Myron Floren

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Birth Name: Myron Howard Floren

Born: 5 November 1919 Died: 23 July 2005

Country of origin: United States

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Description: Composer, accordionist, educator and singer, educated at Augustana College. He entertained at World War II USO camp shows and earned a War Department citation for front-line entertaining. After the War, he began a radio career in Saint Louis, Missouri until 1950, and, from 1949-1950, he headed the accordion department at the College of Music there. He was a soloist with several dance orchestras, until settling in with his decades-long career with the Lawrence Welk orchestra. Joining ASCAP in 1950, his instrumental compositions include "Skating Waltz in Swing", "Swingin' in Vienna", "Windy River", &q ... (more)