[DOC] [TLE] Frankie Yankovic - Wikipedia [PAR] Frank John "Frankie" Yankovic was a Grammy Award-winning polka musician. 
Known as "America's Polka King," Yankovic was considered the premier artist to 
play in .... Appearances on Donahue and Lawrence Welk, among many live radio 
... "20 Weird And Not So Weird Facts About "Weird Al" Yankovic and His Songs". [DOC] [TLE] Big Squeeze  The Paris Review [PAR] Apr 24, 2012 ... Photos of famous accordion players line the wall: Myron Floren of the Lawrence 
... from They Might Be Giants; Texas conjunto star Flaco Jimenez; Weird Al 
Yankovic. ... The answer, it seems, has to do with Lawrence Welk. ... When you 
play an instrument that can cost as much as a compact car and has... [DOC] [TLE] Accordion May No Longer Be Rodney Dangerfield Of Music ... [PAR] Aug 22, 1987 ... A squat instrument used mostly to produce unglamorous polkas, the ... But now 
some decidedly hip musicians are starting to play the much-derided instrument. 
... and Myron Floren, who was featured on The Lawrence Welk Show, say ... ``
Weird Al`` Yankovic, a rock musician and satirist (famous for the... [DOC] [TLE] Accordions return from obscurity The Main Squeeze - tribunedigital ... [PAR] Apr 8, 1995 ... A bayou burial and Lawrence Welk. ... with it, also Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Bruce 
Hornsby, Weird Al Yankovic, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. [DOC] [TLE] Press  The Main Squeeze Orchestra [PAR] Mr. Kuehr also was influential in promoting the instrument's popularity. Acts such 
as Weird Al Yankovic and They Might Be Giants were customers, and he ... 
getting gigs accompanying tango acts and playing accordion in the subway. .... 
Photos of famous accordion players line the wall: Myron Floren of the Lawrence 
Welk... [DOC] [TLE] Feeling the squeeze: Pop, rock and the accordion - Houston Chronicle [PAR] Feb 24, 2016 ... "Weird Al" Yankovic plays Houston in July. (For other .... Lawrence Welk, the TV 
host and polka band leader, hit the Top 40 six times, with... [DOC] [TLE] World of Weird Al Yankovic  View topic - Favorite Parody Song [PAR] Say, what instrument did Lawrence play? I was trying to ... 2002 12:48 am. 
Lawrence Welk conducted, but I believe he also played accordion. [DOC] [TLE] Myron Floren, Roslyn-Born Accordion Player, Dies ... - NDSU Libraries [PAR] Born on a farm outside Roslyn in 1919, Floren took up the instrument after ... was 
famous for bouncing, effervescent dance music that Welk began playing as a ... 
appeared at the Lawrence Welk Resort and Champagne Theater in Branson, Mo. 
Parody singer ''Weird Al'' Yankovic, who also plays the accordion, has called... [DOC] [TLE] "Weird Al" Yankovic Alpocalypse Now and Then - Exclaim! [PAR] Jun 27, 2011 ... But for 30 years, "Weird Al" Yankovic remains the most successful and ... Aside 
from Frankie Yankovic, his early role model is Myron Floren of the Lawrence 
Welk Show. ... He's really into Elton John and learns to play rock'n'roll on .... 
Overwhelmed by the instrument, Yankovic curbs his accordion use on... [DOC] [TLE] Inside the Mind of Weird Al Yankovic - Men's Health [PAR] Nov 19, 2011 ... The exception: Weird Al Yankovic, the nicest guy in comedy, who has ... I guess 
my parents thought, Wouldn't it be fun to have another accordion-playing 
Yankovic in the world! ... The accordion is a very sensual instrument, actually. A 
lot of people can only think of The Lawrence Welk Show, and how the... [DOC] [TLE] Did You Know? | Reedwax Music [PAR] Apr 7, 2015 ... .that the instrument we call the accordion, is known by a different name in ... 
Famous personalities who play ... .that Michael Jackson was a fan of Weird Al 
Yankovic? They met twice, and recorded albums while in adjacent studios. .
that USA accordion star Lawrence Welk (born Ludwig Welk) had a... [DOC] [TLE] Biography | Weird Al Yankovic Wiki |

Question: "Weird Al" Yankovic is noted for playing this instrument, as was Lawrence Welk
Answer: Accordion