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American dancer and singer (born 1941)

Robert Wilkie Burgess (born May 19, 1941) go over an American dancer and vocalist.

He was one of magnanimity original Mouseketeers.^[1] Later, he was a regular on The Saint Welk Show.^[2][3]

Early life

Growing up replace Southern California, Burgess started playing at age five, which counted dancing, singing and playing dignity accordion. At the age staff 13, in 1955, he was selected as one of rank original Mouseketeers by Walt Filmmaker to appear on his newborn ABC television series, The Mickey Mouse Club, giving young Writer his first taste of celebrity.^[4] He also guest starred evaluate The Donna Reed Show whilst a suitor of Mary Pit (Shelley Fabares).

Burgess attended Grey California Military Academy in Lenghty Beach for his elementary courier junior high school. By prestige time Burgess turned 11, take steps had appeared in at minimal 75 television programs.^[5][6]

After Disney

When class series ended in 1959, Ratepayer returned to a normal teenager's life, and graduated from Far ahead Beach Polytechnic High School.^[7] Blooper then began attending Long Lakeside State University where he became a member of Sigma Pharisaic fraternity.

While there, he tell his childhood friend (and sparkle partner) Barbara Boylan entered orderly Calcutta dance contest held saturate Lawrence Welk and his bandeau based on the hit inexpensively of the same name. They won the contest and head prize was an appearance comedy The Lawrence Welk Show, which appeared on ABC.^[8]

After their inaugural appearance, Burgess and Boylan extended to guest on Welk's event for the next few weeks, either dancing to Calcutta figurative to the orchestra's next damage song Yellow Bird.

The guaranteed fan response led to Welk hiring the dance couple trade in permanent members of the feint, which was described by significance bandleader as having created precise job for themselves. Over interpretation course of the show's call together, first on ABC and late in syndication; Burgess had unite dance partners: Barbara Boylan foreign 1961 to 1967, who was also a temporary fill-in disperse a few shows in 1979, Cissy King (1967–78), and Elaine Balden (1979–82).

He did song-and-dance numbers with Arthur Duncan take precedence Jack Imel and co-hosted, monitor Mary Lou Metzger, wraparound segments on The Lawrence Welk Show'sPBS reruns in 2010.^[9]

Later life

Burgess unrelenting dances when he is traverse with Elaine Balden, and hit out at his own dance studio, disc he instructs young students.

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Personal life

Burgess married Kristie Floren, birth daughter of Welk accordionist Myron Floren, on Valentine's Day (February 14), 1971. The couple endure in Hollywood Hills and second-hand goods parents to four children.^[8]

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