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LAWRENCE WELK AND THE CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKERS
TELEVISION YEARS 1955 - 1982

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INSTRUMENT/

TALENT/

POSITION

NAME

YEARS ON SHOW
D = deceased but date unknown

DATE OF BIRTH

DATE OF DEATH

CONDUCTOR / LEADER

LAWRENCE WELK

1927-1982

March 11, 1903

May 17, 1992

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

GEORGE CATES

1951-1982

October 19, 1911

May 12, 2002

CLARINET/

ORIE AMADEO

1947-1970

March 9, 1921

December 26, 1998

SAXOPHONE/

GEORGE AUBRY

1951-1957-D

FLUTE/PICCOLO

BILL PAGE

1951-1965

DICK DALE

1951-1982

September 14, 1926

JACK MARTIN

1955-1959

March 11, 1916

January 30,1981

PETE FOUNTAIN

1957-1959

July 3, 1930

RUSS KLEIN

1957-1982

June 23, 1917

February 10, 1996

JACK DUMONT

1959-1962

December 26, 1918

February ??, 1985

DON BONNEE

1959-1965

June 6, 1913

March 21, 1994

MAHLON CLARK

1962-1968

March 7, 1923

September 20, 2007

BOB DAVIS

1965-1982

DAVE EDWARDS

1968-1979

January 11, 1940

August 12, 2000

PEANUTS HUCKO

1970-1972

April 7, 1918

June 19, 2003

HENRY CUESTA

1972-1982

December 23, 1931

December 17, 2003

SKEETS HERFURT

1979-1982

May 28, 1911

April 16, 1992

STEEL GUITAR/

GUITAR/BANJO

BUDDY MERRILL

1955-1974

July 16, 1936

BANJO/GUITAR

NEIL LEVANG

1959-1982

January 3, 1932

ACCORDION
(ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR)

MYRON FLOREN

1950-1982

November 5, 1919

July 23, 2005

GUEST ACCORDION

JOEY SCHMIDT

1978-1982

TROMBONE

BARNEY LIDDELL

1948-1982

August 13, 1921

May 05, 2003

PETE LOFTHOUSE

1953-1965

January 27, 1919

July 15,1974

KENNY TRIMBLE

1955-1982

March 1, 1919

May 8, 1991

JIMMY HENDERSON

1957-1959

August 17, 1927

June 10,1998

BOB HAVENS

1960-1982

May 3, 1930

DON STAPLES

1966-1982

July 9, 1939

ORGAN/PIANO

JERRY BURKE

1934-1965

July 26, 1911

February 13, 1965

BOB RALSTON

1963-1982

July 2, 1938

PIANO - SINGER

LARRY HOOPER

1948-1982

July 22, 1916

June 10, 1983

PIANO - ARRANGER

FRANK SCOTT

1956-1969

June 21, 1921

October 5, 1995

PIANO

BOB SMALE

1969-1982

March 21, 1931

November 9, 2010

RAGTIME/HONKEY

BIG TINY LITTLE

1955-1959

August 31,1930

March 3, 2010

TONK PIANO

JO ANN CASTLE

1959-1969

September 3, 1939

TRUMPETS

ROCKY ROCKWELL

1951-1962

GEORGE "GUS" THOW

1951-1982

July 8, 1908

April 7, 1987

NORMAN BAILEY

1952-1973

February 6, 1913

July 1, 1984

WOODY GUIDRY

1954-1956

ART DEPEW

1957-1965

WARREN LUENING

1959-1960

October 9, 1941

March 18, 2012

DICK CATHCART

1962-1968

November 6, 1924

November 8, 1993

CHARLEY PARLATO

1962-1982

February 19, 1919

September 8, 2007

JIM PORTER

1965

MICKEY McMAHAN

1966-1982

August 23, 1930

June 11, 2008

RUBIN ZARCHY

1968

June 12, 1915

April 11, 2009

RAY LINN

1968-1969

October 2, 1920

November 4, 1995

JOHNNY ZELL

1968-1982

November 24, 1947

LAROON HOLT

1973-1982

VIOLIN

DICK KESNER

1953-1960

October 26, 1912

January 18, 1962

ALADDIN(PALLANTE)

1953-1967

September 20, 1912

June 9, 1970

BOB LIDO

1953-1982

September 21, 1914

August 09, 2000

BILLY WRIGHT

1957-1959

February 13, 1917

May ??, 1975

KURT DIETERLE

1959-1961

January 30, 1899

November 13, 1994

BERNARD KUNDELL

1959-1961-D

JIMMY GETZHOFF

1960-1962

December 3, 1922

HARRY HYAMS(VIOLA)

1961-1982

May 25, 1917

November 11, 2004

MISCHA RUSSELL

1962-1964

February 22, 1901

April ??, 1982

AMBROSE RUSSO

1962-1964

November 3, 1916

April 24, 2004

JOE LIVOTI

1962-1982

September 24, 1912

August 10, 1998

BOBBY BRUCE

1964-1967

CELLO

STANLEY HARRIS

1959-1960

February 12, 1922

April ??, 1967

DAVID PRATT

1959-1961-D

CHARLOTTE HARRIS

1961-1978

April 29, 1931

ERNIE EHRHARDT

1978-1982

BASS/TUBA

BUDDY HAYES

1954-1966

August 1, 1916

May 3, 1997

BUDDY CLARK

1966-1967

July 10, 1929

June 8, 1999

RICHARD MALOOF

1967-1982

January 17, 1940

DRUMS

JOHNNY KLEIN

1950-1976

June 4, 1918

January 31, 1997

PAUL HUMPHREY

1976-1982

October 12, 1935

DRUMS/MARIMBA/

DANCER

JACK IMEL

1957-1982

June 9, 1932

SINGERS (GROUPS)

