Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992)

Lawrence Welk was musician, accordionist, bandleader, and who hosted
The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982 on ABC. His style came to
be known to his large number of fans as "champagne music". Welk had
been leading bands from the age of 21.

From The Saturday Evening Post, October 11, 1952

From left: Walter Matthau and Art Carney in a scene from the play. Matthau
was replaced with Jack Klugman, starting in November 1965.