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 ---------------------------------- 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.