Who was the handsome older fellow – silver hair and a moustache – who was only allowed to sing “silly songs”? Welk said the man was so popular that if he’d ever sung a love song they would have been buried in fan mail. I think his initials were A.R.
I always tell people I was raised on Johnny Cash and Lawrence Welk! My mom was a big fan and had gone to his resort in California once. A few years before she passed, I took her to Branson to the Welk Champagne theater to see the show and she sat near the front blowing bubbles from a little bottle. We met Jo Ann Castle and two of the Sisters, Diane and Janet. She was in heaven! At her funeral, the organist played music in the background while we gave our eulogies and had a bubble machine! It was great to remember her passion.
Gotta say having had to watch the show sure made me appreciate a broader spectrum of music than I might have done!
Hearing the name “Lawrence Welk” makes me feel like a little girl again, at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, watching all the entertainers, surrounded by love. (Mom and Dad would sometimes use the time to have a little outing for themselves.) Nowadays, ex-hubby has mentioned that he watches the show, but I’m not sure what channel it is on. Something on cable, I’m sure.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
I’ll stick with Alfred Yankovic when it comes to accordions, thanks.
wiatr almost 5 years ago
I know most of them because my father was a big fan. Many of his VHS tapes have a show at the end of the tape.
amethyst52 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
We always watched that show. We always said a 1 and a 2 and a 3 and loved when the bubbles came down. :)
alcors3 almost 5 years ago
Jo Ann Castle! mmmmm
GreenT267 almost 5 years ago
He’s still a-one-ing on the educational channel. Don’t know if they are showing the Lennon Sister years or not.
Dani Rice almost 5 years ago
Who was the handsome older fellow – silver hair and a moustache – who was only allowed to sing “silly songs”? Welk said the man was so popular that if he’d ever sung a love song they would have been buried in fan mail. I think his initials were A.R.
PDXCubbie almost 5 years ago
I loved the old Irish Tenor, Joe Feeney……ah what a voice…… :)
nyssawho13 almost 5 years ago
I always tell people I was raised on Johnny Cash and Lawrence Welk! My mom was a big fan and had gone to his resort in California once. A few years before she passed, I took her to Branson to the Welk Champagne theater to see the show and she sat near the front blowing bubbles from a little bottle. We met Jo Ann Castle and two of the Sisters, Diane and Janet. She was in heaven! At her funeral, the organist played music in the background while we gave our eulogies and had a bubble machine! It was great to remember her passion.
Gotta say having had to watch the show sure made me appreciate a broader spectrum of music than I might have done!
david_42 almost 5 years ago
That show and “Sing along with Mitch” were my dad’s favorites. Only person in the family with a good singing voice.
jr1234 almost 5 years ago
Bobby and Cissy AND Arthur Duncan, WOW he could TAP
Jan C almost 5 years ago
My mother and grandmother LOVED Lawrence Welk. I can remember some of the early performers, but the later ones (after I left home) not so much.
Lord Flatulence Premium Member almost 5 years ago
That show was really white.
contralto2b almost 5 years ago
Just barely old enough to have watched a few of his shows. My parents weren’t big on watching TV, but that was one show they would watch now and then.
finnygirl Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Hearing the name “Lawrence Welk” makes me feel like a little girl again, at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, watching all the entertainers, surrounded by love. (Mom and Dad would sometimes use the time to have a little outing for themselves.) Nowadays, ex-hubby has mentioned that he watches the show, but I’m not sure what channel it is on. Something on cable, I’m sure.