LAWRENCE
WELK AND THE CHAMPAGNE MUSIC MAKERS
TELEVISION
YEARS 1955 - 1982
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INSTRUMENT/ TALENT/ POSITION |
NAME |
YEARS ON SHOW
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DATE OF BIRTH |
DATE OF DEATH |
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CONDUCTOR / LEADER |
1927-1982 |
March 11, 1903 |
May 17, 1992 |
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MUSICAL DIRECTOR |
1951-1982 |
October 19, 1911 |
May 12, 2002 |
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CLARINET/ |
ORIE AMADEO |
1947-1970 |
March 9, 1921 |
December 26, 1998 |
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SAXOPHONE/ |
GEORGE AUBRY |
1951-1957-D |
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FLUTE/PICCOLO |
BILL PAGE |
1951-1965 |
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1951-1982 |
September 14, 1926 |
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JACK MARTIN |
1955-1959 |
March 11, 1916 |
January 30,1981 |
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1957-1959 |
July 3, 1930 |
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RUSS KLEIN |
1957-1982 |
June 23, 1917 |
February 10, 1996 |
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JACK DUMONT |
1959-1962 |
December 26, 1918 |
February ??, 1985 |
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DON BONNEE |
1959-1965 |
June 6, 1913 |
March 21, 1994 |
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1962-1968 |
March 7, 1923 |
September 20, 2007 |
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BOB DAVIS |
1965-1982 |
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DAVE EDWARDS |
1968-1979 |
January 11, 1940 |
August 12, 2000 |
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1970-1972 |
April 7, 1918 |
June 19, 2003 |
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1972-1982 |
December 23, 1931 |
December 17, 2003 |
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1979-1982 |
May 28, 1911 |
April 16, 1992 |
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STEEL GUITAR/ GUITAR/BANJO |
1955-1974 |
July 16, 1936 |
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BANJO/GUITAR |
1959-1982 |
January 3, 1932 |
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ACCORDION
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1950-1982 |
November 5, 1919 |
July 23, 2005 |
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GUEST ACCORDION |
JOEY SCHMIDT |
1978-1982 |
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TROMBONE |
1948-1982 |
August 13, 1921 |
May 05, 2003 |
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PETE LOFTHOUSE |
1953-1965 |
January 27, 1919 |
July 15,1974 |
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1955-1982 |
March 1, 1919 |
May 8, 1991 |
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JIMMY HENDERSON |
1957-1959 |
August 17, 1927 |
June 10,1998 |
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1960-1982 |
May 3, 1930 |
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1966-1982 |
July 9, 1939 |
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ORGAN/PIANO |
1934-1965 |
July 26, 1911 |
February 13, 1965 |
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1963-1982 |
July 2, 1938 |
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PIANO - SINGER |
1948-1982 |
July 22, 1916 |
June 10, 1983 |
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PIANO - ARRANGER |
1956-1969 |
June 21, 1921 |
October 5, 1995 |
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PIANO |
BOB SMALE |
1969-1982 |
March 21, 1931 |
November 9, 2010 |
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RAGTIME/HONKEY |
1955-1959 |
August 31,1930 |
March 3, 2010 |
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TONK PIANO |
1959-1969 |
September 3, 1939 |
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TRUMPETS |
ROCKY ROCKWELL |
1951-1962 |
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GEORGE "GUS" THOW |
1951-1982 |
July 8, 1908 |
April 7, 1987 |
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1952-1973 |
February 6, 1913 |
July 1, 1984 |
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WOODY GUIDRY |
1954-1956 |
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ART DEPEW |
1957-1965 |
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WARREN LUENING |
1959-1960 |
October 9, 1941 |
March 18, 2012 |
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1962-1968 |
November 6, 1924 |
November 8, 1993 |
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1962-1982 |
February 19, 1919 |
September 8, 2007 |
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JIM PORTER |
1965 |
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1966-1982 |
August 23, 1930 |
June 11, 2008 |
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1968 |
June 12, 1915 |
April 11, 2009 |
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1968-1969 |
October 2, 1920 |
November 4, 1995 |
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1968-1982 |
November 24, 1947 |
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LAROON HOLT |
1973-1982 |
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VIOLIN |
DICK KESNER |
1953-1960 |
October 26, 1912 |
January 18, 1962 |
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ALADDIN(PALLANTE) |
1953-1967 |
September 20, 1912 |
June 9, 1970 |
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1953-1982 |
September 21, 1914 |
August 09, 2000 |
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BILLY WRIGHT |
1957-1959 |
February 13, 1917 |
May ??, 1975 |
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KURT DIETERLE |
1959-1961 |
January 30, 1899 |
November 13, 1994 |
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BERNARD KUNDELL |
1959-1961-D |
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JIMMY GETZHOFF |
1960-1962 |
December 3, 1922 |
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HARRY HYAMS(VIOLA) |
1961-1982 |
May 25, 1917 |
November 11, 2004 |
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MISCHA RUSSELL |
1962-1964 |
February 22, 1901 |
April ??, 1982 |
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AMBROSE RUSSO |
1962-1964 |
November 3, 1916 |
April 24, 2004 |
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JOE LIVOTI |
1962-1982 |
September 24, 1912 |
August 10, 1998 |
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BOBBY BRUCE |
1964-1967 |
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CELLO |
STANLEY HARRIS |
1959-1960 |
February 12, 1922 |
April ??, 1967 |
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DAVID PRATT |
1959-1961-D |
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1961-1978 |
April 29, 1931 |
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ERNIE EHRHARDT |
1978-1982 |
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BASS/TUBA |
BUDDY HAYES |
1954-1966 |
August 1, 1916 |
May 3, 1997 |
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BUDDY CLARK |
1966-1967 |
July 10, 1929 |
June 8, 1999 |
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1967-1982 |
January 17, 1940 |
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DRUMS |
1950-1976 |
June 4, 1918 |
January 31, 1997 |
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1976-1982 |
October 12, 1935 |
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DRUMS/MARIMBA/ DANCER |
1957-1982 |
June 9, 1932 |
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SINGERS (GROUPS) |
1955-1968 |
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DIANNE (16) |
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December 1, 1939 |
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PEGGY (14) |
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April 8, 1941 |
