Specifically, they are: Ava Barber and her country sounds and humor, Mary Lou Metzger a dancer and Broadway song stylist, Gail Farrell an entertaining Welk pianist and Ralna English, a singer billed with a “voice as big as her native Texas.” Ralna was a name draw on the show for years with her hubby – the attractive twosome billed as Guy and Ralna. Live, onstage are four of the original stars of the Welk phenomenon – four of the gals who were staples of the hugely popular Welk talent stable. Welk’s entertainment concept was quite simple: easy listening music, what he referred to as “champagne music,” and a “family” of wholesome musicians, singers and dancers.Īs part of its April Celebrity Series, Waltham’s Reagle Players recaptures the Welk experience with a concert booking entitled 4 Wunnerful Women. Dynamic and multi-talented, Ralna English is known by fans as one-half of the popular husband-and-wife singing act of 'Guy & Ralna', on the long-running, The Lawrence Welk Show (1955) (aka 'The Lawrence Welk Show'). It went on to last an astonishing 27 years. It was initially a summer network replacement in 1955. ![]() It was one of television’s most enduring musical series. Norma Zimmer, the 'Champagne Lady' of TVs 'The Lawrence Welk Show' and a studio singer who worked with Frank Sinatra and other pop stars, has died.
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