He also achieved success with songs like " Oh Happy Day" (Hooper's 1953 recording of the song with the Welk orchestra was a top-5 hit for the orchestra), "Ding Dong Daddy" and "Minnie the Mermaid", a duet sung with Jo Ann Castle. His popularity was largely due to his basso profundo voice, renditions of "This Old House" and "Asleep In The Deep," and his sense of humor. īorn in Independence, Missouri and raised in Lebanon, Missouri, he joined the Welk band in 1948 when they were doing evening performances at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. He was best known to television audiences as part of The Lawrence Welk Show as a featured singer and pianist in Welk's orchestra. Lawrence "Bullfrog" Hooper (Jin Independence, Missouri – Jin Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and vocalist. JSTOR ( August 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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