What is Bill Page?
[[File:BillPageWelkBandeBay.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Page in 1958]] '''Bill Page''' (September 11, 1925 &ndash; April 26, 2017) was an American [[reed instrument|reed]] player, [[band leader]], and [[entrepreneur]]. He was best known for his work in the [[Lawrence Welk]] Band.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/lawrence_welk/fifty_years.html |title=50 Years on National Television: The Lawrence Welk Show |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-date=2018-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035417/https://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/lawrence_welk/fifty_years.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Page was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He studied at [[Wilbur Wright College]]. Page left the Lawrence Welk Show in 1965 and went on to perform with [[Barry Manilow]], [[Ted Mack]], [[Frank Gorshin]], [[Judy Garland]], and on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' starring [[Johnny Carson]].<ref>[http://welkmusicalfamily.blogspot.com/2007/09/bill-page.html The Welk Musical Family: Bill Page]</ref> Page died on April 26, 2017 in [[Studio City, Los Angeles]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com/welkbios5.html |title=Musical Family Bios 5 |access-date=2018-10-24 |archive-date=2018-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517153048/http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com/welkbios5.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Bill}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Chicago]] [[Category:Musicians from Chicago]]