In the summer of 1963, Joe Mooney had one last crack at the mass market. The singer, organist and accordionist was blind from the time he was 10. In the 1940s, his quartet was the rage at New York clubs, where they knocked out audiences and critics. Mooney on accordion was tasteful, deft and whimsical, and the quartet's arrangements were smart and catch…
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