Shania Twain

Shania Twain has won numerous awards, including "Best Country Album", "Top Country Artist of the Year", and "Best Songwriter". He died from pneumonia in Santa Monica, California at the age of 89, and is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City, California. Total US Sales 44 million Worldwide 81 million. When he was asked about his ancestry, he replied always with "Alsace-Lorraine, Germany" (although this was totally wrong). To be continued.... Welk is said to have learned English only when he was already an adult because he always spoke German at home. It got overwhelmingly positive reviews across the board and quickly sold 2 million copies in the US in just a month and a half. A resort community in Escondido, California is named after Welk.

In 2004, Shania decided to release a greatest hits album. His band continues to appear in a dedicated theater in Branson, Missouri even though Welk is now deceased. Since it was a double album, it has been certified 10x Platinum. Welk's California automobile license plate read A1ANA2, referencing his trademark count-off before each number, "A one, and a two...". Despite hit singles like "Gonna Getcha Good," "Up!" and "Forever And For Always," "Up!" didn't have the staying power of "Come On Over." It sold 5 million in America, roughly down 75% from it's predecessor. One of his sons ended up marrying fellow Lawrence Welk Show performer Tanya Falan. It charted at the top for 5 weeks. He was married for over sixty years, until his death, to Fern Renner, who bore him three children.

"Up!" debuted at #1 to good reviews, selling 874,000 in the first week alone. Welk's instrumental cover of the song "Yellow Bird" was a hit. Internationally the country mixes were replaced by world mixes. One notable showcase was his album with the noted jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges. A double-album, it featured 19 songs in pop mixes and the same 19 songs in country mixes. His band was well-disciplined and had excellent arrangements in all styles. Naturally, she toured again to support it. Welk was noted for spotlighting individual members of his band and show.

After having a child in 2001, Shania went back into the studio to record the follow-up to her blockbuster album "Come On Over." "Up!" was released in November of 2002, making it 5 years since the world had new material from her. The reputation for "corny music" notwithstanding, his musicians were always top quality, including accordionist Myron Floren and New Orleans Dixieland clarinetist Pete Fountain. Many newer fans were totally unaware of her country music roots, particularly as singles released outside the United States and Canada featured remixed versions de-emphasising country-style instrumentation. During one show Welk brought a cameraman out to dance with one of the ladies and took over the camera himself. When the dust finally settled, Come On Over had sold 20 million copies in America and 39 million worldwide, making it the biggest album by a female artist in history. Welk often took ladies from the audience for a turn around the dance floor. Shania toured the globe in support of the album. His TV show was recorded as if it were live and was sometimes quite free-wheeling.

Over the next two years, the album stayed on the charts, spinning off hit after hit. Although born in the United States, he spoke with a slight but notable European accent that many, especially ladies, found to be quite appealing. Songs like "Don't Be Stupid," "Man! I Feel Like A Woman," "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "From This Moment On" joined the 11 songs that eventually saw release as singles. Much of the show's appeal was Welk himself. It never hit the top spot, but with the single "You're Still The One," sales skyrocketed. This strategy proved commercially successful. But slowly, the album started racking up sales. Welk's television program had a policy to only play well known songs and tunes from previous years, so that the target audience would only hear numbers that they were already familiar with.

In 1997, Shania released her follow-up album, "Come On Over." Selling 172,000 out of the gate and peaking at #2, the album was seen by many at first as a disappointment, given the massive success of her last effort. The show was first aired nationally on ABC in 1955. Initially known as a country music artist, after her musical collaboration with (and subsequent marriage to) rock producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, her music veered towards pop, with huge commercial success following. Her album "The Woman In Me" caught fire due to singles like "Any Man Of Mine" and "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" It eventually topped the Country charts for months and became a massive crossover on the mainstream charts, peaking at #5 and topping out at 12 million sold. That same year, he began producing The Lawrence Welk Show on KTLA in Los Angeles. In 1991, after an entertainment lawyer from Nashville heard her act, she was invited to record a demo tape. In 1952, Welk settled in Los Angeles, California. When her mother and adoptive father died in a car crash in 1987, Eileen took her two younger brothers and sister to Huntsville, Ontario where she supported the family by performing at a local resort. This gig turned into a 10 year stint, drawing crowds of nearly 7000 on a regular basis.

During high school in Timmins, she was the vocalist for a local band which covered Top 40 music. In the early 1940s the band travelled to California for a six-week engagement at the Avalon Ballroom. At the age of 13, Eileen Twain was invited to perform on CBC television's Tommy Hunter Show. The band performed in many places across the country, particularly in the Chicago area. The city of Timmins later renamed a street for her and built the "Shania Twain Museum". During the 1930s, Welk led a travelling big band, specializing in dance tunes and 'sweet' music. In 1991, when she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Nashville Records, she changed her name to Shania which is an Ojibwa language word meaning "I'm on my way". His band was the station band for popular radio station WNAX in Yankton, South Dakota.

Born Eileen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario to Sharon and Clarence Edwards, she grew up as Eileen Twain in Timmins, Ontario after her parents separated when she was two and her mother married Jerry Twain. In the 1920s Welk lead a big band played engagments in eastern South Dakota area. Shania Twain (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His "Champagne Music" has been considered the epitome of "square". 2005 "Don't!" #30 UK. His show was warm and family-oriented. Billy Currington. His music was conservative, concentrating mostly on pop song standards, polkas, and novelty songs, delivered in a smooth, calming, good-humored easy listening style.

2004 "Party For Two" feat. He was born in Strasburg, North Dakota to Russian German parents. Mark McGrath #10 UK. Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903—May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, band leader, and television impresario. 2004 "Party For Two" feat. from "Greatest Hits"