Born and raised in Fargo, Frank honed his musical talents both on the road with bands and at radio station WDAY until 1956 when he joined Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music Makers.
His talents at the keyboard are impeccable, a master at both the piano and the harpischord....plus his work as an arranger is why the orchestra's sound has that funky, swinging beat of the sixties.
Over his career, he has done over 7,000 arrangements in all. Even though he passed on in 1995, his work lives on today in both reruns on television and the recordings from both the Coral, Dot and Ranwood labels.
Whenever you hear that nice harpischord sound in a musical number, think of Frank.
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