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Season 7 (ABC) (1961-62)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Uploaded July 2020 RF]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

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ABC Sat 8-9pm (West Coast) / ABC Sat 9-10pm (Eastern)

7.01 [315] The Lawrence Welk Show
16Sep1961 [Boston Globe]
Salute to World War I Veterans
who are holding a convention in Dallas, Texas next week.
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer and Jim Roberts duet on "My Buddy" in salute to World War I veterans.
Larry Dean and the Lennon Sisters offer "Watermelon Weather".

7.02 [316] The Lawrence Welk Show
23Sep1961 [Orlando Sentinel]
Salute to Autumn
Appearing are the Lennon Sisters, Bob Lido, Dick Dale, Jimmy Roberts, Jack Imel,
Barbara Boylan, Bobby Burgess and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Highlights:
Tonight's theme is "Shine On, Harvest Moon", a salute to the arrival of autumn.

7.03 [317] The Lawrence Welk Show
30Sep1961 [Deseret News][The Record]
Guest
Roberta Shore
Highlights:
Roberta Shore and Larry Dean sing "Bushel and a Peck".
Roberta Shore solos with "Arizona Yodeler".
Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan interpret "Yellow Bird".

7.04 [318] The Lawrence Welk Show
07Oct1961
Highlights:

7.05 [319] The Lawrence Welk Show
14Oct1961 [rerun 23Jun62][Deseret News][Santa Maria Times]
Country & Western Show
The whole group turns out in rural costumes for a special themed Country and Western music program.
Guest
Roberta Shore
Highlights:
Barn Dance scene is the curtain raiser instead of the usual Champagne Music.
Four couples doing the turns to the tune of "Red River Valley",
Aladdin will do the calling, Bob Lido will sing the lyrics and
the dancers include Bobby Burgess and Barbara Roylan and the Lennon Sisters,
one of whose partner will be the maestro himself.
Roberta Shore sings "If I Could Only Learn to Yodel".
All join in for "Happy Trails".
Other songs, "Home on the Range" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds".

 

7.06 [320] The Lawrence Welk Show
21Oct1961
Appearing are the Lennon Sisters, Larry Dean, Bob Lido and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Highlights:
Kathy Lennon and Larry Dean duet on "The Love Bug Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out".
Peggy Lennon and Bob Lido sing "I'm Gonna Dance With the Guy That Brung Me".

7.07 [321] The Lawrence Welk Show
28Oct1961
Appearing are the Lennon Sisters, Larry Dean, Myron Floren, Bob Lido and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Highlights:
With the help of their 4-year-old brother Joey, the Lennon Sisters sing "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day".
Larry Hooper sings "Lucky Old Sun".

7.08 [322] The Lawrence Welk Show
04Nov1961 [rerun 30Jun62][Biddeford-Saco Journal]
Roaring 20's Show
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer and Jim Roberts duet on "The Silver Lining".
Joe Feeney solos on "Without a Song".
Larry Dean and Janet Lennon sing "Hazel Eyes".
Jo Ann Castle does a piano rendition of "Four Leaf Clover".
Bob Lido and Aladdin sing "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby".
Larry Hooper sings "Old Man River".

7.09 [323] The Lawrence Welk Show
11Nov1961 [Sandusky Register]
Salute to Veterans Day
Appearing are The Lennon Sisters, Norma Zimmer, Jim Roberts, Joe Feeney,
Larry Dean, Jo Ann Castle, Aladdin, Bob Lido and Larry Hooper.
Highlights:
Songs, "Mademoiselle from Armentieres", "When You Wore a Tulip",
"I Don't Want to Get Well" and "Over There".

7.10 [324] The Lawrence Welk Show
18Nov1961
Thanksgiving Day Show
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer sings "Bless This House".
Joe Feeney performs "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Thank the Lord for This Thanksgiving".

7.11 [325] The Lawrence Welk Show
25Nov1961
Appearing are Norma Zimmer, Bob Lido, Larry Hooper, Jimmy Roberts and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer sings and dances the "Champagne Waltz" with Jimmy Roberts tonight.
Bob Lido sings "Get Me to the Church on Time".
Larry Hooper leads the group in a rendition of "Big Bad John".

