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Season 1 (ABC) (1955-56)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Uploaded June 2020 RF]
references:
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1.01 The Lawrence Welk Show
02Jul1955
Musical director, George Cates
Featured are singers Alice Lon and Jim Roberts, guitarist Buddy Merrill, accordionist Myron Floren,
violinist Bob Lido, Bass player Buddy Hayes, saxophonist Jack Martin and trumpeter Rocky Rockwell.
Highlights:
Myron Floren and Lawrence perform "The 12th Street Rag".
Bob Lido does "Learning the Blues".
Buddy Hayes sings "Dance With Me, Henry".
Alice Lon sings "Love Me or Leave Me".
Jack Martin performs "Alabamy Bound".
Rocky Rockwell does "I Love Girls".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8XGAtm1xXA

1.02 The Lawrence Welk Show
09Jul1955
Highlights:
Buddy Hayes (also on bass violin) performs "I Need Lovin'".
Woody Guidry on trumpet performs "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White".
Lawrence and Myron on accordion perform "In the Mood".

1.03 The Lawrence Welk Show
16Jul1955
Lawrence Welk originates from Lick Pier in Ocean Park for this evenings program.
Featured are Alice Lon, the Champagne Glee Club, the Sparklers Quartet,
accordionist Myron Floren and vocalist Larry Hopper.
Highlights:
Alice Lon and Lawrence Welk dance to the "Gold and Silver Waltz".
Other songs included are "The Rockwell Story", "In the Mood", "Dark Town Strutter's Ball" and "Heart".

1.04 The Lawrence Welk Show
23Jul1955
Highlights:
Alice Lon the "Champagne Lady" sings "Baby Face" with vocal assistance of the Sparklers Quartet.
Lawrence Welk will dance to the "Emperor's Waltz" and
is featured in" his own composisition "Dodging Around."
A comedy version of "Piccolo Pete" is performed.

1.05 The Lawrence Welk Show
30Jul1955
Lawrence Welk and his "Champagne Music Makers" will be given their television premiere of their latest recordings.
with Special guest Merrill Behunin.
Highlights:
Alice Lon "Champagne Lady," will ting "I Hear The Bells" with an augmented choral group.
Tenor Jim Roberts backed by the group, will offer "Wake The Town."

1.06 The Lawrence Welk Show
06Aug1955
Special guest Elmer Klinger.
Highlights:
Myron Floren on accordion performs "Saturday Night Waltz".
Rocky Rockwell and Alice Lon duet on "The Vegetable Song".
Barney Liddell on trombone does "Cherokee".
Woody Guidry on trumpet performs "Minka".

1.07 The Lawrence Welk Show
13Aug1955
Highlights:
Buddy Merrill on steel guitar performs "Song of the Islands".
Myron Floren on accordian does "Lover".
Tenor Jim Roberts sings "My Romance".
Alice Lon joins Roberts in a duet of "Mine".

1.08 The Lawrence Welk Show
20Aug1955
Highlights:
Songs that were in vogue during the 1920's.
Songs include "Lisbon"
The Octet performs "Stout-Hearted Men".
Buddy Hayes sings "Casey Jones".
Larry Hooper sings "The Bible Tells Me So".
The Welk violin section play "The Waltz You Saved for Me".

1.09 The Lawrence Welk Show
27Aug1955
The Welk band has planned some imitations for this week's telecast.
Plot includes impersonations of Guy Lombardo, Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Durante.
Accordionist Myron Floren plays the "Dakota Polka".

1.10 The Lawrence Welk Show
03Sep1955
Highlights:
Alice Lon, the "Champagne Lady", will sing a new ballad 'titled "lt's Alright with Me".
Other numbers slated by the Welk aggregation tonight includes "Seventeen",
"A Cottage for Sale" and "September Song".
Aladdin, violinist-vocalist whose real name is Aladdin Abdullah Achmend Anthony
Pallante will sing "River Seine".

1.11 The Lawrence Welk Show
Show no.11-LW-55
10Sep1955
Saluting the return to school in many parts of the country.
Highlights:
Alice Lon and the Sparklers Quartet will sing the traditional "School Days".
Alice Lon who has three young sons of her own is also
programmed to sing the popular ballad ''Angel Belles".

