For more than three decades, The Lawrence Welk Show was a staple in American living rooms, with its trademark champagne music and gentle humor. Hosted by North Dakota-born bandleader Lawrence Welk, ...

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 ...

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — For our January 30th KX Conversation, Joel Porter spoke with Florida native Scott Wheeler Jr., a ...

Norma Zimmer, internationally known as the Champagne Lady on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Tuesday at her home in Brea, Calif. She was 87. Zimmer, a 5-foot-2-inch blonde, was a featured soloist on ...

Norma Zimmer, the “Champagne Lady” on “The Lawrence Welk Show” for 22 years and a studio singer who worked with Frank Sinatra, among others, died Tuesday, May 10, of natural causes in Brea, Calif. She ...

Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97.

Myron Floren, 85, an accordion player who entertained generations of television viewers on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died July 23 of cancer at his home in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Dubbed "The ...