| Lawrence Welk's Baby Elephant Walk and Theme from the Brothers Grimm | |
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| Released | 1962 |
| Genre | Easy listening |
| Label | Dot |
Lawrence Welk's Baby Elephant Walk and Theme from the Brothers Grimm is an album by Lawrence Welk. It was released in 1962 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-3457). [1] The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on September 29, 1962, reached the No. 9 spot, and remained on that chart for 10 weeks [2]
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