Helen Ramsay

Helen Ramsay (born April 25, 1931 in Bedford, Massachusetts) is an American singer and entertainer. She is best known for being in the Lawrence Welk group "The Champagne Ladies" from 1947 to 1949, before being replaced by Roberta Linn.

Ramsay began in showbusiness at just aged 3, appearing on radio shows throughout her childhood. At peak she was traveling 300 to 400 miles every day touring the United States, "traveling cross-country with the accordion-playing conductor and a tribe of male musicians, performing in hotel ballrooms and concert halls", performing in venues such as the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh and the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago.[1] Ramsay grew tired of the heavy touring and left The Champagne Ladies in 1949. She found work with New York's Bernie Cummins Orchestra,[2] and later the Arthur Godfrey Show. In 1952 she married Johnny Haluko of the Xavier Cugat Band, and later became associated with Las Vegas, where the couple moved to. She was a performer for many years at the Showboat Hotel.

References
  1. "Bit of the bubbly: Former Lawrence Welk champagne lady recalls band leader". Las Vegas Sun. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 7 July 1951. p. 34. ISSN 0006-2510.



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