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Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
American musician, bandleader, and impresario
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Frankie Yankovic
Frankie Yankovic
Slovenian-American musician
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Walter Ostanek
Walter Ostanek
Canadian musician
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Those Darn Accordions
Those Darn Accordions
musical artist
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Romy Gosz
Romy Gosz
American musician
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Harold Loeffelmacher
Harold Loeffelmacher
American musician
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Charles Magnante
Charles Magnante
American accordionist
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Pee Wee King
Pee Wee King
country musician and songwriter
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Walter Jagiello
Walter Jagiello
American polka musician and songwriter from
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Jimmy Sturr
Jimmy Sturr
American musician
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Esteban Jordan
Esteban Jordan
American musician
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Walt Groller
Walt Groller
American composer
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Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
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Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
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Lee Benoit
Lee Benoit
American musician
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Lawrence Walker
Lawrence Walker
Cajun accordion player.
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Danny Federici
Danny Federici
American musician
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Gus Viseur
Gus Viseur
French musician
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John Serry Jr.
John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Six Fat Dutchmen
Six Fat Dutchmen
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Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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Neil Levang
Neil Levang
American musician
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Frank Marocco
Frank Marocco
musician
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Pedro Ayala
Pedro Ayala
American musician
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Henri René
Henri René
American conductor
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Leon Sash
Leon Sash
American jazz accordionist
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Brave Combo
Brave Combo
polka/rock/worldbeat band based in Denton, Texas
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Jo Ann Castle
Jo Ann Castle
musician
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The Lennon Sisters
The Lennon Sisters
American vocal group
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Elliot Lawrence
Elliot Lawrence
American musician
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Walt Solek
Walt Solek
American lyrcist
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Kamil Běhounek
Kamil Běhounek
Czech accordionist and composer
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Tom Brusky
Tom Brusky
American musician
Myron Floren
American accordionist

Myron Floren

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American accordionist
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Music

Myron Floren (November 5, 1919 – July 23, 2013) was an American musician best known as the accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show between 1950 and 1980. Floren came to prominence primarily from his regular appearances on the weekly television series in which Lawrence Welk dubbed him as "the happy Norwegian", which was also attributed to Peter Friello.

Floren was highly regarded by Lawrence Welk, who was an accomplished accordion player in his own right. Floren functioned as Welk's principal assistant and second-in-command. In Floren's autobiography Accordion Man, written with his daughter Randee Floren, he recalled handling road manager duties when the band traveled, including hotel arrangements and other logistics. Prior to his death, he hosted some of the repeats of The Lawrence Welk Show on PBS.