Previous posts for March 11th may be found here: Carl Ruggles (2019), Lawrence Welk (2020), and Henry Cowell; Astor Piazzolla (2021)
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Lawrence Welk (11 March 1903 – 17 May 1992) was an American bandleader who had a successful television career.
Champagne Question
Was the Lawrence Welk bubble machine
Every week on your grandmother’s screen
A sign so she’d know
That the upcoming show
Was hygienically wholesome and clean?
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Bobby McFerrin (b. 11 March 1950) is an American singer and conductor.
Both Sides Now
In addition to his vocal performing career, in 1994, McFerrin was appointed as creative chair of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In McFerrin's concert appearances, he combines serious conducting of classical pieces with his own unique vocal improvisations, often with participation from the audience and the orchestra. -- adapted from Wikipedia
McFerrin has the knack
Of never losing track
While switching forth and back
Between his two careers.
Nothing interferes
When he switches gears.
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