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"Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes & New Talent" 
Sponsored by: Dodge and Plymouth Dealers  
(ABC) (1956-58)(2 Seasons)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox [Uplaoded Sep 2020 RF]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

 Teleklew Productions for ABC

US Music / Talent Show series 1956-58    87 shows x 60 min (2 seasons)
(08Oct56 to 02Jun58)
Season 1 08Oct56 - 30Sep57 Mondays
Season 2 07Oct57 - 09Jun58 Mondays

Host Lawrence Welk

 regulars:
Alice Lon, Myron Floren, Larry Dean and The Lennon Sisters
The Orchestra

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ABC Mondays 9:30-10:30pm Eastern (Black & White)

[01] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent  [Premiere]
08Oct1956 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk
with regulars Alice Lon, Myron Floren, Larry Dean and The Lennon Sisters
Highlights:
Singer Brenda Kay

[02] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
15Oct1956 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Two young harpists will play songs from "Bus Stop".
The girls were discovered by Welk in his search for top talent.

[03] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
22Oct1956 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Two vocalists, a 16-year-old girl and a 26-year-old man.

[04] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
29Oct1956 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk


[05] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
05Nov1956 ABC Mon [Baltimore Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Jake LaMotta turns impresario to introduce
the young singer-guitarist Fred MacKenzie
and 15-year-old pianist Elliott Prescott.

[06] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
12Nov1956 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk

[07] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
19Nov1956 ABC Mon [Times Tribune]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Rock 'n' Roll singer Dick D'Agostine
and trombonist Dick Nash are featured.

[08] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
26Nov1956 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Simon and Sullivan, an accordion duo
and the Four Keynotes, an all-girl quartet are presented.

[09] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
03Dec1956 ABC Mon [Daily Reporter]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Boston singer William St. Clair
and 25-year-old Hollywood saxophonist Pete Gallodora.
All Welk's singers will join in a salute to UCLA chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

[10] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
10Dec1956 ABC Mon [Knoxville Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
11-year-old singer Judy Kay of Tulsa, Oklahoma
trumpet player George Warner
and vocal quartet The Four Keynotes.

[11] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
17Dec1956 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk

[12] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
24Dec1956 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Denise Foster from Dallas, Texas
and Karen and Ingrid Gutburg pianists from Jamaica Plains, Mass.

[13] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
31Dec1956 ABC Mon [Times Colonist]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Top Tunes of 1956 such as "Canadian Sunset", "Hound Dog",
"Sixteen Tons" and "Walkin' in the Rain".

[14] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
07Jan1957 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk

[15] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
14Jan1957 ABC Mon [Miami News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Darlene Powell, Eleanor Powell's protegee

[16] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
21Jan1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Pvt. Steve Kopy, an Army accordionist, Ft. Myer Arlington, Va
and tenor Maurice Pearson.

[17] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
28Jan1957 ABC Mon [LA Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
a jazz harpist
a Mid-West tenor and a Texas singer.

[18] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
04Feb1957 ABC Mon [Daily Reporter]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Three entertainers from Los Angeles,
singers Johnny Culwell, 27
and Betty Morales 19
and Alan Brennerman, 14-year-old drummer.

[19] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
11Feb1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
13-year-old William Huckaby

[20] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
18Feb1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Hillbilly singers Jeanne and Jane Black
Hal Shutz who sings and plays the organ
and Stan Boreson who plays the accordion.

[21] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
25Feb1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Lt. Steve Rossi, USAF singer of popular ballads,
violinist Sabrina Godfredson, Minneapolis Minnesota
and the teenage trio the Shetterly Sisters.

[22] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
04Mar1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Country singer Peggy Jo Stewart, 14 of Hamilton, Ont. Canada.

[23] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
11Mar1957 ABC Mon [Daily Reporter]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Severin Turel, a Polish concert pianist who kept his art alive during his five-year
imprisonment by the Nazis
and Cathy Carr, 23 who recording of "Ivory Tower" is current hit.

[24] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
18Mar1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain, appears on the show
after which he will stay with Welk to record some Dixieland numbers.

[25] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
25Mar1957 ABC Mon [Daily Reporter]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Roby Ann Story, 15-year-old pianist from Nashville, Tennessee
and Ralph Sanford, a pop singer from Dallas, Texas.

[26] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
01Apr1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Charles Darvo, a Swedish tenor, now of Los Angeles.

[27] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
08Apr1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Jimmy Fields, 8-year-old Los Angeles pianist whose forte
is the works of Chopin and Beethoven.

[28] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
15Apr1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun, El Paso Herald]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Swing pianist Stan Wrightman
clarinetist Pete Fountain
two talented Belgians Rudy Whorton
and Aime Vereecke, who play accordion and fiddle (Tonnelle).