1.12 The Lawrence Welk Show
17-Sep-1955 ABC Sat
Live from Chicago's Aragon Ballroom
Highlights:
The opening number is "Back Home in Illinois".
Alice Lon sings "I'll Never Stop Loving You".
Myron Floren plays Frankie Yankovic's the "Blue Skirt Waltz".
The Orchestra plays "Josephine".
Bill Page plays "Pop Goes the Weasel".
Jim Roberts sings "Blue Heaven".
Buddy Merrill and the band play "Maybelline".
Larry Hooper performs "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas".
Rocky Rockwell and Barney Liddell and the Dixieland band perform "Chicago Style".
Dick Dale sings "One Dozen Roses".
Jerry Burke on organ and Buddy Merrill on guitar backed by the Orchestra plays "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie".
The Orchestra plays the "Tinker Polka".
Buddy Hayes sings "Chicago".
Instrumental of "Randolph Street Strut".
Maestro Welk performs "Farwell Blues".
Alice Lon and the group sing "Oh My Love".
Jack Martin offers "California Here I Come".
Medley: In A Little Second Hand Store
The gang sing "Goodnight Ladies".
The Orchestra closes with "Bubbles In The Wine".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlsEz9D_bH8

1.13 The Lawrence Welk Show
24Sep1955
The maestro and his troupe present music from their home stand
in Hollywood after their whirlwind tour of the Midwest.

1.14 The Lawrence Welk Show
01Oct1955
Highlights:
Augmenting the string section of his band, Lawrence Welk will
feature, "Sunrise Serenade" and the "Champagne Waltz".

1.15 The Lawrence Welk Show
08Oct1955 [Cedar Rapids Gazette]
Highlights:
A rousing version of the overture to "William Tell" open's tonights program.
Larry Hooper sings "Asleep in the Deep".
Jack Martin performs "My Bonnie Lassie".
Alladin does "Tell Me That You Love Me" in Italian.
Tenor Jim Roberts sings "Somebody Bigger Than You and I".

1.16 The Lawrence Welk Show
15Oct1955
Highlights:
Alice Lon and the Sparkler's Quartet will salute the Grid season with "Mr. Touchdown U.S.A."
Violinist Dick Kesner does a solo, as does accordionist Myron Floren.
Alice Lon and Dick Dale perform "Cuddle Up a Little Closer".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diZj4l3Axdo

1.17 The Lawrence Welk Show
22Oct1955
Featured are Alice Lon, Myron Floren, Aladdin, Jack Martin and Tiny Little Jr.
Highlights:
Myron Floren plays "Dizzy Fingers" on the accordion.
Alice Lon sings "Alice From Dallas".
(Originally written for her when she was a songstress on Don McNeill's Breakfast Club.
Aladdin sings "Two Heartbeats in Three Quarter Time" in German.

1.18 The Lawrence Welk Show
29Oct1955
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Sam, the Old Accordian Man".
Bill Lido & Aladdin perform "Five Foot Two".
Alice and Lawrence dance to "Mexican Hat Dance".
Alice Lon and the Orchestra perform "Oklahoma".
The Orchestra performs "Water Tumbler Song".

1.19 The Lawrence Welk Show
05Nov1955
Highlights:
Dick Kessner performs "Meditation".
Rocky Rockwell does "The Chicken Polka".
The Sparklers Quartet perform "Strolling Through the Park".
Jim Roberts sings "Many Splendored Thing".

1.20 The Lawrence Welk Show
12Nov1955
Special guest Ruth Hilario.
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Moments to Remember".
Jim Roberts does "He".
Octet performs "March of the Musketeers".
Dick Kessner performs "Indian Love Call".
The Quartet perform "Storybook Ball".

*Note: For the next four weeks, Bert Parks appears on the show and presents a weekly
"Dodge a Year for Life" award to finalists in a safety slogan contest.

1.21 The Lawrence Welk Show
19Nov1955
Highlights:
Myron Floren performs "Czardas".
Alice Lon & Dick Dale duet on "Love and Marriage".
The Violin Section perform "Perfect Song".
Larry Hooper does "Oh, Monah".
Buddy Merrill performs "Panhandle Rag".

1.22 The Lawrence Welk Show
26Nov1955
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "It's Almost Tomorrow".
Larry Hooper does "Sixteen Tons".
Bill Page performs "London Bridge".
Dick Dale doe "Christmas Dreaming".
Aladdin performs "Shifting, Whispering Sands".

