Saturday Night Memories With Lawrence Welk

 

 

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dances with Shirley Temple
in the 1935 movie, "The Little Colonel"
Image courtesy/Wikipedia

  

 In this fall premier show from 1976, America's favorite television bandleader
 Lawrence Welk and his talented cast of dancers, musicians, and singers celebrate
the Bicentennial year with familiar songs: "The House I Live In", "Love Will Keep
 Us Together", "The Song Is You";  "Feelings" "Take Me Home Country Roads",
"Ole Man River", "Waltz Of The Flowers", "Hawaiian Wedding Song",
and of course, an all cast salute to "America The Beautiful".

Host Mary Lou Metzger interviews Welk Show tap dancer Arthur Duncan,
featured in the show's salute to the great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

 

Lawrence Welk Show 1976 Premier Episode
with Interview of Arthur Duncan
Uploaded by Lawrence Welk LP's
 (October 3, 2026)