kyrah23 (September 6, 2008 at 8:36 pm)

Bravo nice vid! 5*****

VanHoorelbeke (August 17, 2008 at 9:23 pm)

Much better than the Chicago push, drag, pull, honkey polkas of today. They dont even know the proper tempo, this is how polkas were meant to be played! I think the musicians today are just to lazy to play at 130 beats per minute!

speeda18 (August 12, 2008 at 1:50 am)

Its fantastic, not only the music, but the showmanship. I realy dig the way Jo Ann strong arms Myron's hand shake at the end. she had to have some muscle to pound keys and toss an accordion around like she did.

spitfife9 (July 20, 2008 at 1:22 am)

Yet we have never seen Myron on the piano. They were excellent accordionists.

PaulR22 (July 18, 2008 at 8:23 pm)

JoAnn is an excellent accordion player. The main reason she played ragtime piano on the Welk show was they already had their accordion player, Myron Floren. If you ever get a chance to hear it, JoAnn does an excellent version of "Bumble Boogie" which is a jazzed up boogie version of "Flight of the Bumble Bee." Thanks for letting us see and hear JoAnn on the accordion.

xxxbuggy23 (May 6, 2008 at 10:03 am)

does anyone know what happend to the other video of joann playing the accordian? It was the episode they surprised her with a birthday cake,It was here then taken off for some reason.

jfybby2 (May 6, 2008 at 5:41 am)

Just makes you want to get up and polka! Thanks for posting.

opwatchdog (April 4, 2008 at 8:39 pm)

Jo Ann's very first album was accordion. I have it. She actually was hired for the Lawrence Welk Show as a female accordionist. When "Big Tiny" Little left the show Jo Ann stepped into his shoes as the honky tonk pianist.

opwatchdog (April 4, 2008 at 8:39 pm)

Jo Ann's very first album was accordion. I have it. She actually was hired for the Lawrence Welk Show as a female accordionist. When "Big Tiny" Little left the show Jo Ann stepped into his shoes as the honky tonk pianist.

GayAsianLover (March 19, 2008 at 11:25 pm)

This is actually from 1969 not 1965.