For more than three decades, The Lawrence Welk Show was a staple in American living rooms, with its trademark champagne music and gentle humor. Hosted by North Dakota-born bandleader Lawrence Welk, ...

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 ...

Explore the life and legacy of North Dakota's farm boy turned television star, Lawrence Welk. Lawrence Welk was born to Russian immigrant parents in Strasburg, North Dakota, where he developed a ...

The year was 1955. Ike was in the White House, Disneyland had just opened, and rock and roll was starting to rattle the rafters. But you wouldn’t find any swiveling hips or hound dogs howling on ...

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 ...

"What a pretty console," organist Bob Ralston said when he first glanced at the sparkling gold Wurlitzer Theater Organ situated on the black Orpheum Theater stage. Ralston, a star of the Lawrence Welk ...

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” ...

Joe Feeney, a Grand Island-born tenor who crooned "Danny Boy" and other standards for 25 years on "The Lawrence Welk Show," has died. He was 76. Feeney died of emphysema on April 16 at a hospice in ...

Kristen Wiig revived her classic “Saturday Night Live” character Dooneese on the show’s 50th anniversary special on Sunday night. Wiig appeared during the first sketch of the evening, “The Lawrence ...