While Lawrence Welk amassed most of his $800-million fortune through a prosperous song-publishing business, he will probably best be remembered for “The Lawrence Welk Show,” a variety show televised ...

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 ...

It’s hard to believe, but Christmas Eve was the 50th anniversary of the Lennon Sisters’ television debut. When the quartet of sisters from Venice, Calif., first appeared on “The Lawrence Welk Show” in ...

Lawrence Welk, one of the nation's foremost band leaders and early TV personalities, brought his 'champagne music” to Cedar Rapids four times during his long career. Welk was born in 1903 in Strasburg ...

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 ...

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 ...

The pre-Beatles era, 1960-1963, had some odd singles ascend to the number one position on the Billboard Magazine Pop Singles Chart. In retrospect, none may have been odder than “Calcutta” by Lawrence ...

Turning on my addiction makes my husband rush out of the room. I’m hooked on The Lawrence Welk Show, which for decades I’ve delightedly watched in reruns on WOSU-TV (Channel?34). The coiffed- and ...