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Aladdin
Pallante,
Singer/Violinist (1955-1967)
Aladdin
Pallante was a violinist, singer and
comedian on the Lawrence Welk Whow from 1955 to
1967. Aladdin was born on September 20, 1912 in New York
City. At the age of three, Aladdin began
dancing. A fall, however, left him temporarily
paralyzed from the waist down and forced him to give
up dancing. When he was 17, he began to play the violin
with his sister learning the piano. He came to
California in 1945 and joined the Edgar Bergen
Show. He also had his own orchestra in the
early 1950's, performing for such notables as Rudy
Vallee, Leo Reisman and Ray Noble.
Aladdin joined the
Lawrence Welk orchestra in 1955, where he remained
until suffering a heart attack in 1967. While
on the show, he often appeared in comedy skits
alonside fellow musician
Bob Lido or
with band playing the violin alonside fellow
stand-out
Dick Kesner.
Among his other credits, he appeared in
over 100 films including "Girl on the Red Velvet
Swing", "Rich Young and Pretty" (1951), "Deep In The
Heart Of Texas" and Easy To Love" (1953).
Aladdin passed away on June 9, 1970.
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