Bandleader Lawrence Welk achieved fame with his bubbly “Champagne music” and beloved variety TV show — but the star’s grandson insisted his goal wasn’t to become a household name. “He didn’t care ...

Soon after he bought his first accordion, his father said: 'Accordion playing is all right for fun, Lawrence. But it’s not a life’s work... You’d better start thinking more about the farm.' Lawrence ...

Before he became a household name as the host of his own self-titled television show, Lawrence Welk was a hardworking bandleader shaped by the rural Midwest, European folk traditions, and the rhythms ...

VERMILLION, S.D. — Ah one, and ah two, no more. Bandleader Lawrence Welk, the North Dakotan with the accordionists and baton and hour-long television special, may finally be signing off after nearly a ...

2002-05-18 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- George Cates, composer, arranger, conductor and record producer who began playing tenor sax in various bands and later became musical director of "The Lawrence ...

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Hip dude that I was in the early 1970s, I caught only glimpses of The Lawrence Welk Show on the tube on my way out of the house on Saturday nights. No doubt, to many Americans, Welk and his clean-cut ...

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) -- You might think having a former Lawrence Welk band member move to Algona would create a celebrity stir. Dick Dale does have an entourage, if you count his wife, Marguerite, and ...