Norma Zimmer (born July 23, 1923) was Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Lady" for more than two decades. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lawrence Welk during a taping of The Lawrence Welk Show Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, bandleader, and television impresario. ...

The soprano, born on a dairy farm in Larson, Idaho, grew up in Seattle after her father moved the family west. She was singing in a church choir when a guest artist suggested she travel to Los Angeles and audition for a musical group. When she turned 18, she did just that. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

She sang with a succession of top vocal groups -- the Norman LuBoff Choir, the Pete King Chorale, the Ken Darby Singers, among them -- and she appeared on most of the popular television variety shows during the 1950s. She also worked as a studio singer and performed on Welk's 1956 Thanksgiving album. Zimmer officially joined the Welk show as his Champagne Lady on New Year's Eve, 1960.

Zimmer stayed on the show and traveled with Welk and the band on personal appearances for three years. But her two sons were growing up and she decided to give it up to raise her children.

Welk told her it was all right for her to quit the road tours, but he asked her to stay on the television show until he could find another singer. Each week, a new girl came on as a possible replacement, but Welk kept asking Zimmer to come back the following week. That went on for twenty years.

As the show's Champagne Lady, Zimmer sang one solo and often a duet (usually with Jimmy Roberts); she also frequently danced with Welk at the end of the show.