2/14/2023 0 Comments Bobby from lawrence welk![]() ![]() ![]() Paired with Niverson, Burgess will chasse, jitterbug and polka with wholesome spunk to such songs as “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Roll Out the Barrel” on Saturday’s specials.īurgess recalled the early days of live TV when an audience member dancing with Welk “was twirling around and flipped her wig off. “It went on like that for six months until he told us on the air we were regulars,” the cheery-voiced dancer said. That sort of intuition seemed to pay off from the day the Welk show premiered in July, 1955.ĭuring its first year, the program’s Nielsen ratings more than quadrupled to 32.5 it stayed on the air for 27 years before going to reruns, and since 1987, has been the most-watched show on PBS, its exclusive broadcaster since then, according to PMN Trac, an independent organization that analyzes public television audiences.īurgess, who was born in Long Beach and started dance lessons at 4, joined Welk’s coterie after myriad television appearances and a four-year stint as a fresh-faced Mouseketeer.Īt 19, after winning a ballroom dance contest with partner Barbara Boylen (the first of his three Welk-show partners, preceding Cissy King and Elaine Niverson), the couple were asked to appear on the show, the first of many such guest stints. ![]()
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