Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welkwas an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fansas "champagne music"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth11 March 1903
CountryUnited States of America
boys together sticks
Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?
sound fascinated
Sounds always fascinated me.
music orchestra makers
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
night chill spine
Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.
talking down-and conversation
Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.
brother father farmers
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.
sister girl years
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
business years people
By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.
dukes patterns originals
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
laughing lines forget
I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.
spaniards fairs
I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.
order practice jockeys
I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.
voice quality attributes
If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.
planning performing audience
If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.