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In 1938 the orchestra garnered performance exposure for a concert at the St. Paul Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the group's music earned the descriptive "Champagne Music" from a listener who pronounced that the orchestra's music was "effervescent, like champagne." From that time forward, the band was billed as The Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. During the 1940s, Welk and his band performed as the house orchestra at the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. After a successful decade in Chicago, Welk moved what he called his "musical family" to Southern California, where a 1951 late-night appearance on television station KTLA became the springboard for his later national fame
Lawrence Welk acc, org 1903-1992 US | |
Larry Hooper voc, p US | |
Myron Floren acc 1919-2005 US |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Stars Visit Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 2008 | Single |
Waltz With Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 2008 | Single |
Champagne Pops Parade | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1991 | Album |
Dance Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1987 | Single |
Polka And Waltz Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1987 | Album |
Merry Christmas From Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Makers | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1970 | Compil. |
Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1968 | Single |
Play The Music Of Walt Disney | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1968 | Single |
Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1968 | Album |
Play The Music Of Walt Disney | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1968 | Album |
Listening And Dancing | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1968 | Compil. |
Play For You | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1967 | Album |
My Golden Favorites | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1960 | Compil. |
A Musical Trip To Latin-America | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1960 | Single |
The Champagne Music Of Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1960 | Album |
Gunsmoke | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1959 | Single |
T.V. Western Theme Songs | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1959 | Single |
Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Featuring Larry Hooper | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Featuring Larry Hooper | 1959 | Compil. |
Lawrence Welk Featuring Alice Lon | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Featuring Alice Lon | 1959 | Album |
Lawrence Welk Featuring The Lennon Sisters | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music Featuring The Lennon Sisters | 1959 | Album |
With A Song In My Heart | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Album |
Love In A Home | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
Anniversary Song / First Last And Always | Johnny Desmond, Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
One Note Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
Cha Cha Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
Medley Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
Liechtensteiner Polka/Helena Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
Mary Ann / Indiana Holiday | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music, Lawrence Welk And His Sparkling Strings | 1958 | Single |
A Musical Trip To Latin America With Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Album |
Kit Kat Polka | Lawrence Welk / Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1958 | Single |
Teresa / All I Have Is A Love Song | Alan Dale And Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Waltz With Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Album |
McNamara's Band / Wild Colonial Boy | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
When My Baby Smiles At Me | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Around The World | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Nimble Fingers | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Album |
Liechtensteiner Polka / You Know Too Much | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Show Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Album |
Merry Christmas From Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
The Bridge Of Saint Lo / Ten Little Trees | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Liechtensteiner Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
By The Bend Of The River / Keyboard Serenade | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Santa Claus Is Here Again / Merry Christmas From Our House To Your House | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music, The Lennon Sisters | 1957 | Single |
Ricky-Dicky-Doo | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
It Was That Kiss / Falling Star | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Single |
Champagne And Roses | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Album |
The Stars Visit Lawrence Welk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Compil. |
Jingle Bells | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Album |
Favorites | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1957 | Album |
Welktime | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Let's Be Friends | Don Cornell, Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Shamrocks And Champagne | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
The Girl Friends | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Josephine / Bubbles In The Wine | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Around We Go...! | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Let's Have An Old Fashioned Christmas | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
The Poor People Of Paris / Nobody Knows But The Lord | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Lawrence Welk At Madison Square Garden | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Bubbles In The Wine | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Say It With Music | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Jenny Lind / The Jolly Coppersmith | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
What A Heavenly Night For Love | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Weary Blues | McGuire Sisters & Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Music For Polka Lovers | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Helena Polka / Hot Pretzels | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Merry Christmas From Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Chain Gang | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Champagne Pops | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face / With A Little Bit Of Luck | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
The Christmas Waltz / Santa From Santa Fe | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music, The Lennon Sisters | 1956 | Single |
I Could Have Danced All Night | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Champagne And Shillelaghs | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Bubbles In The Wine | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Poor John | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
The Girl Friends | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Single |
Champagne Pops Parade | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Shamrocks And Champagne | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1956 | Album |
Kit Kat Polka / Dakota Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Album |
T. V. Favorites | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Album |
Wake The Town And Tell The People / I Hear Those Bells | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Single |
I See God / Pray For Me | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Album |
Wake The Town And Tell The People | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Album |
Timberjack | The Lancers And Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Single |
Love Me Or Leave Me / Hey Mr. Banjo | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Single |
Viennese Waltzes For Dancing Vol. 1 | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Single |
Julida Polka / The Military Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Album |
TV Favorites | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Single |
It's Almost Tomorrow | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1955 | Single |
Christmas Carols | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Album |
The Year We Fell In Love / I Don't Want To Mambo Polka | Eileen Barton And Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Album |
Viennese Waltzes For Dancing Vol. 2 | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Single |
Viennese Waltzes For Dancing | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Album |
Saw Your Eyes / There's A Small Hotel | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Single |
I Love You / I Stopped Livin' | Jimmy Wakely And Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Single |
The Greatest Feeling In The World / Luxembourg Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1954 | Album |
Souvenir Album | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Album |
Christmas Carols | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Single |
