Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa. When he was 16, radio DJ and ...

It was the first album Yankovic bought with his own money ... I would amaze and sometimes annoy the people in my college dorm by playing that song on the accordion. My favorite radio hit from the ...

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The Al Yankovic Story elaborates on the icon's humble beginnings, when his mother, Mary (Julianne Nicholson), secretly purchases an accordion from a traveling salesman (Thomas Lennon), much to the ...

The film goes deep into Yankovic's history ... Nevertheless, he continues on his musical journey, accordion in hand. He soon goes from playing polka gigs to stumbling on his first hit: Inspired ...