Loading details…
Artist
The Orlons
12+ albums
soulpopdoo wopvocalfemale vocalists
about
There are at least two artists named 'The Orlons': (1) The Orlons, R&B (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S) (2) The Orlons, Surf Rock (Haifa, Israel) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) The Orlons consisted of lead singer Rosetta Hightower, Shirley Brickley, Marlena Davis, and Stephen Caldwell. Before they became the Orlons, they were an all-girl quintet called Audrey and the Teenettes. They formed in the late 1950s in junior high school and consisted of Hightower, Davis, and three Brickley sisters: Shirley, Jean, and Audrey. However, after the Brickleys' mother did not permit 13-year-old Audrey to sing in certain clubs with the group, she and Jean quit, making the group a trio. 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 by him, 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.[1] (Orlon was a synthetic fibre widely used around that time.) A high school friend, Dovells lead singer Len Barry, encouraged them to audition for Cameo Records 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 eventually signed the group after two more auditions. Cameo executive Dave Appell appointed Hightower as th
top songs
albums
The Wah-Watusi/South Street
The Best Of The Orlons
All Their Hits and More
Not Me
Cameo Parkway - The Best Of The Orlons (Original Hit Recordings)
▥
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Crossfire (Remastered)
▥
Doo Wop Golden Oldies Vol 3
▥
The Birth Of Surf, Volume 2
The Wah-Watusi
Cameo Parkway: The Best of the Orlons, 1961-1966
The Help (Music from the Motion Picture)