Nimble Fingers | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Album |
Say It Isn't So / Minnie The Mermaid | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Album |
Nimble Fingers | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Single |
"O" (Oh!) / Hallelujah! Brother | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Single |
Your Mother And Mine / Oh, Happy Day | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1953 | Single |
Small Talk / Dream House | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Single |
Padam... Padam... (How It Echoes The Beat Of My Heart) / Your Eyes Are So Lovely | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Single |
Dream House / Small Talk | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Album |
Flirtation Waltz / Meet Mister Callaghan | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Album |
Meet Mister Callaghan / Flirtation Waltz | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Single |
Kentucky Waltz / Bubbles In The Wine / Josephine / Canadian Capers | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Single |
The Gandy Dancers' Ball / Ivory Rag | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Single |
Rustic Dance / Cocoanut Grove | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1952 | Album |
Moonlight Bay / Boomp! Pa - Deedle Doddle | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1951 | Album |
Irving / Sad And Lonely | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music, The Modernaires | 1951 | Single |
Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine / Tell Me (Tell Me Why) | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1951 | Single |
On Moonlight Bay | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1951 | Album |
Moonlight Bay / Smiles | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1951 | Single |
Military Polka / Tiger Rag | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1950 | Album |
If You Can't Get A Drum With A Boom, Boom, Boom (Get A Tuba With An Oom-Pah-Pah) / Hoop Dee Doo | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1950 | Single |
You Are My One True Love | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1950 | Album |
Lawrence Welk's Polka Party | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1950 | Album |
The Petite Waltz / I'm In The Middle Of A Riddle | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1950 | Album |
Kit Kat Polka / Merry Xmas Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Barroom Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Dime A Dozen / Have A Heart | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Polkas | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Katrina / Ichabod Crane | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Bye Bye Blues / Love Me! Love Me! Love Me! | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Lora-Belle Lee / Hollywood Square Dance | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Dime A Dozen / Have A Heart | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1949 | Album |
Kentucky Waltz / Bubbles In The Wine (Lawrence Welk's Theme Song) | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1948 | Album |
My Pretty Girl / Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) / Down At The Friendly Tavern | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
Whiffenpoof Song / Doin' You Good | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke, That Cigarette / Pic-A-Nic'(In The Park) | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
Polkas | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
Red Silk Stockings And Green Perfume / I Won't Be Home Anymore When You Call | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
I'm A Lonely Little Petunia / Svenska Flicka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1947 | Album |
Daddy's Lullaby / Maria Elena | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1940 | Album |
The Girl With The Pigtails In Her Hair / Angel | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1940 | Album |
Kentucky's Way Of Sayin' Good Mornin' / If You Talk In Your Sleep, Don't Mention My Name | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1940 | Album |
Sweet Potato Piper / Captain Custard | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1940 | Album |
Village Tavern Polka / Beer Barrel Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1939 | Album |
Stumbling / My Man | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1939 | Album |
Bubbles In The Wine / On Sweetheart Bay | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1939 | Album |
Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart / You Tell Me Your Dream (I'll Tell You Mine) | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1939 | Album |
Deep Purple / The Moon Is A Silver Dollar | Al Donahue And His Orchestra / Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1939 | Album |
Little Drummer Boy / I'll Still Be Loving You | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1938 | Album |
Change Partners / I Used To Be Color Blind | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1938 | Album |
Two Sleepy People / I Won't Tell A Soul | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | 1938 | Album |
Champagne Dancing Party | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Beer Barrel Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Pick-a-Polka! | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Liechtensteiner Polka / Gold And Silver | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Around We Go...! | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel) / Pennsylvania Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
My Fair Lady | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Bonnie Blue Gal / Rice / The Wedding I Do / It's Almost Tomorrow | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Bonnie Blue Gal / Sam, The Old Accordion Man | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
South / Lady Play Your Mandolin / Bye Bye Blues / Doin' You Good | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Chain Gang / Lisbon Antigua | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Until Sunrise | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Champagne Dancing Party | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Clarinet Polka / Pound Your Table Polka (One More Chorus) | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
The Man With The Banjo / Until Sunrise | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Dance Aroun' A Stack Of Barley / When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Namely You / If I Had My Druthers / Unnecessary Town / Love In A Home | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Around The World | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Cinderella | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Jingle Bells | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Hey, Mr. Banjo / Love Me Or Leave Me | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Play Songs Everybody Knows | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
The Jolly Coppersmith | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Songs About My Extraordinary Gal And Her Friends | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Pick-A-Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Around The World / Champagne Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
And Then I Wrote / Annabelle | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Barbara Polka / Friendly Tavern Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Swingin' Down The Lane / You're Somebody Else's Sweetheart | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
In Acapulco | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Comin' Thro' The Rye / The Hoiriger Schottische | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Champagne Medley Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
My Fair Lady | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Allegheny Moon / Lola O'Brien | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Hey Mr. Banjo / Saw Your Eyes | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Yours For Dancing | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Pick A Polka (Favorite Polkas) | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Moritat - La complainte de Mackie | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Until Sunrise | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Champagne And Roses | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
My Pretty Girl / Guitar Polka / You Are My Sunshine / Nobody Knows | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Annabelle / Mary Lou / Louise / Sweet Eloise | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Doo Wacka Doo / Pizzacati | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Sweet Eloise / Louise | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Shenandoah Waltz / Metro Polka | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Songs About My Extraordinary Gal And Her Friends | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Nola | Billy Williams / Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
Cocoanut Grove / Champagne Time | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
My Extraordinary Gal / Irene | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Album | |
Say It With Music - Tea For Two | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single | |
My Extraordinary Gal / Irene / Dolores / Emaline | Lawrence Welk And His Champagne Music | Single |