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Lawrence Welk has been the butt of a million jokes because of his harmless, middle-of-the-road image and immediately identifiable style, which detractors often describe as "cornball," "schmaltzy," or "rinky-dink." He was an enormously popular stylist, however, who constantly reinvented himself by playing polkas, big-band dance music, instrumental rock & roll or light music, as required. He managed to keep abreast, in his way, of changes in contemporary pop music without alienating an audience committed to old-fashioned pop and dance music, which was no small feat. 22 Great Songs for Dancing draws upon his Dot Records catalog, where he recorded some of his most adventurous music, but the selections are standard fare. Most of the songs are taken from three Dot albums: Dance with Lawrence Welk (1959), Bubbles in the Wine (1962), and the minor hit Champagne on Broadway (1966), all of which feature the distinctive instrumental blend Welk proffered throughout the '60s with accordions and harpsichords in upbeat arrangements with prominent melody lines. Welk's Ranwood label owns his Dot recordings, which account for most of the bandleader's chart hits, yet the label seems disinterested in reissuing his most popular singles and albums. Instead, we get bland, indifferently compiled thematic collections such as this one, with generic artwork and no annotation. The tracks from Bubbles in the Wine, released a year after Welk struck gold with his huge number one album Calcutta! are the highlights on an otherwise routine set.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Bob Calame, ComposerLyricist - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Carl Bean, Composer - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist - Frankie Masters, ComposerLyricist - Khane Keene, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
George Cates, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Lawrence Welk, MainArtist - Henry Trevison, Composer
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
George Cates, Producer, Recording Producer - Lawrence Welk, Producer, Accordion, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Curt Ramsey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Ranwood Records.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1959 Ranwood Records.
Hal Bellis, ComposerLyricist - Irving Kahal, ComposerLyricist - Wayne King, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
George Cates, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1960 Ranwood Records.
Lawrence Welk, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Curt Ramsey, Composer
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Traditional, Composer - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Harry Pease, Composer - ED NELSON, ComposerLyricist - DAVE DREYER, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 Ranwood Records.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Author - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1966 Ranwood Records.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1959 Ranwood Records.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Burton Lane, ComposerLyricist - Alan Lerner, Composer - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1945 Ranwood Records.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1962 Ranwood Records.
Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Welk, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Ranwood Records, A Welk Music Group Company
Album review
Lawrence Welk has been the butt of a million jokes because of his harmless, middle-of-the-road image and immediately identifiable style, which detractors often describe as "cornball," "schmaltzy," or "rinky-dink." He was an enormously popular stylist, however, who constantly reinvented himself by playing polkas, big-band dance music, instrumental rock & roll or light music, as required. He managed to keep abreast, in his way, of changes in contemporary pop music without alienating an audience committed to old-fashioned pop and dance music, which was no small feat. 22 Great Songs for Dancing draws upon his Dot Records catalog, where he recorded some of his most adventurous music, but the selections are standard fare. Most of the songs are taken from three Dot albums: Dance with Lawrence Welk (1959), Bubbles in the Wine (1962), and the minor hit Champagne on Broadway (1966), all of which feature the distinctive instrumental blend Welk proffered throughout the '60s with accordions and harpsichords in upbeat arrangements with prominent melody lines. Welk's Ranwood label owns his Dot recordings, which account for most of the bandleader's chart hits, yet the label seems disinterested in reissuing his most popular singles and albums. Instead, we get bland, indifferently compiled thematic collections such as this one, with generic artwork and no annotation. The tracks from Bubbles in the Wine, released a year after Welk struck gold with his huge number one album Calcutta! are the highlights on an otherwise routine set.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:22
- Main artists: Lawrence Welk
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ranwood Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1987 Ranwood Records. This Compilation ℗ 1987 Ranwood Records.
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