When the Jazz Arts Group Big Band takes the stage this afternoon to play music from Lawrence Welk's TV show, the tunes will be a blast from the past, not only for the audience but also the players.

FARGO — Prairie Public is celebrating one of North Dakota’s most beloved sons with a new documentary about bandleader and television icon Lawrence Welk. “Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy” ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — On Christmas Eve 1955, “champagne music” bandleader Lawrence Welk introduced the Lennon Sisters — Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet — on his popular ABC musical variety series, “The ...

Hip dude that I was in the early 1970s, I caught only glimpses of The Lawrence Welk Show on the tube on my way out of the house on Saturday nights. No doubt, to many Americans, Welk and his clean-cut ...

“The Lawrence Welk Show,” which ran for more than a quarter of a century and often featured accordion music from the late Myron Floren, was the focus of a special event held Friday at the Yorkville ...

Turning on my addiction makes my husband rush out of the room. I’m hooked on The Lawrence Welk Show, which for decades I’ve delightedly watched in reruns on WOSU-TV (Channel?34). The coiffed- and ...

It’s been a long time since wholesome 1970s singing duo Guy Hovis and Ralna English made it big on “The Lawrence Welk Show,” but the once-married pair have never stopped the music. Guy & Ralna, then.

The State Historical Society of North Dakota is considering buying the boyhood home of Lawrence Welk, though some worry the farmstead may not draw many tourists because most of the famed champagne ...

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 ...

Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97.