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Show By LYN CONNELLY Vf AESTRO Lawrence Welk, an 11 accordion virtuoso, chuckles when he tells how he insisted on adding another accordionist to his band, Myron F'loren, now a. veteran "Champion Music" maker . -. . Everybody associated with the top man of the Welk show said It would be a great mistake, but being stubborn, ha hired the man anyway any-way . . . "One of my ballroom bosses said to me," Larry says now laughingly, " 'People tell ma this accordion player you hired Is a better musician than you are.' And he replied, "That's the only kind of musicians I hire'l" Peter Llnd Hayea was a refreshing refresh-ing emcee on the' Godfrey show recently when the redhead took a vacation . . . For a long while (at least as long as the last time Peter took over) there was no sarcasm, no irritability and hallejujah no talk about horses and airplanes . We love them both but not to the extent that an hour of "entertainment" "enter-tainment" should be devoted to them every day. PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL: This company continues con-tinues to coma up with terrific hi-fi hi-fi albums . . . One Jaxi fans will love Is "Kenton In HI-FI". . . The great Stan does all the tune that made him famous Including "Artistry "Artis-try Jumps," "Interlude," "Inter-mission "Inter-mission Riff," "Minor Riff," "Col-laboration," "Col-laboration," "Painted Rhythm," "Peanut Vendor," "Lover," "Concerto "Con-certo to End All Concertos," "Artistry "Ar-tistry in Boogie," and others . , . This Is a fine addition to a Jazs collection. col-lection. Another hi-fi album nice to have around for those mellow moods is Jackie Gleason's latest . . Songs Include such favorites as "Love Letters In the Sand," "Alone," "When You're Away," "Sleepy Time Gal," "1 Apologize," and other dreamy numbers. |