“Say
It With Music”
Host: Mary LouMetzger with guest, Dick Dale
ORIGINAL AIR DATE:
September 04, 1971 (This was the LAST
show that aired on ABC - TV and was followed on September 11, 1971
with the first Welk Show broadcast in syndication...without missing a
single week of THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW).
This Welk program
from 1971 opens on a musical high-note with the band
and “Say It With
Music.” Bobby and Cissy dance to the Mancini hit song,
“Moon River,” and
our Champagne Lady Norma Zimmer performs a heartfelt
rendition of "I
Asked the Lord.” Myron Floren is featured with the band in
“The 12th Street
Rag,” and Bob Lido, Mary Lou Metzger and the Hotsy Totsy
Boys are “Runnin’
Wild.” Guy and Ralna perform “True Love.”
01. Say It With Music - orchestra
02. I'm Gonna Sit
Right Down (and Write Myself a Letter) - Salli Flynn and
Sandi Griffiths
03. Moon River - danced by Bobby Burgess and Cissy King
04. Josephine -
orchestra (directed by Brett Bacon, 13 year-old son of
Ron Bacon, Emmy award winning director of ABC-TV
Los Angeles for 33 years).
05. I Asked the Lord - Norma Zimmer
06. Gentle on My
Mind - Clay Hart, also on guitar, with Neil Levang on guitar,
Buddy Merrill on Dobro and Richard Maloof on bass
07. It May Be Silly
- Buddy Merrill, also on electric guitar, with Clay and
Neil on guitars and Richard on bass
08. I - Jimmy Roberts,
with Bob Lido and Joe Livoti on violins,
Harry Hyams on viola and Charlotte Harris on cello
09. Calcutta - orchestra,
featuring Bob Ralston on harpsichord, Buddy Merrill
on electric guitar, Myron Floren on accordion, with Salli Flynn,
Sandi Griffiths, Mary Lou Metzger and Gail Farrell clapping
and singing. (With accolades from Lawrence Welk for Randy
Wood of Ranwood Recording Company for his work in making
so many Welk recordings successful).
10. True Love - Guy Hovis and Ralna English
11. It’s a Most
Unusual Day - Gail Farrell, with Ralna English, Sandi Griffiths
and Salli Flynn
12. Indiana - danced by Arthur Duncan
13. Galway Bay - Joe Feeney, with Bob Ralston on piano
14. My Cup Runneth Over - Ken Delo
15. 12th Street
Rag - Myron Floren on accordion, with Johnny Zell
and Norman Bailey on trumpets
16. That’s Amoré - Tanya Falan and cast
17. Vieni Su - Dick Dale, also on clarinet, with Barney Liddell on trombone
18. Runnin’ Wild
- Bob Lido, Mary Lou Metzger, and the Hotsy Totsy Boys