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Roberta Linn,
Champagne Lady (1949-1954)
Lawrence Welk's Champagne Lady Won Emmy With Her Own Show ![]() After singing "Embraceable You" to Welk, he asked her if she could come back and sing "Wonderful Guy." That night she went home and practiced the song. After singing it to Welk the next day, she won the job. During her first year, she spent 42 weeks on the road.
Roberta Linn
Wins An Emmy
![]() Linn married fellow performer Freddie Bell in October 1961 and they performed together at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas for several years. As Linn wrote in one of her books, Freddie Bell's alcoholism, a failed nightclub business in Newport Beach along with the challenges of raising two small children contributed to their divorce in 1972. In March of 1996, the City of Palm Springs declared "Roberta Linn Day" which continues to be celebrated each year. |