1.23 The Lawrence Welk Show
03Dec1955
Highlights:
Rocky Rockwell, Alice Lon and Larry Hooper will be soloists.
"The Rose Tattoo", "I Asked the Lord", "Keyboard Chopsticks", "Everybody's Doin' It" and "Nuttin' For Christmas".
Bert Parks is back with the "Dodge for Life" contest, which has been extended.

1.24 The Lawrence Welk Show
10Dec1955
Highlights:
Larry Hooper sings "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
Alice Lon and Dick Dale sing "Silver Bells".
Tenor Jim Roberts sings "I See God".
Maestro Welk performs and old-time medley.
Bert Parks is back with the "Dodge for Life" contest.

1.25 The Lawrence Welk Show
17Dec1955
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Frosty the Snowman"
Alice Lon and Dick Dale duet on "Winter Wonderland"
Bob Lido is soloist for "Christmas Island".
Larry Hooper performs "The Lord is a Busy Man".
Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren on accordion perform "Muskrat Ramble".
Bert Parks is back with the "Dodge for Life" contest.

1.26 The Lawrence Welk Show
24Dec1955
Special Holiday show featuring "Christmas-present-for-life".
Highlights:
Alice Lon and Dick Dale sing "Frosty the Snowman" and "Winter Wonderland".
Rocky Rockwell performs "Angel on a Christmas Tree".
Bob Lido solos with "Christmas Island".
Bert Parks is back (as Santa Claus) with the "Dodge for Life" contest, for the final round.

1.27 The Lawrence Welk Show
31Dec1955
New Year's Eve party.
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Buttons and Bows".
"I Want to Be Happy" and "Auld Lang Syne".
Welk with a medley of songs dating back to the formation of his orchestra.

1.28 The Lawrence Welk Show
07Jan1956
Live from Houston Show
Highlights:
Woody Guidry performs "Yearning".
"Rock Around the Clock", "This Old House" and "That's Amore" will also be on Welk's agenda.

1.29 The Lawrence Welk Show
14Jan1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Buttons and Bows".
Rocky Rockwell does "Sioux City Sue".
The Orchestra performs "I Want to Be Happy".
Other songs include a medley of "It Had to Be Your", "Carolina in the Morning" and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby".

1.30 The Lawrence Welk Show
21Jan1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "The First Snowfall".
Myron Floren does "Lady of Spain".
Jim Roberts sings "Many Splendored Thing".
The Orchestra performs "Sobbin' Blues" and "Evening Star".

1.31 The Lawrence Welk Show
28Jan1956
Highlights:
Lawrence Welk and the Orchestra perform a medley with "Jealous", "Heartaches" and "Walkin' My Baby Back Home".
Alice Lon and Rocky Rockwell duet on "Side By Side".
Myron Floren performs "Nola".
Buddy Merrill does "Dungaree Doll".
Jim Roberts performs "Golden Days".
Larry Hooper sings "The Bible Tells Me So".
The Orchestra closes with "Clarinet Polka".

1.32 The Lawrence Welk Show
04Feb1956 [Pittsburgh Press]
Highlights:
The orchestra opens with "Lisbon-Antigua".
Also "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "In a Persian Market".

1.33 The Lawrence Welk Show
11Feb1956
Valentine's Day Show
Originates from the stage of the Ritz Theater in New York.
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "I Can't Give You Anything But Love".
Larry Hooper plays "Chain Gang".
Bob Lido sings "Get Happy.
Songs include "Lullaby of Broadway", "Birth of the Blues",
"I Found a Million Dollar Baby", "The Night is Young",
"The Gypsy in My Soul," and "Love and Marriage".

1.34 The Lawrence Welk Show
18Feb1956
Welk and Company are back in Hollywood.
Guests
The Lennon Sisters (ranging in age from 9 to 16) sing "Hi to You".
The band plays "Polly" and "Flirtation Waltz".

1.35 The Lawrence Welk Show
25Feb1956
Music Maestro Lawrence Welk with his regular cast of Alice Lon, Myron Floren,
Jim Roberts, Larry Hooper and Rocky Rockwell supply the evening with song and dance.
Highlights:
The Orchestra performs "In the Still of the Night".
Alice Lon sings "The First Snowfall".
Myron Floren performs "Malaguena".
Jim Roberts does "Moments to Remember".
Larry Hooper sings "O Happy Day".
Rocky Rockwell does "Ugly Child".

