The Orlons Stephen Caldwell Hand Signed Lyric Sheet JG Autographs COA

  

"The Orlons" Stephen Caldwell Hand Signed Lyric Sheet. This item is certified authentic by. And comes with their Letter of Authenticity. Pennsylvania, that formed in 1960. (June 23, 1944 - August 2, 2014), Shirley Brickley (December 9, 1944 - October 13, 1977), Marlena Davis (October 4, 1944 - February 27, 1993) and Stephen Caldwell (born November 22, 1942).

Before they became the Orlons, they were an all-girl. Called Audrey and the Teenettes. They formed in the late 1950s in junior high school and consisted of Hightower, Davis, and three Brickley. However, after the Brickleys' mother did not permit 13-year-old Audrey to sing in certain nightclubs with the group, she and Jean quit, making the group a.

In high school, the group's three remaining members discovered fellow student Stephen Caldwell, who was lead singer of a local group called the Romeos. Impressed, they invited him to join the group in 1960 and named themselves the Orlons as a tongue-in-cheek nod to the friendly rivalry they had with a popular group at their high school, the Cashmeres. Was a brand name for the widely used. Encouraged them to audition for. At the turn of the decade.

The group took his advice in the fall of 1961, but were rejected at first, although the record label signed the group after two more auditions. Appointed Hightower as the lead singer, and began writing songs for them.

In 1962, the group provided. Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes). They later found fame with their first national. And which triggered the brief.

Of the Dee Dee Sharp songs for their debut album. They had a second hit in the same year with. 4 hit on the pop chart. The group had three hits in 1963.

, the group's last Top Ten hit, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard chart; "Not Me", which reached No. 12; and "Crossfire", the group's last hit, which reached No. They also recorded a version of the. Hit "The Cha-Cha-Cha", which includes the line "When you see the Wah-Watusi, you go a-ha-ha-ha, " poking fun at their own hit.

Davis left the group in August 1963 and Caldwell quit the group in 1964. A short-lived stint by Yvonne Young was followed by original Teenette, Audrey Brickley, Shirley's sister. By then, the group's popularity had waned in the United States. They continued to perform into the late 1960s with success in the UK. They disbanded in 1968 after Hightower decided to stay in England after a.

Hightower had a successful career as a. She married record producer Ian Green. In later years, Davis married and found work as an executive secretary, whilst Caldwell became a. Of the bus drivers' trade union, and then became the administrator of the union's legal fund in Philadelphia and served on the.

In 1988, Caldwell and Davis re-formed the group with two new members and performed live on the oldies circuit until Davis' death in 1993. On October 13, 1977, Shirley Brickley was shot dead by an intruder in her home in Philadelphia. On February 27, 1993 (aged 48). On July 3, 2005 (aged 58). Caldwell and Jean Brickley still perform as the Orlons with two of Caldwell's cousins, Alberta Crump and Madeline Morris.

In March 2012, Caldwell and Brickley took part in the benefit single. Rosetta Hightower Green died in.

London, on August 2, 2014, at the age of 70.