She sang with a succession of vocal groups including the Norman Luboff Choir, the Pete King Chorale and the Ken Darby Singers and appeared on television variety shows during the 1950s.Īs part of a quartet called the Girlfriends, she sang backup for Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como and Bing Crosby, including on Crosby’s famed recording of “White Christmas.” The show experimented with several different singers over the course of a year, and Zimmer officially joined Welk as his Champagne Lady on New Year’s Eve 1960.īorn Norma Larsen in Larson, Idaho, she grew up in Seattle. After protests, however, Welk tried (and failed) to get Lon back. Welk’s previous Champagne Lady (the title Welk traditionally gave to his orchestra’s lead female singer), Alice Lon, was fired in 1959 - he thought she exposed her legs too much on camera.
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