1.36 The Lawrence Welk Show
03Mar1956
Lawrence Welk's performers tonight are Bill Page, Myron Floren, Orie Amadeo,
Alice Lon, Bob Lido and the piano and violin trios.
Highlights:
Bill Page sings "Bye Bye Blues".
Myron Floren performs "Dakota Polka".
The Piano Trio perform "Autumn Leaves".
Bob Lido and Orie Amadeo duet on "Piccolo Pete".
Alice Lon sings "A Grand Night for Singing".
The Lennon Sisters with their dad, and their uncles Bob, Pat, and Ted perform "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds".
The Band does "The Dixieland One-Step".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvDph49bSc

1.37 The Lawrence Welk Show
10Mar1956
Lawrence Welk and his regulars Alice Lon, Jim Roberts, Bob Lido,
Bill Page and the rest of the gang are back with more music.
Highlights:
A piano duet with "Me and My Shadow".
Alice Lon sings "Rock and Roll Waltz" and "Everybody's Doin' It".

1.38 The Lawrence Welk Show
17Mar1956
St. Patrick's Day Show
Highlights:
Irish tenor Jim Roberts sings "A Little Bit of Heaven".
Larry Hooper sings "Shamrocks, Shillelagh and Shenanigans".

1.39 The Lawrence Welk Show
24Mar1956
Highlights:
Jim Roberts performs "He".
Dick Dale does "Ask Me".
Alice Lon and Rocky Rockwell duet with "Town and Country Polka".
Alice Lon sings "Mr. Wonderful".
The Quartet perform "Coney Island Baby".
The Orchestra performs "Coney Island".

1.40 The Lawrence Welk Show
31Mar1956 [Times Recorder]
Easter Show from Hollywood
Highlights:
Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren duet with accordians on "Over the Waves".
Dick Dale will play "Easter Parade".
Jim Roberts sings "I Believe".
Rocky Rockwell does "Peter Cottontail".
Larry Hooper performs "Feeling Low in Lehigh Valley".
Dick Kesner does "Silver Moon".

1.41 The Lawrence Welk Show
07Apr1956
From Hollywood Lawrence's gang includes Larry Hooper, Dick Dale, Alice Lon and Jack Martin.
Highlights:
Larry Hooper does "Fourth R-Religion".
Dick Dale sings "Flowers Mean Forgiveness".
Alice Lon sings "Missing" and "One Life, One Love, One Heart".
Jack Martin performs "Great Pretender".
The Orchestra performs "Cheek to Cheek", "Jenny Lind Polka" and "Humoresque".

1.42 The Lawrence Welk Show
14Apr1956 [Pittsburgh Sun][Des Moines Tribune]
Guest
Larry Dean, a 19-year-old baritone will make his first appearance.
Solo debut of 19-year-old guitarist Buddy Merrill.
Highlights:
Larry Dean will solo with "Hot Diggety".
Alice Lon sings "A Tear Fell".
Buddy Merrill does "It May Be Silly".
Jerry Burke offers "It's Always Tomorrow".

1.43 The Lawrence Welk Show
21Apr1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon and Larry Hooper sing "While Strolling Through the Park".
The Lennon Sisters return to sing "Rock and Roll Waltz".
Myron Floren plays his own composition "Florena Polka".
Larry Dean the new vocalist sings "Everything I Have Is Yours".

1.44 The Lawrence Welk Show
28Apr1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Mr. Wonderful".
Dick Dale and Alice Lon duet on "No, Not Much".
Larry Hooper sings "Fourth 'R' Religion".

1.45 The Lawrence Welk Show
05May1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Ivory Tower".
Larry Dean sings "The Magic Touch".

1.46 The Lawrence Welk Show
12May1956
Salute to Mother's Day
Highlights:
The band performs "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)".
Alice Lon sings "I Got Lost in His Arms".
Jim Roberts sings "Tell of My Cradle Days".
Myron Floren on accordion, while Lawrence dances with his wife to "Saturday Night Waltz".
Buddy Merrill plays "Blue Suede Shoes".
The Lennon Sisters sings "Fly Away Kentucky Babe".
Larry Dean sings "With a Little Bit of Luck".
Larry Hooper performs "Grandfather's Clock".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ0EQ8Eq6Lw&list=PLPrVM5UXt2kpAmCvKrh1z3TGVcG5nsJ1r&index=133

1.47 The Lawrence Welk Show
19May1956 [Daily Times]
Highlights:
The Sparklers Quartet perform "If You Want to See Mamie Tonight".
Alice Lon sings "The Birds and the Bees".
Larry Dean does "Heartbreak Hotel".
"The Happy Whister" will offer an instrumental specialty on the show.

