Red Nichols On Lawrence Welk, 1956

Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, featured on Lawrence Welk’s New Year’s Eve show, on Saturday, Dec 29, 1956. Tune trifecta: Louisiana, Fidgety Feet, Maple Leaf Rag. Band members: Al Stevenson(p), Joe Rushton(bsx), Bill Wood(c), Rollie Culver(d), King Jackson(tbn), Red Nichols(cor). Red was enjoying renewed popularity during the 1950s with this six piece band. They traveled extensively, played many venues, and if you didn’t catch them at a nightclub near you, this was a rare look at them at work on natio