[29] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
22Apr1957 ABC Mon [Salina Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Mary Ann Ritzke from Memphis, Tennessee
Kansas bell ringers, Ginger Hulet of Hutchinson
and Dean Anderson if Little River.

[30] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
29Apr1957 ABC Mon [Charlotte News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Sylvia Muesing, 18-year-old singer-accordionist from Kendallville, Ind.
and 13-year-old Ed Martini of Derrick City, Pa, who plays "The Bones".

[31] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
06May1957 ABC Mon [Capital Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
The Buckskins, group of five Eastern-seaboard musicians who are regarded
as exceptional exponents of Western ballads
and 19-year-old Jimmy Wright, known as the "Prince of the Banjo".

[32] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
13May1957 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
pianist Judy Kamleiter from Ohio
and singer Tommy Parsons.
The Champagne Music Makers play "I'm Walkin'".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CohDlWXXFak

[33] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
20May1957 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
The Buckskins

[34] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
27May1957 ABC Mon [Eugene Guard]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
U.S. Army Air Force Band of Washington, D.C.

[35] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
03Jun1957 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:

[36] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
10Jun1957 ABC Mon [Journal Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
pianist Tommy Sheridan (former member of the Lawrence Welk aggregation in the 1940's).

[37] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
17Jun1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times, Charlotte Observer]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Bill Page
banjo player Wallie Peters of Vancouver, Canada
and a pair of 18-year-old Florida State College Students,
both ballad singers Dick Mitchell and Dennis Smith.

[38] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
24Jun1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Dwayne Wear 11-year-old violinist of Oregon,
a trombonist and a guitarist.

[39] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
01Jul1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Wisconsin girl accordionist
and a pair of bell ringers from Kansas.

[40] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
08Jul1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
A bones player, an accordionist
and a nightclub singer.

[41] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
15Jul1957 ABC Mon [Charlotte News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
The Harmonikings of Indianapolis, Ind.,
and violinist Jack Scharuble of Everett, Washington.

[42] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
22Jul1957 ABC Mon [Charlotte Observer]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
the youngest licensed music teacher in the state of Pennsylvania,
Sam Gentile 13 and New York City singer Bob Green.

[43] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
29Jul1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times, Miami News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
guitarist John Adomono
pianisit-arranger Frank Scott
and singer Ray Allen.
A concert arrangement of "Oklahoma!" featuring students
from the Oklahoma State University.
Alice Lon sings "Around the World".
The Lennon Sister offer "Columbus Stockade".

[--] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
05Aug1957 ABC Mon [Times Dispatch]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Fran Irwin, former vocalist with the late Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
*Note: The program was Canceled by the network due to Union Difficulties.
Fran Irwin's appearance was rescheduled to August 26.

[44] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
12Aug1957 ABC Mon [Salina Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Sandra McCorkle, 5-year-old trumpeter
and a musical saw player.

[45] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
19Aug1957 ABC Mon [Times Dispatch]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Lawrence Welk returning from a European vacation (2 weeks)
will present British singer Steve Martin.

[46] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
26Aug1957 ABC Mon [Capital Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Fran Irwin, former vocalist with the late Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
and trumpet trio Kopper Kings.

[47] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
02Sep1957 ABC Mon [San Bernardino Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
17-year-old Judy Joyce, vocalist
and Bryon Siebman, ukelele player.

[48] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
09Sep1957 ABC Mon [Atlanta Constitution]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Alice Lon and Buddy Hayes sing "In the Middle of an Island".
The Lennon Sisters offer "Swinging on a Star".
Larry Dean solos with "Send for Me".

[49] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
16Sep1957 ABC Mon [Atlanta Constitution]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Nancy Martin, six-year-old organist
The Lennon Sisters sing "School Days".

[50] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
23Sep1957 ABC Mon [Marion Star]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Leon McAuliffe, steel guitarist from Independence, Kansas,
vocalist Terry Carry
and Steve Kenny, 13-year-old accordionist.

[51] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
30Sep1957 ABC Mon [Capital Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Family musical combo from Los Angeles, Bill Wright, his wife and teenaged son Don,
playing violin, piano and drums.

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ABC Mondays 9:30-10:30pm B-W

2.01 [52] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
07Oct1957 ABC Mon [Season 2 Premiere] [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Peter Riso, 8-year-old drummer from Pittsburg, California
and Doris Lang, 10-year-old pianist from Long Island, NY.

2.02 [53] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
14Oct1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Medley from the stage hit "My Fair Lady".

2.03 [54] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
21Oct1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
famous blind whistler Fred Lowry makes a special guest appearance.
Frank Krumtorad of Omaha and Nancy Grimm of Valley, accordionist duo from Nebraska
and soprano Billie Loukas of Salt Lake City, Utah.

