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Myron Floren
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Frankie Yankovic
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Hoagy Carmichael
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Henry Mancini
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Billy May
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Ray Anthony
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Walter Ostanek
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Spade Cooley
Spade Cooley
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Claude Thornhill
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Freddy Nagel
Freddy Nagel
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Lawrence Welk
American musician, bandleader, and impresario

Lawrence Welk

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American musician, bandleader, and impresario
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Awards Received
Horatio Alger Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large audience of radio, television, and live-performance fans (and critics) as "champagne music".