Time For Jerry, Larry, and Tiny

In this clip from a 1957 ABC Network telecast of Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent, here are Jerry Burke, Larry Hooper, and Big Tiny Little on triplet pianos, performing "The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else."  This was Lawrence's Monday night ABC show that was sponsored by the Dodge and Plymouth divisions of Chrysler Corporation.

Time For A Visit From Tiny And Buddy

In this clip from a 1957 ABC telecast of Lawrence Welk's Saturday night Dodge Dancing Party, here are Big Tiny Little, Jr. on Piano and Buddy Hayes on Tuba, performing "Deep In The Heart Of Texas."

Big Tiny Little, R. I. P.

Dudley "Big Tiny" Little, the ragtime pianist who was seen for four years (1955-59) on various Lawrence Welk ABC telecasts before going out on his own, having a tremendously successful career in the process, passed away last Wednesday (March 3) at Carson City, Nevada at age 79.

Here's a clip of Tiny in action, performing "Marianne" on the December 30, 1957 ABC telecast of Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent.



Tiny will sorely be missed.

Jerry, Larry, and Tiny

In this clip from a 1958 ABC telecast of Lawrence Welk's Saturday night Dodge Dancing Party, we see Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke, and Big Tiny Little, Jr. performing "Jealous" on pianos.

Make Room For Tiny And Larry

In this clip from a 1959 ABC telecast of The Plymouth Show, which was Lawrence Welk's Wednesday night series, here are pianist "Big" Tiny Little and vocalist Larry Hooper performing "The Yellow Rose of Texas."

Champagne Music, Anyone?

In this clip from a 1959 ABC telecast of the Lawrence Welk Show, we see pianists Frank Scott, Larry Hooper, and Big Tiny Little, and organist Jerry Burke perform "Anything Goes." The Saturday shows were still entitled the Dodge Dancing Party.