
Today is the King of Champagne Music's birthday! That's right--Lawrence Welk was born on this day in 1903. That would've made him 107! I remember watching him at my Godmother's house and watching his wunnerful dancers as he directed his orchestra with, "Ana one, ana two". His show ran from 1955 to 1982. Twenty-seven years!
Here are a few tidbits about the wunnerful Maestro of Magic that you may not know:
- His accent is a mix of Russian and German.
- His first band was Lawrence and the Hotsy Totsy Boys.
- Bob Barker had his Beauties, Heff has his Bunnies and Lawrence had his Champagne Ladies, but unlike the others, the Champagne Ladies actually had talent--each was the featured singer in his band.
- He developed and lived at The Welk Resort and Champagne Village.
- He was married for 61 years, had 3 kids, loved to play golf and was a minister in the Universal Life Church.
- His company the Welk Group, known as Teleklew, owns real estate, record labels and his syndicated show.
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