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KATHY (12) |
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August 2, 1943 |
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JANET ( 9) |
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June 15, 1946 |
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1974-1977 |
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DIANE |
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1956 |
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DONNA |
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April 20, 1958 |
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JO ANNE |
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July 23, 1960 |
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VALERIE |
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March 1, 1962 |
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AUDREY |
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March 28, 1963 |
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MICHELLE |
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August 13, 1967 |
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1977-1982 |
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SHERRY |
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Dec. 1, 1951 |
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SHEILA |
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July 18, 1956 |
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1977-1982 |
August 2, 1956 |
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DAVID |
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ROGER |
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BLENDERS: |
1965-1966 |
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BOB DUNCAN |
1965-1966 |
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GREG DIXON |
1965-1966 |
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JOHNNY JOHNSON |
1965-1969 |
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STEVE SMITH |
1966 |
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PAUL SJOLUND |
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SINGERS (MALE) |
JIMMY ROBERTS |
1954-1982 |
April 6, 1923 |
February 6, 1999 |
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ALADDIN (PALLANTE) |
1953-1967 |
September 20, 1912 |
June 9, 1970 |
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MAURICE PEARSON |
1956-1960 |
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LARRY DEAN |
1956-1962 |
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ALVIN ASHBY |
1957-1960 |
May 16, 1924 |
July ??, 1981 |
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1957-1982 |
August 14, 1931 |
April 16, 2008 |
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1969-1975 |
July 1, 1942 |
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1969-1982 |
December 8, 1938 |
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1973-1981 |
January 11, 1947 |
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1979-1982 |
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SINGERS (FEMALE) |
NATALIE NEVINS |
1965-1969 |
May 15 |
Aug. 23, 2010 |
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1967-1968 |
Sep. 26, 1947 |
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1967-1969 |
August 27, 1943 |
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TANYA FALAN |
1967-1977 |
May 4, 1948 |
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1968-1972 |
July 23, 1946 |
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1968-1980 |
August 1, 1946 |
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1970-1982 |
November 13, 1950 |
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1972-1982 |
April 10, 1954 |
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1974-1982 |
June 28, 1954 |
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1976-1982 |
May 31, 1953 |
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HUSBAND - WIFE |
1969-1982 |
June 19, 1942 |
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1970-1982 |
September 24, 1941 |
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1969-1982 |
October 6, 1947 |
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1979-1982 |
October 18, 1945 |
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also sang with MICHAEL REDMAN
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1979-1982 |
April 15, 1945 |
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DANCERS |
1961-1967 |
August 12, 1942 |
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1961-1982 |
May 19, 1941 |
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ARTHUR DUNCAN |
1964-1982 |
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1967-1978 |
January 3, 1946 |
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ELAINE BALDEN |
1979-1982 |
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CHAMPAGNE LADIES |
LOIS BEST |
1938-1939 |
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1940-1946 |
August 28, 1917 |
January 10, 2010 |
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JOAN MOWERY |
1946-1947-D |
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HELEN RAMSEY |
1947-1949 |
April 25, 1931 |
April 1, 2004 |
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ROBERTA LINN |
1949-1953 |
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1953-1959 |
November 23, 1926 |
April 24, 1981 |
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1960-1982 |
July 13, 1923 |
May10, 2011 |
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PRODUCER |
ED SOBOL |
1955-1962-D |
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DIRECTOR / PRODUCER |
JAMES HOBSON |
1955-1982 |
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER |
1965-1982 |
June 9, 1932 |
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BUSINESS AGENT |
TED LENNON |
1957-1990 |
October 23, 1920 |
September 16, 1997 |
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MANAGER |
SAM J. LUTZ |
1947-1982 |
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December 02, 1995 |
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SYNDICATOR |
DON FEDDERSON |
1955-1992 |
April 16, 1913 |
December 21, 1994 |
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SECRETARY |
LOIS LAMONT |
1945-1972 |
May 24, 1931 |
August 12, 2005 |
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FAN MAIL- PERSONAL SECRETARY |
MARGARET HERON |
1961-2009 |
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CONTINUITY WRITER |
GEORGE THOW |
1960-1982-D |
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PUBLICITY WRITER |
BERNICE McGEEHAN |
1973-1993 |
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ARRANGERS |
HARRY LEWIS |
1951-1958 |
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LOU QUADLING |
1953-1959 |
June 7, 1906 |
June 13, 1987 |
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1955-1958 |
February 10, 1907 |
July 10, 1964 |
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JOE RIZZO |
1957-1982 |
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1966-1968 |
June 26, 1914 |
August 19, 1991 |
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JACK PLEIS |
1970-1982 |
May 11, 1917 |
December 5, 1990 |
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BOB BALLARD |
1973-1982-D |
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COSTUME DESIGNER |
ROSE WEISS |
1959-1982 |
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SET DESIGNER |
CHUCK KOON |
1955-1982 |
April 20, 1929 |
November 11, 2004 |
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ANNOUNCER - TV |
BOB WARREN |
1961-1982 |
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CHORAL DIRECTOR |
PETER LANCE |
1957-1959-D |
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