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The Music of Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra (1928-82)

"The Music of Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra (1928-82)" made by the Composer Collection, 26/09/2023. This video takes a look at the music from the Lawrence Welk orchestra, which was one of the few American dance bands to retain their popularity in the second half of the twentieth century. Lawrence had his first dance band in the 1920s, based in his home state of North Dakota, and he led some other bands in that state and South Dakota. His orchestra recorded for Gennett Records in late 1928 in Indiana, and another recording session followed for Lyric around mid 1931 in Wisconsin. Lawrence led a traveling big band in the 1930s, and at the end of that decade, he was recording prolifically for Decca Records; this was the time when he adopted his "champagne music" style as his signature sound. In 1944, his recording of Don't Sweetheart Me reached no. 2 on the US Billboard charts, and his orchestra was broadcasting on radio for ABC by the turn of the decade. The Lawrence Welk Show was first broadcast on television for KTLA, Los Angeles, from 1951-55, and the local show was picked up by ABC where it subsequently aired on the national network from 1955-71; it aired in first-run syndication from 1971-82, and most of the episodes from this era were broadcast by PBS stations in recent decades (along with the 1965-71 episodes, the former year marking the debut of the show in colour). The main instrument affiliated with Lawrence Welk is the piano-accordion, which Welk played throughout his entire musical career, albeit in the television show he was helped out by Myron Floren. The conductor of the orchestra in the later years of the show was George Cates, who was the main musical supervisor for the Welk orchestra from 1955-82 (he also wrote the intro theme, Fanfare, for the show in 1976; another intro theme was Champagne Time from 1956-76, and Bubbles in the Wine from 1951-56). Note the full length of these recordings were not included in this video to prevent copyright. Credit to the people that provided the original transfers of the audio included in this video. -The Composer Collection