Helen Ramsay (born April 25, 1931 in

Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population of Bedford was 14,383 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. History ''The following compilation comes from Ellen Abrams (1999) based on information ...

) is an American singer and entertainer. She is best known for being in the

Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the '' The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known as "champagne music" to his radio, te ...

group "The Champagne Ladies" from 1947 to 1949, before being replaced by

Roberta Linn Roberta Linn (born April 30, 1931, in Gravity, Iowa) is an American singer and entertainer. She is most associated with the Rat Pack and the Las Vegas Strip, where she was a regular performer with Freddie Bell and the Bellboys in the 1950s and 1 ...

. 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. Ramsay grew tired of the heavy touring and left The Champagne Ladies in 1949. She found work with New York's Bernie Cummins Orchestra, 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.

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