On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles, the flagship station of the Paramount Television Network and the first commercial television station in California and west of the … 展开

James Hobson (also known as Jim Hobson) served longest as producer (1962–1982) and director of The Lawrence Welk Show. Hobson died on April 26, 2013, in Santa Monica Hospital, California. 展开

In music
• Accordion pop/rock band Those Darn Accordions recorded "The Story of Lawrence Welk" on their … 展开

• James Narz (1956–1957)
• Lou Crosby (1955–1960)
• Bob Warren (1960–1982) 展开

The show would often open by showing bubbles floating around and was accompanied by a sound effect of a bottle of champagne opening, … 展开

The surviving episodes from the first 10 seasons on ABC exist today as black and white kinescopes or videotape, as the show was broadcast live through the 1964–1965 season. A few of these have been broadcast on public television. Most episodes shown on PBS … 展开

All of these singers and performers were part of the Musical Family, with Welk on the lead.
• The Aldridge Sisters, singers (1977–1982) 展开