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For more than three decades, The Lawrence Welk Show was a staple in American living rooms, with its trademark champagne music and gentle humor. Hosted by North Dakota-born bandleader Lawrence Welk, ...

Norma Zimmer, internationally known as the Champagne Lady on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Tuesday at her home in Brea, Calif. She was 87. Zimmer, a 5-foot-2-inch blonde, was a featured soloist on ...

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — For our January 30th KX Conversation, Joel Porter spoke with Florida native Scott Wheeler Jr., a ...

Tom Netherton starred in the hit television show in the '70s, became a popular Christian performer in the '80s, and made national headlines with Kathie Lee Gifford in the '90s. Minnesota native Tom ...

The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, then nationally for another 27½ ...

The year was 1955. Ike was in the White House, Disneyland had just opened, and rock and roll was starting to rattle the rafters. But you wouldn’t find any swiveling hips or hound dogs howling on ...

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) Myron Floren, an accordion player who entertained generations of television viewers on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Saturday. He was 85. Floren died of cancer at ...