2.04 [55] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
28Oct1957 ABC Mon [Atlanta Constitution]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Dianne Lennon sings "Around the World" and "White Silver Sands".
Dick Dale offers "Three Coins in the Fountain".
The band offers "Love Me Or Leave Me" and "Free and Easy".

2.05 [56] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
04Nov1957 ABC Mon [Monrovia Post]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Sally and Jack Caldwell, talented children of bandleader Jack Caldwell will appear a guest artists.
Sally, 12 plays the organ, violin, trumpet and drums,
her brother Jack plays organ and trumpet and are from Dallas, Texas.
Also, an accordion duo from Houston, Texas.

2.06 [57] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
11Nov1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
A salute to Veterans Day.
Singer Paul Grubb of Tyler, Texas
marimba player Jack Connors of Los Angeles
and Ken Kotwitz orchestra from West Allis, Wisconsin.

2.07 [58] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
18Nov1957 ABC Mon [Pocono Record]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
The original Champagne Lady, Jayne Walton will be reunited
with her old boss and the Music Makers for the first time
since 1945.

2.08 [59] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
25Nov1957 ABC Mon [Valley Times]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Norm Brown, a dancing drummer from Oklahoma.

2.09 [60] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
02Dec1957 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Larry Ferrari, organist from Boston, Mass.

2.10 [61] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
09Dec1957 ABC Mon
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
"Walking in the Rain" Orchestra
"Night Life" sung by Marty Barrows
"Coffee Date" sung by Marty Barrows
"Moonlight Love" Orchestra
"If I Had My Druthers" sung by The Lennon Sisters
Pete Galodarrow on sax
"Whispering" Orchestra
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sung by Buddy Merrill
Mama from the Train" with Aladdin
"War & Peace" Bill St. Claire
"You Do Something to Me" Bill St. Claire
"Thanks for Christmas" sung by Alice Lon
"After the Lights Go Down Low" with Big Tiny Little Junior
"Iffin'" Orchestra
"The Christmas Song" sung by Dick Dale
"Singing the Blues" sung by Bob Lido
"Blue Room" sung by Dianne Lennon & Larry Dean
"Alice Blue Gown" Orchestra
"Love Me Tender" Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04Xfu2VL-8

2.11 [62] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
16Dec1957 ABC Mon [Akron Journal]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Danny Terrell, Irish tenor who recently came to the U.S.
Janis Brady, blind tap bells and chording with her feet.
"Melody in F" orchestra
"Christmas in Killarney" sung by Danny Terrel
"Christmas Toy" sung by Lennon Sisters
"The Bells of St. Mary's" orchestra
"Silver Bells" sung by Alice Lon & Dick Dale
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Alvin Ashby
"Silent Night" sung by Janice Brady
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" Larry Dean
"My Blue Heaven" performed by Pete Fountain
"Greensleeves" Lloyd Lindross
Victor Herbert melodies orchestra
"Baby’s First Christmas" Janet Lennon & Aladdin
"Rose of Chalin" sung by Danny Terrel
"Lalagwen" orchestra
"Too Fat for the Chimney" Rocky Rockwell
"Silver Bells" Janice Brady & the Lennon Sisters
"Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" sung by Buddy Merrill plays (and sings!)
"I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" sung by Alice Lon, The Lennon Sisters and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4LoNdKo1b0
*Note: Danny Terrell is spelled differently from various newspapers. (Tyrell, Terell, Terrel, Terrell)

2.12 [63] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
23Dec1957 ABC Mon [Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Marni Nixon is one of the featured singers, she was the "ghost voice"
for Deborah Kerr in "The King and I" and "An Affair to Remember".
Jack Imel will dance to "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers".
The Glee Club sings "Silent Night".

2.13 [64] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
30Dec1957 ABC Mon [Deseret News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Top numbers of the past year will be presented, including
"Love Letters in the Sand", "It's Not For Me", "Tammy",
"White Silver Sands" and "Fascination".

2.14 [65] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
06Jan1958 ABC Mon [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Country and Western singing star Les Anderson.
Sigmund Romberg's operettas provide the musical source.

2.15 [66] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
13Jan1958 ABC Mon [San Pedro News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Maurice Pearson sings "Ca C'est L'Amour".
Alice Lon sings "Chances Are".
Other song, "You Send Me".

2.16 [67] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
20Jan1958 ABC Mon [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Pianist Rosa Linda, best known for her provocatively-titled record album,
"Will Success Spoil Rock Maninoff".

2.17 [68] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
27Jan1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Raymond and Robert Cavicchio, marimba playing brothers from Melrose,
vocalist Bill Carey
and folk dancers The Westchester Lariats.

2.18 [69] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
03Feb1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Vocalist Debby Kay
pianist Monica Gaylord
and The Three Trumpeteers.

2.19 [70] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
10Feb1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
instrumental group The Midnight Suns
vocalist Dick Hilleary
and dancing drummer Bob Wagner.