7.12 [326] The Lawrence Welk Show
02Dec1961 [rerun 11Aug62][Rutland Daily Herald]
Hawaiian Show
Guests
The Tavares Brothers, Polynesian vocal and instrumental trio
Melody Boyd, four-year-old Korean singer
and eight-year-old Diane Ramirez dancer.
Highlights:
Diane Ramirez does the hula dance to "On the Beach at Waikiki".
Larry Hooper and the Lennon Sisters do the "Hawaiian War Chant".
Norma Zimmer solos on "Hawaiian Wedding Song" and "Sweet Leilani".

7.13 [327] The Lawrence Welk Show
09Dec1961 [Express News]
Salute to Old Man Winter
Highlights:
Features Winter songs and children's music with "Frosty the Snowman"
and "Let It Snow".

7.14 [328] The Lawrence Welk Show
16Dec1961 [Independent]
Salute to Christmas Season
Highlights:
Friends and relatives of the entire Welk cast join
in tonight's Christmas show.

7.15 [329] The Lawrence Welk Show
23Dec1961 [Pocono Record]
Christmas Show
Appearing are Norma Zimmer, Larry Dean, the Lennon Sisters and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Highlights:
Lawrence Welk plays host to the families of his Music Makers who join the regulars for a rendition of "Jingle Bells".
Aladdin dresses up as Santa Claus recites "The Night Before Christmas".
The entire Lennon family get together to sing "Merry Christmas From Our House to Your House".

7.16 [330] The Lawrence Welk Show
30Dec1961
New Years Show
Featured Norma Zimmer, the Lennon Sisters, Jim Roberts, Joe Feeney
Larry Dean, Larry Hooper, Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess.
Highlights:
Welk and the Music Makers ring in the New Year.

7.17 [331] The Lawrence Welk Show
06Jan1962
Musical director, George Cates
Appearing are Norma Zimmer, Jim Roberts, The Lennon Sisters,
Joe Feeney, Larry Dean, Jerry Burke, Jo Ann Castle.
Highlights:
"Auf Wiedersehn" and "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore".

7.18 [332] The Lawrence Welk Show
13Jan1962 [Orlando Sentinel]
Highlights:
Kathy Lennon and Larry Dean, supported by the
Champagne Music Makers tell the saga of "The Martins and the Coys".
Jo Ann Castle presides over "The Parlor Piano" vocally
eulogized by a group of Welk singers.
The Lennon Sisters sing "Sitting On Top of the World".

7.19 [333] The Lawrence Welk Show
20Jan1962 [Fort Worth Star]
Highlights:
The Lennon Sisters sing "Sentimental Journey".
Music includes, "Alone Together", "The Pirates Life"
and a barbershop quartet treatment of "In the Evening By the Moonlight".

7.20 [334] The Lawrence Welk Show
27Jan1962 [Akron Beacon Journal]
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer sings "One Night of Love". (the Grace Moore hit)
Aladdin offers "Josephine, Please Don't Lean on the Bell".

7.21 [335] The Lawrence Welk Show
03Feb1962
Featured Norma Zimmer, the Lennon Sisters, Jim Roberts, Joe Feeney,
Larry Dean, Rocky Rockwell, Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess.
Highlights:

7.22 [336] The Lawrence Welk Show
10Feb1962 [Fort Worth Star]
Valentine's Day Show and Lincoln's Birthday
Guest
trumpeter Pinky Savitt
Highlights:
Lincoln's birthday and Valentine's Day are saluted.
The Orchestra opens with "When Hearts Were Young".
The Lennon Sisters sing "When I Fall in Love".
Jerry Burke, Big Tiny Little and Larry Hooper play "Cross Your Heart".
Jim Roberts sings "Where is Your Heart" from Moulin Rouge.
Jo Ann Castle on honky tonk piano plays "Peg 'O My Heart".
Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess dance to "Honey".
Joe Feeney sings "Love Here is My Heart".
The Champagne Music Makers perform "You Belong to My Heart".
Jo Ann Castle and Larry Hooper play "Oh, Beautiful Doll".
Norma Zimmer, Jim Roberts, Peggy Lennon and Dick Dale, Kathy Lennon
and the Barbershop Quartet sing a medley of love songs, "My Funny Valentine",
"I Love You", "It's My Heart" and "Heart of My Heart".
Don Benay and the Dixieland Boys perform "Sweetheart on Parade".
Norma Zimmer sings "Yours Is Mine Heart Alone".
The Orchestra and vocalists perform "Love s a Many Splendored Thing".
Lawrence Welk playing the accordion and the audience sing "Let Me Call You Sweetheart".
Pinky Savitt performs "You Made Me Love You".
Jerry Burke plays "I Love You Too" and the Music Makers join in.
Aladdin recites the Gettsburg Address.
and all join in with a rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-1MTlIK_w

