Welk,Lawrence Lawrence Welk Collection: Lawrence Welk & His CD

Accordionist, bandleader, composer and TV impresario Lawrence Welk was one of the most visible and popular personalities in easy-listening orchestral pop music through several decades spanning the pre- and post-war eras, with his high-profile TV series "The Lawrence Welk Show" running for three decades from 1951 into the early '80s. Performing what he christened early in his career as "Champagne Music", he transcended all the upheavals in the pop music landscape during these times to maintain a consistent appeal to the broad middle ground of popular music tastes so that he was able to take advantage of the introduction of the stereo long-playing albums during the 1950s and beyond. This great-value 56-track 2-CD set comprises selected A and B sides from his singles for Vocalion, Okeh, Decca, Mercury, Coral and Dot labels during the quarter-century from the late 30s right through to the early '60s, and features over 30 chart entries, including the No. 1 "Calcutta" and the Top 10 hits "I Won't Tell A Soul", "The Moon Is A Silver Dollar", "Don't Sweetheart Me" and "Oh Happy Day". It covers a remarkable range of styles, including vocal hits from the early part of his career in the 'sweet' dance band style of the war years, along with examples of his trademark polka tunes featuring his distinctive accordion sound, through to easy listening orchestral pop recordings during the 1950s. It's an entertaining cross-section of his work, underlining his skill in refining his style to stay in touch with an evolving market to stay firmly in the public eye

1. Change Partners the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal Chorus Lois Best 2. Colorado Sunset the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal By Walter Bloom 3. Bubbles in the Wine the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk 4. I Won't Tell a Soul the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal Chorus Walter Bloom 5. Two Sleepy People the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal Chorus Jules Herman 6. I'm Happy About the Whole Thing the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk 7. The Moon Is a Silver Dollar the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal Chorus Walter Bloom 8. Daddy's Lullaby the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal Chorus By Jayne Walton ; Parnell Grina 9. Maria Elena the Champagne Music of Lawrence Welk. Vocal Chorus By Jayne Walton 10. Dear Home in Holland Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal Chorus By Jayne Walton 11. Cleanin' My Rifle (And Dreamin' of You) Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal Chorus By Bobby Beers 12. I Wish That I Could Hide Inside This Letter Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal Chorus By Jayne Walton 13. Don't Sweetheart Me - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal Chorus By Wayne Marsh 14. Mairzy Doats - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal Chorus By Bobby Beers ; Ensemble 15. Is My Baby Blue Tonight? - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal Chorus By Jayne Walton 16. Shame on You - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra with Red Foley 17. Bar Room Polka - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal By Bob 'Tex' Cromer 18. Kit Kat Polka - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal By Helen Ramsay ; Garth Andrews 19. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal By Jinny Jackson 20. Hoop Dee Doo - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. Vocal By Roberta Linn ; Garth Andrews 21. Pennsylvania Polka - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 22. Moonlight Bay - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal Duet By Roberta Linn ; Dick Dale 23. Swingin' Down the Lane - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal Duet By Roberta Linn 24. Meet Mr. Callaghan - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 25. Oh Happy Day - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal Chorus By Larry Hooper 26. Ebb Tide - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal Chorus By Gene Pursell 27. Darktown Strutter's Ball - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 28. In a Little Spanish Town - Lawrence Welk ; His Sparklers 29. Elephant's Tango - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 30. Hey Mr Banjo - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 31. Bonnie Blue Gal - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music. Vocal By the Sparklers 32. Moritat (A Theme from the Threepenny Opera) - Lawrence Welk ; His Sparkling Sextet 33. The Poor People of Paris - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 34. Lisbon Antigua - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 35. On the Street Where You Live - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 36. Weary Blues - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music with the McGuire Sisters 37. In the Alps (In Der Schweiz) - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music with the McGuire Sisters 38. Tonight You Belong to Me - Lawrence Welk ; His Sparkling Strings. Vocal By the Lennon Sisters ; the Sparklers 39. When the White Lilacs Bloom Again - Lawrence Welk ; His Sparkling Strings 40. Around the World - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 41. Champagne Time - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 42. Cinco Robles (Five Oaks) - Lawrence Welk ; His Sparkling Strings 43. Liechtensteiner Polka - Lawrence Welk ; His Champagne Music 44. Last Date - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 45. Calcutta - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 46. My Grandfather's Clock - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 47. Theme from 'My Three Sons' - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 48. Out of a Clear Blue Sky - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 49. Yellow Bird - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 50. Riders in the Sky - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra ; Chorus 51. My Love for You - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra ; Chorus 52. A-One A-Two A-Cha Cha Cha - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra ; Chorus 53. Runaway - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 54. Baby Elephant Walk - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 55. Theme from 'The Brothers Grimm' - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 56. Zero-Zero - Lawrence Welk