1.48 The Lawrence Welk Show
26May1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Wayward Wind".
Larry Dean solos with "Hot Diggity".
Other songs include "Third Man Theme" and "How Little We Know".

1.49 The Lawrence Welk Show
02Jun1956
From the Dakotas
Highlights:
Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren duet on "In a Little Spanish Town".
The Sparklers Quartet sing "Standing on the Corner".
Jim Roberts solos with "My Little Angel".

1.50 The Lawrence Welk Show
09Jun1956 [Times Tribune]
Highlights:
Jerry Burke and Larry Hopper offer a piano duet of "Moonglow".
Buddy Merrill performs "Rock and Roll Ruby".
Dick Dale solos with "How Little We Know".
Larry Dean performs "Blue Suede Shoes".

1.51 The Lawrence Welk Show
16Jun1956 [Capital Journal]
Father's Day Show
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "Ivory Tower".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Lavender Blue" and "Zippy De Do Da".
Alice Lon and Norma Zimmer perform "I Could Have Danced All Night".
Larry Dean performs "Oh, My Papa".
Aladdin does "Little Child".
Larry Hooper performs "Dry Bones".
Myron Floren plays the "Dad's Waltz".
Rocky Rockwell performs "Sagebrush Sadie".
Buddy Merrill on guitar does "Poor People of Paris".

1.52 The Lawrence Welk Show
23Jun1956
Highlights:
Larry Dean and Alice Lon sing "Cimarron"
Larry Dean solos with "Magic Touch".
Jerry Burke and Larry Hooper offer piano duet of "Moonglow".

1.53 The Lawrence Welk Show
30Jun1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon sings "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not".
Jim Roberts does "To Love Again".
Bob Lido performs "Ain't She Sweet".

1.54 The Lawrence Welk Show
07Jul1956
Highlights:
The Sparklers Quartet perform their hit tune "Red Confetti".
Dick Dale sings "When You Wish Upon a Star".
Other songs include, "Red Confetti, Pink Balloons and Tambourines" and "One Note Polka".

1.55 The Lawrence Welk Show
14Jul1956
Highlights:
The Orchestra performs "Cheerful Little Earful".
"The Little Leaguer" by the Welks, a Little League baseball team sponsored by the Champagne Maestro.
Bob Lido solos with "Country and Western".
Aladdin sings "Kiss Me Another".

1.56 The Lawrence Welk Show
21Jul1956
Highlights:
The Lennon Sisters sing "Allegheny Moon".
Alice Lon sings "Sweet Old Fashioned Girl".
Dick Kesner plays "Blue Tango".
Larry Hooper sings "Sleep, Sleep Daughter".

1.57 The Lawrence Welk Show
28Jul1956
Highlights:
The Orchestra performs "Ja Da".
Lawrence on organ performs "Three O'Clock in the Morning".
Dick Kesner plays "I Love You Truly".
Welk and Alice Lon dance to "Emperor Waltz".

1.58 The Lawrence Welk Show
04Aug1956
Highlights:
The Orchestra performs "Give Me a Little Kiss".
George Thow and Norman Bailey perform "St. Louis Blues".
Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and Tiny Little play a three-piano version of "Chopsticks".
Rocky Rockwell and Buddy Hayes perform "Pardners".
Larry Dean sings "A Choir of Angels".

1.59 The Lawrence Welk Show
11Aug1956
Highlights:
Rocky Rockwell does "Lonesome Polecat".
The Octet perform "Whiffenpoof Song".
The Orchestra offers "Portuguese Washerwoman" and "Soft Lights and Sweet Music".

1.60 The Lawrence Welk Show
18Aug1956
Highlights:
Larry Dean sings "I Was Telling Her About You".
The Orchestra plays "The Continental" and a
Special Dixieland arrangement of "When My Dreamboat Comes Home".

1.61 The Lawrence Welk Show
25Aug1956
Highlights:
Alice Lon is featured in a dance to "Moonlight Madonna".
Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and Tiny Little Jr. perform "Canadian Sunset".

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