7.23 [337] The Lawrence Welk Show
17Feb1962 [rerun 25Aug62][Santa Maria Times]
Gay 90's Show
Guest
banjo player Eddie Peabody
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer sings "After the Ball".
The Barbershop Quartet sing "Sweet Adeline" and "Dear Old Girl".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Kentucky Babe".
Bob Lido and Aladdin do "Hello, My Baby"
Jim Roberts sings "When You Were Sweet Sixteen".

7.24 [338] The Lawrence Welk Show
24Feb1962 [rerun 14Jul62] [Times Herald]
Guests
Jazz cornet player-bandleader Red Nichols
and some members of his original Five Pennies jazz group
celebrating their 40th anniversary.
Including pianist Sid Appleman and vocalist Dick Noel.
Highlights:
Lawrence Welk welcomes guitarist Buddy Merrill back from the Army.
Special production numbers are "Cottonfields", "Cinco Robles" and
"Put On a Happy Face".
*Note: Rocky Rockwell quits the Lawrence Welk Show, to pursue a solo career.

7.25 [339] The Lawrence Welk Show
03Mar1962 [rerun 21Jul62][Times Recorder]
Salute to Mardi Gras
Guests
singers Roberta Shore
and Don Cornell
and banjo player Eddie Peabody.
Highlights:
Banjo king Eddie Peabody who appeared in Welk's recent Gay 90's
special will return to take part in a salute to Mardi Gras.
Guitarist Buddy Merrill, who rejoined the Welk band last week after
his return from service, will take over the Maestro's baton to lead the
band in his own arrangement of a medley of Latin songs.

7.26 [340] The Lawrence Welk Show
10Mar1962 [Times Recorder]
Featured Norma Zimmer, Jim Roberts, Joe Feeney, The Lennon Sisters.
Guest
pianist Bob Ralston
and bandleader Freddy Martin.
Highlights:
Larry Hooper and the Welk Choral group with a special
production number "Brotherhood of Man".
"Lullaby of Broadway" spotlights the terpsichordean talents of Jack Imel
and the dancing of Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess.
The Lennon Sisters sing "Kaw-Liga".

7.27 [341] The Lawrence Welk Show
17Mar1962 [rerun 01Sep62] [Times Herald]
Live from The Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida
St. Patrick's Day Show
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer and Jim Roberts duet with "On Miami Shore".
Dick Dale and Peggy Lennon sing "Moon Over Miami".
The Barbershop Quartet - Bob Lido, Larry Hooper, Dick Dale and Jim Roberts
are featured in one of the area's principal pursuits with "Golfer's Lament".
Barbara Boylan, Bobby Burgess and Jack Imel dancing an Irish jig
with "Dance Around a Stack of Barley".
Larry Hooper sings "Shamrocks, Shillelaghs and Shenangians".
Joe Feeney sings "A Little Bit of Heaven".
Norma Zimmer sings "Danny Boy".

7.28 [342] The Lawrence Welk Show
24Mar1962 [Windsor Star]
Salute to California
Featured Norma Zimmer, the Lennon Sisters, Aladdin, Larry Dean,
Jimmy Fetzoff, Jerry Burke, Larry Hooper, Jack Imel, Bobby Burgess.
Highlights:
Norma Zimmer sings "Spring is Here".
The Glee Club does "Spring, Spring, Spring".
Aladdin performs "That's Amore".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Pennies From Heaven".

7.29 [343] The Lawrence Welk Show
31Mar1962 [rerun 04Aug62][Times Recorder]
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Bob Lido, Buddy Merrill, Neil Levang,
Larry Hooper, Dick Dale, Barbara Boylan, Bobby Burgess,
Jerry Burke, Jimmy Getzoff, Jo Ann Castle, Norma Zimmer.
Guests
bandleader Ted Lewis ("Is Everybody Happy")
and singer Roberta Shore.
Highlights:
Jo Ann Castle on honky tonk piano plays "I Want a Girl".
Larry Hooper sings "Grandfather's Clock".
Dick Dale sings "Twilight on the Trail".

