LAWRENCE WELK AND THE CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKERS
TELEVISION YEARS 1955 - 1982
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INSTRUMENT/ TALENT/ POSITION | NAME | YEARS ON SHOW | 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 | 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 |