The Lawrence Welk Show: Whirl-a-Way Polka

In this clip from a 1964 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, we see Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess dancing to "Whirl-A-Way Polka," with Myron Floren and Jo Ann Castle on twin Pancordions.



Wunnerful, Wunnerful!

The Lawrence Welk Show (Saturday) September 17th, 1966

Here is a black-and-white kinescope of the September 17, 1966 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show which aired in COLOR when it first aired over the network.



Enjoy!

I Didn't Know Ted Lewis Had A New Orleans Accent

Here's a clip from a 1955 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show with clarinetist (and New Orleans product) George Aubry playing his instrument and doing his impersonation of bandleader Ted Lewis (complete with top hat) as the band plays Ted's theme song, "When My Baby Smiles at Me."

Wunnerful.

Sing Along With Lawrence?

In this kinescoped excerpt from a 1962 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here is Lawrence's vocal group with "Sweet Sue."  Just follow the dancing champagne bubble.

ALOHA!

From the October 10, 1959 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, originating from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, here are Lawrence and his Champagne Music Makers performing the program's opening number "On the Beach at Wakiki."

Enjoy!

When It's Round-Up Time In Texas

In this kinescope clip of an ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show from circa 1964, here's a Dixieland rendition of "When The Bloom Is On The Sage," also known as "When It's Roundup Time In Texas."  This features Bob Havens on trombone.

Time For Champagne Music!

In this clip from a kinescope of a 1960 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here are Lawrence and his Champagne Music Makers performing "The Band Played On."  Too bad there was no strawberry blonde in the band.

A Visit From Alice

In a kinescoped clip from a 1955 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here's Champagne Lady Alice Lon with "Hard To Get."

Enjoy!

Time For Myron, Boys And Girls

Here's a clip of a 1956 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here featuring Myron Floren playing Vincent Lopez's old theme song "Nola" on his Pancordion!

Someone Loves Ya, Baby!

Here's the opening of a 1963 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, with the Champagne Music Makers performing "Somebody Loves Me."

Time For The Champagne Medley------------Right After This Word From Our Sponsor

Here's a clip from the February 22, 1964 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show.  Following the commercial for Geritol (delivered by the host of The Original Amateur Hour himself, Ted Mack), we have Lawrence and his Champagne Music Makers with an abbreviated Champagne Medley ("I'm Through With Love" and "For All We Know").

Let's Turn On The Ole Wayback Machine

Here's a kinescope clip from the inaugural ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, dated July 2, 1955 for this piece of accordion wizardry from Myron Floren as he plays "Tico Tico."

Time For A Gypsy Love Song

In this clip from a 1962 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here are Jimmy Getzoff (violin), Harry Hyams (viola), Charlotte Harris (cello), and Frank Scott (electric harpsichord) preforming Victor Herbert's "Gypsy Love Song."

Enjoy!

Norma Zimmer, R. I. P.

Norma Zimmer, best remembered as the Champagne Lady on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1960 until it ceased production in 1982, passed away on Tuesday at her home in Brea, California at age 87.


Before becoming the Champagne Lady, Norma was a studio vocalist and had worked with such pop stars as Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby.


On the Welk show, Norma sang solo or did romantic and inspirational duets with Jimmy Roberts.


It was after a year or so after the departure of Alice Lon, and a search by Lawrence for a replacement, that after several stints as a guest, Norma was named the permanent Champagne Lady.


Here's Norma in a kinescope clip from a 1961 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, singing "Always."





From the January 13, 1968 telecast of said program, here are Norma and Jimmy singing "Wonderful One."





Rest in peace, Norma.

It's Time For Lawrence Welk's Rock 'N' Roll Classics!

Okay, here are the Chantays performing their big hit recording of "Pipeline" on the May 18, 1963 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show.

Enjoy!

Blast From The Past

From the ABC Network premiere telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, as aired on July 2, 1955, here's Myron Floren playing "Tico, Tico."

Time For Champagne Music

In this clip from the February 15, 1964 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here are the Champagne Music Makers with "The Poor People of Paris."

Time For A Ragtime Classic From Jo Ann!

In this kinescoped clip from a 1959 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here's Ragtime Piano Gal Jo Ann Castle, in one of her earliest appearances as a regular member of the show's cast,  with her rendition of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag."

Time For The "Horn Pipe Polka," Everyone!

Here's a kinescoped clip from a 1959 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show.  Here, the boys perform "The Horn Pipe Polka," featuring Orie Amadeo on piccolo, Bill Page on Basoon, and Myron Floren on accordion.  Yes, that's Janet Lennon dancing with Lawrence.

Here Come The Lennon Sisters, Gang!

In this kinescoped clip from a 1959 ABC Network telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show, here are the Lennon Sisters performing "Mississippi Mud."