ALICE LON Signed Christmas Card Lawrence Welk ' S First Champaign Lady
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:62728107 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Autograph Authentication: Not Authenticated | Object Type: Christmas card |
| Industry: Television | Signed by: alice lon |
| Show: lawrence welk show |
ALICE LON - very nice vintage Christmas card. Miss Lon signed "Merry Christmas, Alice Lon." Above this is a printed Christmas Greeting. AUTHENTICALLY signed, Very GOOD condition. An uncommon, and scarce and RARE autograph.
ALICE LON (November 23, 1926 – April 24, 1981) was an American singer and dancer on The Lawrence Welk Show during its early years on network television.
Throughout the big-band era and... the years that followed, each of Lawrence Welk's female vocalists was always nicknamed "The Champagne Lady". Lon assumed the title in 1955, during the TV program's first season. Her alto singing voice graced Welk's show weekly until 1959, when she left the show over musical and money issues, although a popular legend developed that she was fired for showing too much leg and for crossing her feet on Welk's desk, something he didn't like. Viewers missed the popular Alice Lon, and Welk received many messages in the American Broadcasting Company mailbox demanding that she be rehired. Welk tried to bring her back, but she refused and was ultimately replaced in 1960 by Norma Zimmer. Lawrence and Lon eventually reconciled personally, but never worked together professionally again.
She died April 24, 1981, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. The cause of death was an autoimmune disease.
ALICE LON (November 23, 1926 – April 24, 1981) was an American singer and dancer on The Lawrence Welk Show during its early years on network television.
Throughout the big-band era and... the years that followed, each of Lawrence Welk's female vocalists was always nicknamed "The Champagne Lady". Lon assumed the title in 1955, during the TV program's first season. Her alto singing voice graced Welk's show weekly until 1959, when she left the show over musical and money issues, although a popular legend developed that she was fired for showing too much leg and for crossing her feet on Welk's desk, something he didn't like. Viewers missed the popular Alice Lon, and Welk received many messages in the American Broadcasting Company mailbox demanding that she be rehired. Welk tried to bring her back, but she refused and was ultimately replaced in 1960 by Norma Zimmer. Lawrence and Lon eventually reconciled personally, but never worked together professionally again.
She died April 24, 1981, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. The cause of death was an autoimmune disease.
