# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-welk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:48:41.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-welk"
name: "Lawrence Welk"
slug: "lawrence-welk"
description: "Lawrence Welk was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, and the easy listening music featured became known as \"champagne music\" to his radio, television, and live-performance audiences."
tagline: "American musician, bandleader, and impresario (1903–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larence_Welk_1956.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1903-03-11"
deathDate: "1992-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.79929733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919785/"
    handle:    "nm0919785"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لورانس ويلك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Велк, Лоренс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Welk"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA"
    title: "Лоренс Велк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224643"
    title: "Lawrence Welk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump