Lawrence Welk's Best Kept Secret
For 18 years Dean was the COO of Lawrence Welk's music publishing companies
during which time he built Welk's copyright holdings into one of the largest,
most respected and highly successful independent music publishing companies of all time.
So successfulwas the firm in every genre of popular music that one year it received the
top publisher award at every major music industry event that recognized such endeavors.


Lawrence Welk with Michelle and Dean Kay
Michelle, Dean's wife, is Vice President of Lichelle Music Company.
Picture was taken at the world famous Palomino Club in North Hollywood, CA
in the mid 70s.  Lawrence was on hand to introduce country singer Ava Barber,
the latest addition to his television show cast, to the world.  The crowd at the Pal was
stunned when the king of corn walked into the room overflowing with of cowboys, bikers, beer,
booze and good hearted women lookin' for good timing men.  Surely, the term "culture shock'
was invented on the spot; but, by the end of the evening, true to form, Lawrence
had everyone in the room eating out of his hand and dancing the polka.  He was truly one of the
most magnetic entertainers of all time as well as being a genuinely warm and ingratiating human being.