He returned for the first show of the 1973-74 season, which drew a huge emotional ovation from the audience and cast. Plagued with health problems for years, he left the show on sick leave in 1969 due to a heart condition, which took him four years to recuperate from. He also achieved success with songs like "Oh Happy Day," "Ding Dong Daddy" and "Minnie the Mermaid." His popularity was largely due to his deep bass voice, renditions of "This Old House" and "Asleep In The Deep," and his sense of humor. He was best known to television audiences as part of The Lawrence Welk Show as a featured singer and pianist in Welk's orchestra.īorn in Independence, Missouri, he joined the Welk band in 1948 when they were doing evening performances at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Larry Hooper (J– June 10, 1983) was an American musician and vocalist.
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