Before he became a household name as the host of his own self-titled television show, Lawrence Welk was a hardworking bandleader shaped by the rural Midwest, European folk traditions, and the rhythms ...

Nobody has ever seriously disputed the right of North Dakota to make a present to the entertainment world of bubbly Bandleader Lawrence (“Champagne Music”) Welk. Lawrence Welk was merely born in ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Lawrence Welk didn't have a flush toilet where he grew up, but visitors to his childhood home in rural North Dakota now do. The bandleader’s childhood family home marks the ...