Lawrence Welk Orchestra

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big band television house band

The Lawrence Welk Orchestra was a popular American big band ensemble best known for its smooth, easy-listening style and long-running presence on The Lawrence Welk Show.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra 1
The Lawrence Welk Show orchestra 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big band ⓘ
television house band ⓘ
activeIn 20th century ⓘ
associatedWith American television variety shows ⓘ
Lawrence Welk NERFINISHED ⓘ
audience middle-class American families ⓘ
basedOn dance band tradition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre big band ⓘ
easy listening ⓘ
light music ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn easy listening genre ⓘ
television variety show format ⓘ
hasMotto champagne music ⓘ
hasNotableMember Joe Feeney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrence Welk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myron Floren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norma Zimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Lennon Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart accordion ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
string section ⓘ
vocalists ⓘ
influencedBy American popular standards ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locationOfFormation United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic dance-oriented arrangements ⓘ
easy-listening style ⓘ
smooth sound ⓘ
notableFor long-running television presence ⓘ
“champagne music” branding ⓘ
notableWork The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
performerIn The Lawrence Welk Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
live concert tours ⓘ
performerOf novelty songs ⓘ
polkas ⓘ
popular standards ⓘ
waltzes ⓘ
recordLabel Coral Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dot Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ranwood Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
style conservative musical arrangements ⓘ
family-friendly entertainment ⓘ

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Lawrence Welk → founded → Lawrence Welk Orchestra ⓘ
Temptation → hasNotablePerformer → Lawrence Welk Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra
Pete Fountain → memberOf → Lawrence Welk Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lawrence Welk Show orchestra