Music : The Best of Lawrence Welk
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0014921703728
Label: Ranwood Records
Manufacturer: Ranwood Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Ranwood Records
Release Date: April 16, 1995
Sales Rank: 3638
Studio: Ranwood Records
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I have always enjoyed listening to Mr. Welks music. His orchestra is one of the best in the industry. They are absolutely the greatest.
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Growing up, my family watched The Lawrence Welk show every Saturday evening without fail. I had not really given that fact much thought until recently, when I was browsing the music channels on my cable, and stumbled upon an easy listening channel. After two songs, I was transported to my childhood, and realized that I actually enjoy this style of music. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm just a double-knit pantsuit and a half-stick of Doublemint away from becoming my mother, so I ordered this CD.
I. LOVE. IT. LOVE. It is quintessential Welk, and it even has the closing theme from the show. If you are nostalgic for "beautiful music," this is the CD for you.
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Being able to review the songs on each DVD, has prompted me to decide if I want to buy a disk. So far My luck has been good in buying used like new DVD disk's. I appreciate your professional method of handling sales accounts. Neal La France
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The title comes from Stan Freberg's wonderful 1957 parody of Mr. Welk and his "bubbly" musical style [Wun-erful, Wun'erful], a format that drew more than it's fair share of ridicule from the more acerbic musical "experts" who, after 1955, fell into a pit known as "only R&R counts." Among those sharing their barbs and darts with Welk were people like Pat Boone, Paul Anka, Engelbert Humperdinck and Bobby Vinton. Strangely, however, the ones just mentioned all shared one common factor: their music sold in the millions.
In Lawrence Welk's case he put 42 selections onto the Pop charts between his first in 1938 - Colorado Sunset (# 17), and his last in 1970 - Southtown, U.S.A. [# 37 Adult Contemporary (AC) in March. One crossed over to the R&B charts in 1961 and, before that, he had two make the early C&W charts in 1944 in conjunction with Red Foley.
The problem is, try and find most of them in CD format today. Aside from the many Welk compilations that offer up polkas, Christmas tunes, waltzes, songs of faith, Big Band covers, and even Country, only two purport to present the "best of" Lawrence Welk. This one, and one called Biggest Hits. The latter contains nothing that charted for Lawrence, while this gives us exactly four: Last Date [track 10], Yellow Bird [track 7], Baby Elephant Walk [track 4], and Calcutta [track 3] - the last being his only # 1, that coming in 1961 and which also crossed over to the R&B charts at # 10.
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Mr. Welk is just the very best. I love his show and music. This is one that everyone can enjoy. I listen to it all of the time. Thank You
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