LAWRENCE WELK - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 192839
Sale Price $105.00
Reg. $120.00
LAWRENCE WELK. Photograph signed: "Best Wishes/Lawrence
Welk". Color, 3½x5½. After accordian player/bandleader Lawrence Welk
(1903-1992) debuted with his band as a summer replacement on ABC in 1955,
the weekly program became one of the network's most popular variety shows and
Welk's "ah-one and ah-two" and "wunnerful, wunnerful" became catchwords.
Over the program's long run, which ended in 1971, Welk showcased a number of
popular performers, including accordionist/assistant conductor Myron Floren,
Irish tenor Joe Feeney, the singing Lennon Sisters, former Mouseketeer/dancer
Bobby Burgess, ragtime pianist Jo Ann Castle, tap dancer Arthur Duncan and
Welk's "Champagne Lady" (Norma Zimmer being one of the most popular). Between
1956 and 1963, Welk recorded ten Top 10 albums and had a No. 1 hit
with "Calcutta" in 1961. After the show was cancelled by ABC, it became
equally successful in syndication (1971-1982). Beginning in 1987, five
years after Welk retired, reruns of his "champagne music" became a popular
staple of public television, and after Welk's death, his band continued to
perform at the Champagne Music Theater in Branson, Missouri. Lightly creased
corners. Slightly nicked edges. Overall, fine condition.
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