trio. Alfredo Antonini and His Viva America Orchestra. 26 November 2018 . Archive.org.
  302. Web site: Viva Sevilla!; Noche de Amor; Mi Sarape; Que Paso?; El Bigote de Tomas; De Donde? . Juan Arvizu and the C. B. S. Tipica Orchestra . Lavidada . DelMoral . Alfredo Antonini . Juan Arvizu . Grever . Juan Arvicu and the C. B. S. Tipica Orchestra . Cortazar . Juan Arvizu and the C. B. S Tipica Orchestra . Valie. 28 January 1942. 26 November 2018 . Archive.org .
  303. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John John Serry's audio recordings with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra on Discography of American Historical Recordings
  304. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200033326/PBS-026255-An_old_curiosity_shop Audio recording with the Shep Fields Orchestra - "An Old Curiosity Shop" (1938) on the Discography of American Historical Records adp.library.ucsb.edu
  305. Book: The big broadcast of 1938. 26 November 2018. 934654999.
  306. Protective Shield For Collapsible Paste Tubes #US 3269604 A Inventor John Serry as listed on Google.com/patents
  307. https://books.google.com/books?id=AHobAQAAMAAJ&dq=John+Serry&pg=PA1973 "Official Gazette: United States Patent Office" : # 3,269,604 -Protective Shield For Collapsible Paste Tubes filed by John Serry, August 30, 1966, p. 1973 on google.com/books
  308. https://books.google.com/books?id=2LdQAAAAYAAJ&q=%22+John+Serry+%22 Canadian Patent Office Record 1967 Vol 95, p. 7659 -"Protective Shield for Collapsible Paste Tubes...John Serry, USA...May 1966 Serial # 980,449 on Google Books
  309. https://books.google.com/books?id=63LFkLKKPxIC&q=John%20Serry Accordion News & John Serry on Google Books
  310. https://books.google.com/books?id=LJ5peQ2vYrgC&q=John%20Serry Accordion News & John Serry on Google Books
  311. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Accordion_and_guitar_world/junZxW_-MIkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=John+Serry+Accordion+World&dq=John+Serry+Accordion+World&printsec=frontcover Accordion World Vol. 26 No. 1, April 1961, p. 2 "Jazz and the Student Accordionist" by John Serry on Google Books
  312. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  313. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf The John J. Serry Sr Collection archived at the Eastman School of Music on esm.rochester.edu
  314. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John Discograph of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara: Audio recordings of John Serry in the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra
  315. Web site: Requiem - Associated Musicians of Greater New York – Local 802. Associated Musicians of Greater New York - Local 802. January 2004 . 26 November 2018.

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