LENNON SISTERS:

1955-1968

DIANNE (16)

December 1, 1939

PEGGY (14)

April 8, 1941

KATHY (12)

August 2, 1943

JANET ( 9)

June 15, 1946

SEMONSKI SISTERS:

1974-1977

DIANE

1956

DONNA

April 20, 1958

JO ANNE

July 23, 1960

VALERIE

March 1, 1962

AUDREY

March 28, 1963

MICHELLE

August 13, 1967

ALDRIDGE SISTERS:

1977-1982

SHERRY

Dec. 1, 1951

SHEILA

July 18, 1956

OTWELL TWINS:

1977-1982

August 2, 1956

DAVID

ROGER

BLENDERS:

1965-1966

BOB DUNCAN

1965-1966

GREG DIXON

1965-1966

JOHNNY JOHNSON

1965-1969

STEVE SMITH

1966

PAUL SJOLUND

SINGERS (MALE)

JIMMY ROBERTS

1954-1982

April 6, 1923

February 6, 1999

ALADDIN (PALLANTE)

1953-1967

September 20, 1912

June 9, 1970

MAURICE PEARSON

1956-1960

LARRY DEAN

1956-1962

ALVIN ASHBY

1957-1960

May 16, 1924

July ??, 1981

JOE FEENEY

1957-1982

August 14, 1931

April 16, 2008

CLAY HART

1969-1975

July 1, 1942

KEN DELO

1969-1982

December 8, 1938

TOM NETHERTON

1973-1981

January 11, 1947

JIM TURNER

1979-1982

SINGERS (FEMALE)

NATALIE NEVINS

1965-1969

May 15

Aug. 23, 2010

LYNN ANDERSON

1967-1968

Sep. 26, 1947

ANDRA WILLIS

1967-1969

August 27, 1943

TANYA FALAN

1967-1977

May 4, 1948

SALLY FLYNN

1968-1972

July 23, 1946

SANDI GRIFFITHS

1968-1980

August 1, 1946

MARY LOU METZGER

1970-1982

November 13, 1950

ANACANI

1972-1982

April 10, 1954

AVA BARBER

1974-1982

June 28, 1954

KATHIE SULLIVAN

1976-1982

May 31, 1953

HUSBAND - WIFE

RALNA ENGLISH &

1969-1982

June 19, 1942

GUY HOVIS

1970-1982

September 24, 1941

GAIL FARRELL &

1969-1982

October 6, 1947

RON ANDERSON

1979-1982

October 18, 1945

also sang with MICHAEL REDMAN

1979-1982

April 15, 1945

DANCERS

BARBARA BOYLAN DIXON

1961-1967

August 12, 1942

BOBBY BURGESS

1961-1982

May 19, 1941

ARTHUR DUNCAN

1964-1982

CISSY KING

1967-1978

January 3, 1946

ELAINE BALDEN

1979-1982

CHAMPAGNE LADIES

LOIS BEST

1938-1939

list of "guest" Champagne Ladies)

JAYNE WALTON

1940-1946

August 28, 1917

January 10, 2010

JOAN MOWERY

1946-1947-D

HELEN RAMSEY

1947-1949

April 25, 1931

April 1, 2004

ROBERTA LINN

1949-1953

ALICE LON

1953-1959

November 23, 1926

April 24, 1981

NORMA ZIMMER

1960-1982

July 13, 1923

May10, 2011

PRODUCER

ED SOBOL

1955-1962-D

DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

JAMES HOBSON

1955-1982

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

JACK IMEL

1965-1982

June 9, 1932

BUSINESS AGENT

TED LENNON

1957-1990

October 23, 1920

September 16, 1997

MANAGER

SAM J. LUTZ

1947-1982

December 02, 1995

SYNDICATOR

DON FEDDERSON

1955-1992

April 16, 1913

December 21, 1994

SECRETARY

LOIS LAMONT

1945-1972

May 24, 1931

August 12, 2005

FAN MAIL- PERSONAL SECRETARY

MARGARET HERON

1961-2009

CONTINUITY WRITER

GEORGE THOW

1960-1982-D

PUBLICITY WRITER

BERNICE McGEEHAN

1973-1993

ARRANGERS

HARRY LEWIS

1951-1958

LOU QUADLING

1953-1959

June 7, 1906

June 13, 1987

JOE HAYMES

1955-1958

February 10, 1907

July 10, 1964

JOE RIZZO

1957-1982

RICHARD MALTBY

1966-1968

June 26, 1914

August 19, 1991

JACK PLEIS

1970-1982

May 11, 1917

December 5, 1990

BOB BALLARD

1973-1982-D

COSTUME DESIGNER

ROSE WEISS

1959-1982

SET DESIGNER

CHUCK KOON

1955-1982

April 20, 1929

November 11, 2004

ANNOUNCER - TV

BOB WARREN

1961-1982

CHORAL DIRECTOR

PETER LANCE

1957-1959-D

Is Myron Floren dead?

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Were there any scandals on The Lawrence Welk Show?

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Was Lawrence Welk's wife ever on the show?

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Why did The Lawrence Welk Show end?

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