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“CHAMPAGNE MUSIC” MAN BORN IN 1903

Bandleader LAWRENCE WELK - Photo Signed

On March 11, 1903, musician and entertainer Lawrence Welk 
was born.

For the generation that grew up on the big bands of the 1930s
and ’40s, The Lawrence Welk Show was a blessed island of
calm in a world gone mad for rock and roll, and it aired like
clockwork every Saturday night from 1955 to 1982. On KTLA.
ABC and Syndication.

When ABC dropped The Lawrence Welk Show in 1971, Welk independently arranged a syndication deal that kept him on
the air for another 11 years and made him one of the richest
entertainers in America. 

History's Dumpster: The Lawrence Welk Show

Photos: Lawrence Welk | | siouxcityjournal.com

'Bandleader Lawrence Welk Playing Accordion Amidst Cameramen on the Set ...

Lawrence Welk's most loyal employee celebrates 55 years of service ...

Los Angeles Morgue Files: Lawrence Welk Albums

Pittsburgh, PA - Lawrence Welk's Original Bubble Machine
Inside the historic William Penn Hotel in downtown
Pittsburgh, you can see Lawrence Welk’s original
bubble machine.

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INVENTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1847

10 Things You May Not Know About Alexander Graham Bell - History Lists
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)

Bell was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor,
scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting
the first practical
telephone. He also co-founded the
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)
in 1885.

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Bell at the opening of the long-distance line
from New York to Chicago in 1892.

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Melville House, the Bells’ first home in North America, now
a
National Historic Site of Canada.

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Bell statue by A. E. Cleeve Horne in front of the Bell
Telephone Building of Brantford,
Ontario.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

September 12, 1962 - Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech

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MIKE  GRACIA

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ron howard in Walking Distance | Twilight zone, Twilight, Ron howard
Ronnie Howard & Gig Young in "Walking
Distance", Twilight Zone Episode
#5 (10/30/59)

The Andy Griffith Show, Season 3 release date, trailers, cast, synopsis and reviews
(1960 – 1968)

Friday Five - Spin-offs | Insufficient Scotty
(1974 – 1984)

Ron Howard At The Academy Awards, 3242002, La, Ca, By Robert Hepler. Celebrity (16 x 20 ...

Apollo 13 (1995) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB)
1995

Ron Howard's 5 Best Comedies (& His 5 Best Dramas)

Ron Howard announces new Star Wars film will be called "Solo: A Star Wars Story" - CBS News
Director, producer and screenwriter Ron Howard is
71 years old today.

Howard has received two Academy Awards, four Emmy
Awards
, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and
was inducted into the
Television Hall of Fame in 2013.

Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
for his contributions in film and television.

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HIGHEST PAID STAR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY

A young Elizabeth Taylor. Imagine being this beautiful at such a young age, circa 1943. : r ...

Chris's World: Elizabeth Taylor Bedazzled and Bigger then Life.
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
(27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011)

Elizabeth Taylor began her career as a child actress in the early
1940s and was one of the most popular stars of the
classical
Hollywood cinema
in the 1950s. She then became the world’s
highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known
public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the
American Film
Institute
ranked her seventh on its greatest female screen
legends
list.

National Velvet (1945) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDb)
1945

Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra also drew grief (guess why) | The Jewish Star | www.thejewishstar.com
Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in the 1963 epic drama film.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History: March 25 | Republican-American

WDVM’s Ross Simpson talks about the upcoming Veterans Voices program ...
ROSS SIMPSON

Johnny Cash Childhood Photographs and Home - NSF News and Magazine

Young Johnny Cash High School Picture | Young johnny cash, Johnny cash, Celebrity yearbook photos

Johnny Cash in the USAF colorized by OldHank on DeviantArt
Johnny served four years in the Air Force.

Cash enlisted in the Air Force on July 7, 1950,
shortly after the start of the
Korean War. After
basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and
technical training at
Brooks Air Force Base,
both in
San Antonio, Texas, he was assigned
to the 12th Radio Squadron Mobile of the
U.S.
Air Force Security Service
at Landsberg, West       
Germany.

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The Man in Black.

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Born to poor cotton farmers in Kingsland, Arkansas,
country singer – songwriter Johnny
Cash rose to
fame during the mid-1950s in the burgeoning
rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee.

Cash is one of the best-selling music artists of all
time
, having sold more than 90 million records
worldwide. His genre-spanning music embraced
country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and
gospel sounds.

His crossover appeal earned him the rare honor of
being inducted into the
Country Music, Rock and
Roll
, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.

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