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5 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Lawrence Welk Show’

For more than three decades, The Lawrence Welk Show was a staple in American living rooms, with its trademark champagne music and gentle humor. Hosted by North Dakota-born bandleader Lawrence Welk, ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Landaff grange's demise may have started with 'Lawrence Welk Show'

LANDAFF — Television, and “The Lawrence Welk Show” in particular, may have played a role in the demise of the Mount Hope Grange, which after 145 years is on the brink of closing. Grange Master Richard ...
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'Lawrence Welk Show' to (at long last) take final bow on South Dakota Public Broadcasting

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 ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Musical symbols of an earlier era, Guy Hovis and Ralna English still bring 'Lawrence Welk Show' hits to stage

Guy and Ralna, one of the most popular singing couples associated with the iconic, long-running television series 'The Lawrence Welk Show' since 1969, continue to entertain more than three million ...
Tulsa World

Norma Zimmer, 'Lawrence Welk Show' soloist, dies at 87

Norma Zimmer, internationally known as the Champagne Lady on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Tuesday at her home in Brea, Calif. She was 87. Zimmer, a 5-foot-2-inch blonde, was a featured soloist on ...
Los Angeles Times

Arthur Duncan, who kept virtuoso tap dancing alive on ‘Lawrence Welk Show,’ dies

Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97.