![]() ![]() His band also began performing in New York City at Roosevelt Hotel. In fact, Welk decided to move his family to Chicago where they lived for ten years. This was one of their biggest achievements in the music industry. The group later performed at Trianon ballroom in Chicago in 1940. ![]() By then they had limited funds to afford luxurious traveling means. The band moved to Omaha in 1937.They also toured around the country using their car. At last, they decided it should be ‘The Biggest Little Band in America.’ After a while, he came up with his band, ‘The Lawrence Welk Novelty Orchestra.’ This band became the radio station band of WNAX in Yankton in South Dakota.Īfter a while, Lawrence Welk and his band members changed its name to ‘ The Hotsy-Totsy Boys.’ They again changed it to ‘The Honolulu Fruit Gum Orchestra’ after some time. He then began playing Polka style music with local bands in his area. Lawrence Welk decided to become a full-time musician at the age of 21. ![]()
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