7.30 [344] The Lawrence Welk Show
07Apr1962
Academy Award Winners
Highlights:
The Orchestra opens with "Lullaby of Broadway".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Swinging on a Star".
Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess dance to "Buttons and Bows".
Norma Zimmer sings "Secret Love".
Buddy Merrill, Neil Levang, Myron Floren, Jerry Burke and Big TIny Little perform "Never on a Sunday".
Jo Ann Castle plays "High Hopes".
Norma Zimmer and Jim Roberts sing "Three Coins in the Fountain".
Buddy Merrill and Jerry Burke do a Harry Owens song "Sweet Leilani".
Dick Dale and Peggy Lennon duet with "In the Cool, Cool of the Evening".
Aladdin and Myron Floren on accordion do "The Last Time I Saw Paris".
Cellist Charlotte Harris plays "You'll Never Know".
Bobby Burgess and Jack Imel dance "The Continental".
Norma Zimmer and the Welk singers do "Que Sera Sera".
The Orchestra perform "The Way You Look Tonight".
Kathy Lennon sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
The Dixieland band plays "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah".
Dick Dale sings "Mona Lisa".
The Orchestra finishes with Bob Hope's theme song "Thanks for the Memories".
https://www.solie.org/alibrary/LawrenceWelkShow_731AcademyAwardWinners.html

7.31 [345] The Lawrence Welk Show
14Apr1962 [rerun 28Jul62]
Guests
Dianne Lennon
vocalist Roberta Shore
and violinist Joe Livoti.
Highlights:
The Orchestra opens with "April Showers".
Dianne Lennon and Dick Dale duet on "No Two People".
Aladdin, Roberta Shore, Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess do "The Little Shoemaker".
Jo Ann Castle and Myron Floren do the "Hot Foot Polka".
Jim Roberts sings "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and Aladdin adds a recitation.
The band plays "Sweet Georgia Brown" while Paul tap dances.
Big Tiny Little and the Band play "Young World".
Buddy Merrill and Neil Levang do "Deep in the Heart of Texas".
Dianne Lennon and the Barbershop Quartet sing "Paddling Madeline Home".
Joe Livoti on violin and Frank Scott on piano play "Frankly Ours".
The band plays a lively salsa with "Conchita".
Jerry Burke on the organ plays "Moon River".
Dianne Lennon sings "Croce di Oro".
Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess dance to "Runaway".
Larry Hooper sings "The Bible Tells Me So".
Jo Ann Castle, Bob Lido and Aladdin do the "Honky Tonk Twist".
The Dixieland Band play "Midnight in Moscow".
Lawrence Welk and Barbara Boylan dance to "The Wonderful World of the Young".
Bob Lido and Roberta Shore sing "It's Nice to Be Nice".
Clarinet player Don Benay plays "Ja-Da".
The Orchestra plays "Tea for Two".
https://www.solie.org/alibrary/LawrenceWelkShow_Unknown1962.html
https://www.solie.org/alibrary/LawrenceWelkShow_723ValentinesDay.html

7.32 [346] The Lawrence Welk Show
21Apr1962 [Orlando Sentinel]
Easter Show
Highlights:
Aladdin recites a Daily prayer.
Norma Zimmer sings "The Lord's Prayer".
Jim Roberts offers "The Old Rugged Cross".
Joe Feeney sings "Holy City".
The Glee Club performs "I Believe".

7.33 [347] The Lawrence Welk Show
28Apr1962 [Windsor Star]
Featured Norma Zimmer, the Lennon Sisters, Jo Ann Castle,
Dick Dale, Jim Roberts, Jimmy Getzoff, Bob Lido, Joe Feeney.
Highlights:
The Lennon Sisters and Bob Lido sing "Plenty of Money and You".
Dick Dale and the group perform with "Pocketful of Miracles".
Other songs, "Heather on the Hill" and "Old Rivers".

7.34 [348] The Lawrence Welk Show
05May1962 [Boston Globe]
Salute to Mexico's Holiday Cinco De Mayo
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Jo Ann Castle, Norma Zimmer, Bob Lido,
Bobby Burgess, Barbara Boylan, Jack Imel, Larry Hooper, Aladdin.
Highlights:
"Together Wherever We Go", "Good Luck Charm",
"Espana Cani" and "Katerina".

7.35 [349] The Lawrence Welk Show
12May1962 [Times Recorder]
Mother's Day Show
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Norma Zimmer, Jim Roberts, Myron Floren,
Dick Dale, Joe Feeney, Jerry Burke, Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan.
Highlights:
The Lennon Sisters sing "I Remember Mama".
Joe Feeney sings "Mother Machree".
Dick Dale solos with "My Mom".
The Barbershop Quartet performs "I Want a Girl".

7.36 [350] The Lawrence Welk Show
19May1962 [Times Recorder]
Featured Peggy Lennon, Dick Dale, Norma Zimmer, Jo Ann Castle.
Highlights:
The Lennon Sisters sing "Along the Navajo Trail".
The Welk Quartet sing "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along".

7.37 [351] The Lawrence Welk Show
26May1962
Memorial Day Show
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Barbara Boylan, Bobby Burgess,
Norma Zimmer, Larry Hooper, Joe Feeney, Myron Floren, Jack Imel, Dick Dale, Aladdin,
Jo Ann Castle, Joe Levote and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.
Highlights:
Tonight's theme is a revue of three Popular War Songs.
Aladdin recites "In Flanders Fields".

7.38 [352] The Lawrence Welk Show
02Jun1962 [Sheboygan Press]
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Norma Zimmer, Jim Roberts, Joe Feeney.
Highlights:
A straw hat-and-cane number is featured.

7.39 [353] The Lawrence Welk Show
09Jun1962 ]Daily Record]
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Jo Ann Castle, Bobby Burgess,
Barbara Boylan and Jim Roberts.
Highlights:
Peggy Lennon and Dick Dale sing "Me 'n' You and the Moon".
Larry Hooper sings "Minnie the Mermaid".
Songs, "Gone Fishin'", "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
and recitation of Rudyard Kipling's "If".

7.40 [354] The Lawrence Welk Show
16Jun1962 [Times Recorder]
Salute to Father's Day
Featured Aladdin, Norma Zimmer, Dick Dale, Barbara Boylan, Bobby Burgess,
Jo Ann Castle, Jim Roberts.
Highlights:
The Lennon Sisters sing "Oh, My Papa".
Myron Floren on accordion plays "Dad's Waltz".
Aladdin contributes "A Father's Day Prayer".
Norma Zimmer sings "You'll Never Walk Alone".
Jo Ann Castle plays "While Strolling Through the Park One Day".

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
23Jun1962 [repeat from 14Oct61]
Country & Western Show

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
30Jun1962 [repeat from 04Nov61]
Roaring 20's Show

7.41 [355] The Lawrence Welk Show
07Jul1962 [Tampa Times]
8th Anniversary Show
Featured the Lennon Sisters, Norma Zimmer, Larry Hooper,
Kenny Trimble
Highlights:
One of the numbers will be the opening number of the first show,
"Say It With Music".
The Lennon Sisters sing "He".
Lawrence Welk plays his hit record "Calcutta".
*Note: Program was taped in June, but this is the first airing.

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
14Jul1962 [repeat from 24Feb62][Orlando Sentinel]
Guests
Red Nichols and Dick Noel.

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
21Jul1962 [repeat from 03Mar62]
Guests
Roberta Shore, Eddie Peabody, Don Cornell.

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
28Jul1962 [repeat from 14Apr62]
Guests
Dianne Lennon, Roberta Shore, Joe Livoti.

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
04Aug1962 [repeat from 31Mar62]
Guests
Ted Lewis and Roberta Shore.

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
11Aug1962 [repeat from 02Dec61]
Salute to Hawaii

7.42 [356] The Lawrence Welk Show
18Aug1962 [Times Recorder]
Guest
singer Jimmie Rodgers
Highlights:
Jimmie Rogers sings "No One Will Ever Know".
Norma Zimmer and Jim Roberts duet on "Fascination".
Aladdin gives a dramatic reading of "Old Rivers".

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
25Aug1962 [repeat from 17Feb62]
Gay 90's Show
Guest
Eddie Peabody

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
01Sep1962 [repeat from 17Mar62]
St Patrick's Day Show from Hollywood, Florida's Diplomat Hotel.

[--] The Lawrence Welk Show
08Sep1962 [repeat from ]
Rock 'n Roll Show 

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