When he died in 1993, Lawrence Welk was the second-richest entertainer in America. In order to acquire his wealth, Welk spent many years barely making a living while striving to become an appreciated ...

Nobody has ever seriously disputed the right of North Dakota to make a present to the entertainment world of bubbly Bandleader Lawrence (“Champagne Music”) Welk. Lawrence Welk was merely born in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The year was 1955. Ike was in the White House, Disneyland had just opened, and rock and roll was starting to rattle the rafters. But you wouldn’t find any swiveling hips or hound dogs howling on ...

There's a 1939 film clip that shows Lois Best Herman singing and smiling next to a very young Lawrence Welk as his orchestra plays on. "You see her natural personality on the video. That was my mom," ...