Myron Floren, the accordion virtuoso who came to fame in the mid-1950s as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, the “champagne” music program heard by millions of Americans, died of cancer Saturday. He ...

When writing in a recent review about the scarcity of top–notch Jazz clarinetists on the scene today, I managed to overlook one — a pardonable error, as Pete Fountain has been sequestered for so long ...

When a police officer pulled over Barney Liddle a trombone player with then up-and-coming Lawrence Welk Orchestra who was rushing from a gig in Milwaukee to meet his wife in Chicago the officer couldn ...

Performers Gene and Judy Magden play the music of their youth at area churches, county fairs and retirement homes. Gene, a former singer with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, and Judy, a longtime ...

Bandleader Lawrence Welk achieved fame with his bubbly “Champagne music” and beloved variety TV show — but the star’s grandson insisted his goal wasn’t to become a household name. “He didn’t care ...

Fifty years ago, Lawrence Welk and his orchestra made their first local TV appearance live on KTLA from the Aragon Ballroom in Santa Monica, later going national for one of the longest runs in ...

Barney Liddell wanted to play saxophone or trumpet in his school band. None of the instruments were available, however, so he settled for learning to play trombone. In 1948, he joined the Lawrence ...

The drummer who may have performed the most often on national television was born and raised in North Dakota. From 1955 to 1971, Johnny Klein was the regular drummer on "The Lawrence Welk Show," which ...

When he died in 1993, Lawrence Welk was the second-richest entertainer in America. In order to acquire his wealth, Welk spent many years barely making a living while striving to become an appreciated ...

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) - Richard “Dick” Dale, who played sax and crooned tunes for the famed Lawrence Welk orchestra, has died in his Iowa hometown of Algona. He was 88. Brian Schaaf, of Oakcrest Funeral ...

Mike Lester, volleyball coach at Saint Mary's University in Winona, won his first-ever victory at the helm of the Cardinals with a sweep of Upper Iowa. Bruce Lee, the master of karate, stars in a ...