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
biographies
This is the best biography by me I have ever read.
father musical pumps
We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.
successful trying firsts
The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.
nice successful pitfalls
I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.
bad-day long world
You know, it's a long world.
creative genius innovators
I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
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.
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.
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.