Bandleader Lawrence Welk achieved fame with his bubbly “Champagne music” and beloved variety TV show — but the star’s grandson insisted his goal wasn’t to become a household name. “He didn’t care ...

LOS ANGELES — On Christmas Eve 1955, “champagne music” bandleader Lawrence Welk introduced the Lennon Sisters — Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet — on his popular ABC musical variety series, “The ...

When the Jazz Arts Group Big Band takes the stage this afternoon to play music from Lawrence Welk's TV show, the tunes will be a blast from the past, not only for the audience but also the players.

The Lawrence Welk Resort just north of Escondido can be a reviving getaway in San Diego’s backyard. Surrounded by green hillsides sprinkled with boulders, the secluded location offers serene views and ...

Hip dude that I was in the early 1970s, I caught only glimpses of The Lawrence Welk Show on the tube on my way out of the house on Saturday nights. No doubt, to many Americans, Welk and his clean-cut ...

NORTH COUNTYNORTH COUNTY — About five miles north of Escondido, just east of Interstate 15 and off Champagne Boulevard, the resort founded by iconic television personality and big band leader Lawrence ...

Lawrence Welk, the band leader whose folksy charm and bubbly brand of “Champagne music” shaped the longest-running show in television history, died Sunday evening at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.

Lawrence Welk would have been proud. A handful of talent the bandleader assembled over the past 50 years brought The Live Lawrence Walk Show to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Wednesday night and left ...