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George says solemnly, “until 1947. Up to that time he couldn’t afford me.” Back in 1936, when Lee was only 15, brother George was- masterminding Bonnie Baker’s “Oh, Johnny” record, a fabulous best-seller at the time. He had skipped from his job as first vio¬ linist with the Milwaukee Symphony to a top spot with the Orrin Tucker band—a move his long-hair friends likened to the Waldorf’s headwaiter becoming a drive-in car-hop. After touring all the plushier night spots, George left Tucker to become road manager with Ada Leonard’s all¬ girl band. Came next a World War II stint with a musical organization on Guam, followed by considerable roaming with Anson Weeks. Then in 1947, he decided that Lee had become a sufficiently strong drawing card to pay him, George, a decent stipend as musical director. Actually, it was what George had wanted all along, the Liberace family being even more tightly knit than the Rover Boys. George and his wife, Jayne, live in Van Nuys, just 15 min¬ utes from brother Lee’s place, but there is no violin-shaped pool. Liberace and George today are equal partners in a $1,000,000 concern known as Liberace Enterprises. George han¬ dles music selection, business details, lighting, the Bel Canto Publishing Co., the payroll—and the violin. The only time he doesn’t talk is on the show itself, a bit that started quite accidentally back in 1947 during their nightclub appearances. Liberace would say, “And I want you to meet my brother, George.” George, who was invariably getting something ready, would turn to the audience just long enough to toss out a brief smile. “Heck,” he says today, “I never had time to talk. Too busy. And it sort of caught on as part of the act.” Liberaces—pianist and violinist- duet beneath painted likenesses. Now 45 and bearing a marked re¬ semblance to his renowned younger brother, George is serious, direct, af¬ fable—and not without a sense of hu¬ mor. The ashtray on his desk is a miniature piano, a promotion gimmick extolling the virtues of—surprise!— Lawrence Welk and His Band.