From the Heart: A Tribute to Lawrence Welk

Regardless of the changing trends of musical fashion, from 1955 to 1982 The Lawrence Welk Show was a perennial favorite with television audiences, as Welk and his Orchestra offered up the light, bubbly melodies which made "The King of Champagne Music" a national institution. From The Heart: A Tribute to Lawrence Welk and the American Dream is a 1987 television special which featured tributes to the late bandleader from such greats as Floyd Cramer, Barbara Mandrell, Pete Fountain and The Jordanaires, as well as appearances from such mainstays of the Welk show as The Lennon Sisters, Myron Floren, and Jo Ann Castle.