2.20 [71] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
17Feb1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
harmonica player Pierre Beriot
yodler Mary Lou Nell
and novelty dancer Vi Pettitt.

2.21 [72] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
24Feb1958 ABC Mon [Marion Star]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Paul Thomsen, folk singer and guitarist from San Jose, California
and Joe Pullis of Nacona, Texas who will present a
novel marching band.

2.22 [73] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
03Mar1958 ABC Mon [Alton Evening]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Bass vocalist Delos Jewkes, a remarkable 62-year-old nightclub performer.

2.23 [74] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
10Mar1958 ABC Mon [Fort Lauderdale News]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Harmonica player Eddie Laine.

2.24 [75] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
17Mar1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Irish tenor Danny Tyrell
and a grade school dance group from Our Lady of Peace School, Sepulveda, California.

2.25 [76] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
24Mar1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe, Daily Herald]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Tonight's performers are delegates to the National Music Educators' Conference in Los Angeles.
The roster of visiting performers will include,
Kirby Jane Mooney, a young cornet virtuoso from Centralia, Illinois.
Maurice Pearson sings "April Love".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Swinging Shepherd Blues".
Alice Lon sings "Sail Along, Silvery Moon".
Dianne Lennon and Larry Dean duet with "Hands Across the Table".
The Barbershop Quartet offer "Gilded Cage".

2.26 [77] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
31Mar1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
singer Johnny Cash whose recording of "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" currently ranks
among the Country's most popular discs,
and Bryan Siebman, a 13-year-old ukulele player-singer.

2.27 [78] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
07Apr1958 ABC Mon [LA Times, Daily Herald]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Brenda Kay, who appeared on the very first telecast of the program in 1956.
organist Al Bollington
and David Lynn Grass, 13-year-old soprano from Lancaster, Pa.

2.28 [79] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
14Apr1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Betsy Gay, vocalist
trumpeter Warren Gale
and accordionist Don Lipovac.

2.29 [80] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
21Apr1958 ABC Mon [Nashville Banner]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Lueanne Ragle, 15-year-old vocalist from Wichita, Kansas
and singer Bob Foyer.

2.30 [81] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
28Apr1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
vocalist Judy Kileen
folksinger Jim Reeves
and harmonica player Danny Welton.

2.31 [82] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
05May1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Pete Fountain and his combo
and vocalist Brenda Kay.

2.32 [83] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
12May1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
impersonator Dick Kerr
vocalist Irma Gaza
and instrumental duo the Rhythm Boys (drummer Bob Kriefall and accordionist Alie Eiglmeier from Milwaukee, Wisconsin).

2.33 [84] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
19May1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
15-year-old trumpeter Warren Luening
and 18-year-old vocalist Kathy Linden.

2.34 [85] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
26May1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe, Jackson Sun]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
15-year-old pianist Robert Ronka,
13-year-old singer Darill Tardiff
and 21-year-old folksinger-guitarist Paul Thomason.
Rocky Rockwell, comedy singer and trumpet player performs the novelty tune "The Rockwell Story"
and baritone Larry Dean performs "Jeepers Creepers".

2.35 [86] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent
02Jun1958 ABC Mon [Boston Globe, Ft Worth Star]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
19-year-old singer Betty Morales makes her second appearance on the show.
Other guest performers are 19-year-old drummer Neil Martin, from Milwaukee
and organist Axel Alexander from Germany.
Larry Dean and pianist Tiny Little Jr. combine their talents for "Ring Around My Neck".
Pete Fountain plays "Time on My Hands"
The band performs "Jealous".
The Welk Dixieland Group presents "Sensation Rag".
Other songs, "Tip Tap Toe" and "Bambolino".

*Note: Lawrence Welk's Monday night show will take a 10-week vacation after next week's telecast.

2.36 [87] Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent [Final show of the season]
09Jun1958 ABC Mon [Daily Herald]
Host Lawrence Welk
Highlights:
Special guest, New Orleans Dixieland trumpeter Al Hirt
24-year-old vocalist Chuck Nelson of Los Angeles
and 21-year-old accordionist-pianist Jo Ann Castle, also of Los Angeles.
Lawrence Welk on accordion performs "Sheik of Araby".
The Lennon Sisters sing "Dormi, Dormi, Dormi".
Alice Lon sings "For Sentimental Reasons".
The band plays "Carolina in the Morning".
*Note: Telecasts will resume Monday, August 25, 1958, this was changed to September 10, 1958 on Wednesdays,
and renamed to "Plymouth Show starring Lawrence Welk".

*Note: "Polka-Go-Round" will fill the timeslot for the next 10 weeks. 

Plymouth Show: Lawrence Welk's Little Band (ABC) (1958-59)
 
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