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.

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 ...