Guido Deiro
1886-1950
Discography

Photo of Guido Deiro
Most of the records from the following list of 88 sound recordings belong to the extensive historic record collection of Håkan Widor from Varberg, Sweden, who kindly submitted this partial discography for publication on this web site. A complete discography by Deiro scholar Peter Muir will appear on these pages at a later date, courtesy of the Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments.

As can be seen from the chart below, most (81%) of Guido Deiro's recordings were released by Columbia (71 records) although he also appeared on the following seven labels: Cameo, Standard Disc Record A, Climax K, Oxford, Edison, Harmony A, Regal G, and Daimond Record.

84 recordings were released on 78 rpm 10" discs; four were released in the early cylinder format.

Mr. Widor wrote, "The four cylinders on the list are actually only two recordings, but they were first issued on very fragile black-wax type cylinders and a few years later pressed on BA, blue amberol, celluid style cylinders, which sounded much better and were not so fragile. The cylinders were recorded in 1911. I do not have a Columbia catalog, so I do not know the exact year of the other records.

"The reason why some records are doubled is that they have different looking labels, depending on what year the record was pressed. Early Columbia pressings were actually quite poor quality ones and often have lamination cracks."

This list was augmented by Stanley Bozynski, the accordion collector from Grosse Ile, Michigan, who added twenty-four more recordings (highlighted in light blue) to the discography of 64 recordings by Widar. Bozynski wrote, "I've enclosed a listing of Guido's recordings that I had on hand about 40 some years ago. I used to see these once in a while on various auction listings from many sources, however I haven't seen one in years. The Columbia A series were rather common, however the C, E and F series were extremely difficult to find because of their limited release." (Letter to Henry Doktorski, February 15, 2002)

