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I also found a comment he made about Joe Feeney interestingthat if hed caught him earlier, he might have been able to help him be a better singer. The son of German immigrants from the Ukraine, Welk was born in Strasburg, North Dakota on March 11, 1903. The first big break in Welks long and storied career came in 1927, when Lawrence Welk and his Hotsy Totsy Boys began a six-year stint at radio station WNAX in Yankton, South Dakota. Welks television program went national with ABC in 1955, and production of new shows continued for nearly three decades. Through the magic of syndication, home video, and the internet, the Champagne Music Man blows his signature bubbles to this day. And liked it) Everything old becomes new again: the Lawrence Welk image was appropriated in Darren Hackers underground film Velvet Welk, which marries footage of Welk and company to the Velvet Undergrounds Sister Ray. Let us appreciate the strange wonder that can be found in even the most commercial of entertainments: have you ever really listened to the lyrics to Frankfurter sandwiches, performed on the show by Peggy Lennon Charlie Parlato in 1967 Does Lawrence Welk still have something to say to people of the 21st Century Perhaps I learned about his birthday through a Welk afficionado on Twitter. Champagne Music: The Lawrence Welk Show. St. Martins Press, New York, 1985. Lawrence Welk, champagne music man. T.S. Denison Company, Inc., Minneapolis, 1968. Im 55 and I remember watching the Lawrence Welk show with my parents every Saturday night. Even though the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, the variety of music on Welk held my interest even as a kid. Ok, Ok, admittedly we only could receive one channel on the TV and if there was one at that time, Dad would have had the remote control. Or, if the neighborhood woodpecker was up on the antenae, Dad would send me out to shoo it away as not to disturb the reception for the Welk show. All in all, very pleasant memories and quality time with the family. Although I loved the entire show, my focus was always on keyboardist Frank Scott, who often played this newfangled (to me) instrument called a harpsichord. I was mesmerized by it and I tuned in to the show every week to see if Frank would be playing this harpsichord thingmy first exposure to the instrument. I still enjoy his playing and have 2 of Franks Welk selections on my IPod: Moon River and Calcutta. Now if I could only find Franks harpsichord rendition of I Could Have Danced All Night. Im suddenly reminded of the one time the show ever featured any other musicians besides the Welk family. The explanation, apparently, was that the Chantays were also on the Dot record label, and Dot wanted to plug the song. But I dont remember any other Dot artists ever being on the show. It was not cool. A few years ago, however, I discovered that Welk dated one of my relatives in 1925 and that he wrote about her in his 1977 autobiography, Wunnerful, Wunnerful, pp. I thank him for giving me the information that confirmed a family story. ![]()
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