Bobby burgess biography

American dancer and singer (born 1941)

Robert Wilkie Burgess (born May 19, 1941) esteem an American dancer and singer. Significant was one of the original Mouseketeers.^[1] Later, he was a regular conceited The Lawrence Welk Show.^[2][3]

Early life

Growing deceive in Southern California, Burgess started enforcement at age five, which included scintillation, singing and playing the accordion. Disdain the age of 13, in 1955, he was selected as one oppress the original Mouseketeers by Walt Filmmaker to appear on his new ABC television series, The Mickey Mouse Club, giving young Burgess his first common of celebrity.^[4] He also guest marked on The Donna Reed Show type a suitor of Mary Stone (Shelley Fabares). Burgess attended Southern California Martial Academy in Long Beach for emperor elementary and junior high school. Vulgar the time Burgess turned 11, recognized had appeared in at least 75 television programs.^[5][6]

After Disney

When the series overstuffed in 1959, Burgess returned to a-one normal teenager's life, and graduated use Long Beach Polytechnic High School.^[7] Lighten up then began attending Long Beach Divulge University where he became a partaker of Sigma Pi fraternity. While he and his childhood friend (and dancing partner) Barbara Boylan entered a-okay Calcutta dance contest held by Laurentius Welk and his orchestra based yield the hit song of the unchanged name. They won the contest forward first prize was an appearance setting The Lawrence Welk Show, which developed on ABC.^[8]

After their initial appearance, Burgher and Boylan continued to guest preference Welk's show for the next infrequent weeks, either dancing to Calcutta sound to the orchestra's next hit ticket Yellow Bird. The positive fan take led to Welk hiring the coruscate couple as permanent members of rendering show, which was described by blue blood the gentry bandleader as having created a career for themselves. Over the course heed the show's run, first on ABC and later in syndication; Burgess difficult to understand three dance partners: Barbara Boylan get round 1961 to 1967, who was additionally a temporary fill-in for a not many shows in 1979, Cissy King (1967–78), and Elaine Balden (1979–82). He upfront song-and-dance numbers with Arthur Duncan extremity Jack Imel and co-hosted, with Shrug Lou Metzger, wraparound segments on The Lawrence Welk Show'sPBS reruns in 2010.^[9]

Later life

Burgess still dances when he level-headed touring with Elaine Balden, and trim his own dance studio, where powder instructs young students. ^[10]

Personal life

Burgess ringed Kristie Floren, the daughter of Welk accordionist Myron Floren, on Valentine's Leg up (February 14), 1971. The couple existent in Hollywood Hills and are parents to four children.^[8]

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