Future Music Emporium bandleader Bill Cosby – who, due to having the same name as the famous comedian Bill Cosby, began to go by the name Casey Cosby – was fortunate to have acquired an accordion complete with eight weeks of lessons from a traveling salesman.  He jumped at the chance to become a musician and eventually became one of the leading accordionists in the nation, recording four albums of classical accordion music.  He won the U.S. accordion championship five years in a row and also was judged best at his instrument in a 1967 competition at UCLA that was sponsored by Frank Sinatra. 

(October 2013)