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Over 100
Lawrence Welk Biographies of the Longest Running TV
Show In History!
The
Lawrence Welk Show was among the most successful
musical variety shows in American history and can be
watched on PBS
A wealth of talent entertained millions of people on TV with
what became known as Champagne music over its 30
year and 1,065 episode history.
As a member of the
Society of Professional Journalists, all biographies
have been independently researched and compiled to create
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data online.
This Weekend on PBS
"A Pretty
Girl (1961)"
This
week's episode is entitled "A Pretty
Girl" and is hosted by
youngest of the Lennon Sisters, Janet Lennon
and features a guest appearance by Pat
Boone. Lawrence Welk and his Champagne
Music Makers start off the show with
the theme song of the Ziegfeld Follies:
Irving Berlin's "A Pretty Girl Is
Like A Melody." Larry Hooper, Larry
Dean, Rocky Rockwell, Dick Dale, Bob
Lido, and Aladdin sing "Spring, Spring,
Spring" while Myron Floren and Jo Ann
Castle perform an accordion duet of the
"Hot Foot Polka." Aladdin also gives the
Lennon Sisters a "Music Lesson" in an
entertaining music skit that fans will
remember. Larry Hooper sings
one of his hit songs, "Oh, Happy Day,"
which became a Billboard hit song in
1953. Featured guest, Pat Boone, also
sings his 1961 Billboard #1 Hit "Moody
River" in this classic episode!
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