Jo Ann Castle, born Jo Ann Zering, played piano and accordion. She took the name Castle after the Castle Accordion store in Minneapolis. She was a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1959 to 1969. Welk dubbed her "Queen of the Honky-Tonk Piano." Castle released 14 albums, one EP and six singles and from 1994 to 2000 performed regularly at the Champagne Theater in Branson, Missouri.
Jo Ann Castle, pianist on The Lawrence Welk Show, dies at 86
Jo Ann Castle, pianist on The Lawrence Welk Show, dies at 86