Lawrence Welk

When the music commenced again with "The Lawrence Welk is a Hero of the Republic Polka, " the Chink lifted Sissy by her shoulders and guided her onto his pock-marked dance floor.

Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976

Built in 1938, The Hub for decades drew crowds of 1,500 or more to see musical performers such as Lawrence Welk, Glenn Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis, Guy Lombardo, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.

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Lawrence Welk started his career here, Guy Lombardo performed "Auld Lang Syne" here and President Obama has held fundraisers here.

Julie Mautner: Ten Reasons I Love the Roosevelt Hotel Julie Mautner 2011

Once the TV was turned on and the little white dot in the center of the screen grew larger, we often watched and the sugary sweet Lawrence Welk show or Mitch Miller, gamely following the bouncing ball to sing along.

Susanne Mentzer: Childhood's Musical Kernels Susanne Mentzer 2011

Lawrence Welk started his career here, Guy Lombardo performed "Auld Lang Syne" here and President Obama has held fundraisers here.

Julie Mautner: Ten Reasons I Love the Roosevelt Hotel Julie Mautner 2011

Lawrence Welk started his career here, Guy Lombardo performed "Auld Lang Syne" here and President Obama has held fundraisers here.

Julie Mautner: Ten Reasons I Love the Roosevelt Hotel Julie Mautner 2011

Once the TV was turned on and the little white dot in the center of the screen grew larger, we often watched and the sugary sweet Lawrence Welk show or Mitch Miller, gamely following the bouncing ball to sing along.

Susanne Mentzer: Childhood's Musical Kernels Susanne Mentzer 2011

True, when I was a kid in the '60s, retail establishments did play music from the '40s—canned Muzak versions of hits by Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Lawrence Welk.

Can't Stop the Music? Tell Me About It Joe Queenan 2011

My friend said it reminded him of an episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" and that it would drive most baby boomers nuts.

Games to Flex Your Brain Katherine Boehret 2011

Later, he made another route decision not exactly driven by wheat worries, bypassing the hometown of big-band leader Lawrence Welk for the ruins of an American Indian village buried behind some corn fields.

Crop Scouts Stalk North Dakota's Amber Waves of Grain Mark Peters 2011