Bob Smale
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| Robert Claire "Bob" Smale | |
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| Born | March 21, 1931 Oakland, California, USA |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Woodland Hills, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Pianist, musical arranger, and writer The Lawrence Welk Show (1969-1982) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Hope Smale (married 1963-2010, his death) |
| Children | Margaret Wells Rob Smale |
Robert Claire Smale, known as Bob Smale (March 21, 1931 – November 9, 2010), was a pianist who performed from 1969 to 1982 on The Lawrence Welk Show. He was also a musical arranger, conductor, and writer for Welk performers and in other venues as well in the musical scene in Los Angeles, California.
Smale replaced pianist Frank Scott, who in 1969 joined the faculty of University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. At the time, the Welk series was still broadcast on ABC, prior to switching to syndication in 1971 for an additional eleven-year run.
A native of Oakland, California, Smale and his wife of forty-seven years, Mary Hope Smale (born c. 1939), had three children, Margaret S. Wells and Rob and David Smale, and ten grandchildren. He died at the age of seventy-nine at his residence in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles.[1]
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