Lawrence Welk: A Rocker?

February 13, 1961:

Lawrence Welk gave hope to Rock and Roll hating parents when his instrumental "Calcutta" went to the top of the Billboard chart for the first of a two week stay. Welk, who was then 57, became the oldest artist to have a number one Pop single in the US… 

That hope was diminished a tad when, riding high as a rocker, Welk started having Rock ‘n Roll as a regular part of his show…

      Ultimately having  this “attractive couple” doing this classic on his show

 (a decade later):

Might have hit #1 in ’61, but

Ya just didn’t get it,

did ya Lawrence!?!

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