Performer(s) Label Number Song Title(s) Format
Guido Deiro Edison 743 My Sweetheart Black Wax Cylinder
Guido Deiro Edison 772 Italian Army March Black Wax Cylinder
Guido Deiro Edison 1774 Italian Army March BA Cylinder
Guido Deiro Edison 1955 My Sweetheart (Tesoro mio) BA Cylinder
Anonymous
(Guido Deiro)
Standard Disc record A 1051 Dill Pickles Rag
In the Land of Harmony
Stop, Stop, Stop
78 rpm 10"
Anonymous
(Guido Deiro)
Daimond record 1270 La Bohéme 78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Climax K 364 Tesoro Mio 78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Climax K 405 Stars and Stripes Forever 78 rpm 10"
Anonymous
(Guido Deiro)
Climax K 439 Danube Waves 78 rpm 10"
Pietro Deiro
& Guido Deiro
Oxford 38944 Mammy Jinny's Jubilee 78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Oxford 55595 Ciribiribin 78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Harmony A 984 Ciribiribin
Sharpshooters March
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Harmony A 1040 Il Trovatore
Ave Maria
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Harmony A 1152 La Espanola
Dolores
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Regal G 8031 Cavalleria Rusticana Selection
Tancredi Overture
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Regal G 8206 Valse Caprice
Marcheta Waltz
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Regal G 20730 La Spanola
I Pompiero
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Cameo 719 Vesti La Guibba
My Treasure Waltz
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia-rena 1925 Dill Pickles Rag
In the Land of Harmony
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 34 Valse Caprice No 1
Marcheta
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 94 Breitenbush March
La campana di san Giusto
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 173 Valse Pirouette
Narcissus
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 1003 Variety Polka
Tesoro Mio
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 1746 Dolores Waltz
Vanity Waltz
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 1802 Oh, Those Days
Hop a Jitney With Me
My Little Girl
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 1865 Light Cavalry Overture
Poet and Peasant Overture
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 2025 La Sorella
Tesoro Mio
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 2118 Musettas Waltz
My Florence
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 2118 My Florence
Musettas Waltz
78 rpm 10"
Pietro Deiro
& Guido Deiro
Columbia 2306 Sogni di un ghiottone
La sirena
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 2400 Egypto Overture
Cavalleria Rusticana
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 2648 Ostrich Walk
A Jazz Band Ball
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 2695 Marines March
Royal Flying Corps
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia 14464 Il ritorna di Pietro (Pietros return)
Il pentimento
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 984 Sharpshooters March
Ciribiribin
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1003 My Treasure
Variety Polka
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1003 Variety Polka
Tesoro mio
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1040 Ave Maria
Il Trovatore
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1051 Dill Pickles Rag
In the Land of Harmony
Stop Stop Stop
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1152 Dolores
La Spagnola
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1229 Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
Deiro Rag
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1229 Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
Deiro Rag
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1270 La Bohéme
Musetta's Waltz Song
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1294 Everybody's Doing It
Whipped Cream
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1351 Deirina
Stars and Stripes Forever
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1351 Stars and Stripes Forever
Deirina
78 rpm 10"
Pietro Deiro
& Guido Deiro
Columbia A 1428 Mammy Jinny´s Jubilee
I Love Her Oh Oh Oh !
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1506 O Sole Mio
(side B by Pietro)
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1720 Hungarian Rag
Song of Naples
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1739 I Don't Care
Il pianto
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1823 Les patineurs (Skaters waltz)
El seducion
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 1843 Down in Bom-Bombay
Put Me to Sleep with an Old Fashioned Melody
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2202 Madame Butterfly
Poor Butterfly
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2281 Prepardness March
The Bomb Thrower March
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2316 Hong Kong
My Little China Doll
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2343 Pagliacci
La Boheme Musettas Waltz Song
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2395 Cavalleria Rusticana
Tancredi Overture
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2615 My Florence
Serenade Les milliond d´Arlequin
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2643 Jazz Band Ball
Ostrich Walk
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2695 Royal Flying Corps
Marines March
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2834 Temperamental Rag
Lola One Step
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2931 Kismet
Karavan
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 2969 Blue Diamonds
Zampa Rag
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3451 Crooning
I´ll Keep On Loving You
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3580 Tarills
Stars
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3665 Lights & Shadows
Moonlight Waltz
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3665 Moonlight Waltz
Lights and Shadows
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3728 Western Stars
Neapolitan Polka
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3788 Baby Blue Eyes
When You're Near
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia A 3875 Sahara moon
Underneath the Mellow Moon
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia C 2024 Bos Bomberos March
La Spanola Vals
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia C 2025 La Sorella
Tesor Mio
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia C 2027 El Trovatore
Cuarteto De Rigoletto
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia C 2301 Alegre Deiro Two-Step
En Espera Two-Step
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia D 34 Marcheta
Valse Caprice No. 1
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia D 94 La Campana Di San Guisto
Breitenbush March
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 1073 Everybody's Doing It
Get Busy
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 2306 Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
La Sirena by Pietro
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3962 A Palermo Valzer
Bersarlieri Polka Marcia
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3963 Polka Variata
Ciribiribin
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3965 La Sorella Marchia-Polka
Tesoro Mio Valzer
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3968 O Marenariello
Orazione E Marcia Militare
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3970 Cavalleria Leggiera-Overture
La Traviata-Preludio Atto III
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3974 Poeta E Contadino
I Pepini
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3975 Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo
O Sole Mio
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3976 Egitto Fantasia Egiziana
Tango Tosino
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia E 3978 Allegro Deiro Rag
En Espera-One Step
78 rpm 10"
Guido Deiro Columbia F 14619 O Sole Mio
Cavalleria Rusticana
78 rpm 10"

The above photo, taken in San Francisco in late 1909, depicts Guido Deiro and the first Guerinni piano-accordion. The instrument is believed to be the original piano-accordion Deiro played on the American vaudeville stage and which he used to create the first piano accordion recordings. It appears to have six rows of 22 bass buttons and was constructed according to Deiro's specifications as the Guerinni Company had, at that time, no previous experience with piano accordion manufacture.

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