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"Calcutta" is a German pop song. An instrumental version by American bandleader and TV host Lawrence Welk on the 1961 Dot Records album Calcutta! was a Number One song in the United States, and the most successful hit of Welk's career.
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, and the easy listening music featured became known as "champagne music" to his radio, television, and live-performance audiences.
The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk.The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, from 1951 to 1955, then nationally for another 16 years on ABC from 1955 to 1971, followed by 11 years in first-run syndication from 1971 to 1982.
The song was performed in early 1971 by Gail Farrell and Dick Dale on The Lawrence Welk Show, which Brewer credited with giving the duo "more publicity than we could pay for." [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Host and bandleader Lawrence Welk later claimed that ABC had forced him to play the misplaced song, as its executives had been pressuring Welk into ...
Yellow Bird is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1966 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-25774). [1] [2] It included the single, "Yellow Bird".The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on August 7, 1961, reached the No. 2 spot, and remained on that chart for 41 weeks [3]
Within two months, Don Howard's "Oh Happy Day" was still going up the charts, when two other versions of the same song by Lawrence Welk and by the Four Knights also went up the US hit charts, Lawrence Welk's version reaching number 5 (Billboard US national charts) and the Four Knights' version reaching number 8 (Billboard US national charts).
Calcutta! is an album by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra. It was released in 1961 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-3359). The album featured Frank Scott at the harpsichord and included Welk's No. 1 hit single, "Calcutta".
Lawrence "Bullfrog" Hooper (July 22, 1917 in Independence, Missouri – June 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and vocalist. He was best known to television audiences as part of The Lawrence Welk Show as a featured singer and pianist in Welk's orchestra.