Who is Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large audience of radio, television, and live-performance fans (and critics) as "champagne music".Early life
Welk was born in the German-speaking community of Strasburg, North Dakota. He was sixth of the eight children of Ludwig and Christiana (née Schwahn) Welk, Roman Catholic ethnic Germans who emigrated in 1892 from Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine).Welk was a first cousin, once removed, of former Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (Welk's mother and Schweitzer's paternal grandmother were siblings). Welk's paternal great-great-grandpa...
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- By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.
- Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
- Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
- If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.
- We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument.
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