Champions

AAA United States National Accordion Champions

Representing the United States/AAA at the Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships

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1955
Louis Coppola

1956
John LaPadula

1957
Ronald Sweetz

1958
Don Lipovac

1959
Sergei Bassalyga

1960
Peter Tutalo

1961
Mario Tacca

1962
"Skeets" Langley

1963
"Skeets" Langey

1964
Stephen Dominko

1965
Beverly Roberts

1966
Jacki Hofto

1967
Julie Ann Kasprzyk

1968
Julie Ann Kasprzyk

1969
Julie Ann Kasprzyk

1970
Diane Schmidt

1971
Mary Joan Kasprzyk

1972
Joseph Natoli

1973
Richard Rimiti

1974
Karen Fremar

1975
Monica Slomski

1976
Michael Williams

1977
William Samonek

1978
Angelo Faiella

1979
Don Severs

1980
Anthony Rolando

1981
Dan Mastroianni

1982
Peter Soave

1983
Pamela Manos

1984
Kim Christian

The AAA USA representatives and champions after 1984 will be added shortly.

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