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 ...

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- A church in Cheboygan is turning to a vintage TV program, The Lawrence Welk Show, for help with a special project. In the past few years, some members of the St Mary/St ...

On Saturday nights during the mid- to latter 1950s, local residents could tune in to the “Lawrence Welk Show” and view one of their own, Dudley “Big Tiny” Little, as he regularly performed on the ...

Myron Floren was 4 years old when he discovered the accordion in 1923. Floren — born on Nov. 5, 1919 — was living with his family on a small farm in Roslyn, South Dakota, at the time. A nearby farmer ...