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5 unusual facts about The Lawrence Welk Show


Beresford, South Dakota

Don Fedderson - Television executive producer and creator of television programs (including Family Affair,The Lawrence Welk Show, and My Three Sons).

Radio Recorders

For many years, Lawrence Welk pre-recorded the music for his popular television show, becoming the most important client; in addition, in the 1960s and 1970s Annex mastered for such labels as Uni Records, Dot Records and Ranwood Records, as well as cutting early pressings of Barbra Streisand's hit single "The Way We Were." The Annex's location now houses The Record Plant Studios.

Six Fat Dutchmen

Singer and saxophone player Dick Dale was briefly a member of the Six Fat Dutchmen, before he became a regular on the long-running American television variety series, The Lawrence Welk Show.

The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka

The two shows mentioned in the title and throughout the song—Hee Haw, a CBS series on which Clark was a co-host; and The Lawrence Welk Show, which aired on ABC—were among those shows canceled by their networks in 1971 as part of the rural purge; demographics (a rural audience for Hee Haw, an elderly-leaning audience for Lawrence Welk) was the most cited reason.

Walter Jagiello

He also appeared several times playing his concertina on The Lawrence Welk Show.


Ralna English

Ralna Eve English is an American-born singer (born June 19, 1942, Haskell, Texas) who gained fame as half of the husband-and-wife singing duo of Guy & Ralna with then-husband Guy Hovis, both of whom were featured performers on The Lawrence Welk Show.

Serutan

Serutan is especially associated with The Lawrence Welk Show and The Original Amateur Hour, both of which were also sponsored by J. B. Williams products Sominex, a sleeping pill and Geritol, a vitamin supplement.

The Prospect Studios

Many other classic television shows were also produced there including The Lawrence Welk Show, Barney Miller, Fridays, Mr. Belvedere, Welcome Back, Kotter, Benson, and Soap.


see also

Bobby Burgess

Burgess shared with Mary Lou Metzger as host of the wraparound segments on The Lawrence Welk Show's PBS reruns in 2010.

Kathy Sullivan

Kathie Sullivan, American gospel singer and performer on the Lawrence Welk Show