The Orlons
The Orlons are an American R&B group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that formed in 1960. The group won gold discs for three of their singles which sold over a million copies. In 2010, The Orlons became one of first US Top 100-charting groups to have a career spanning 50 years.
Career
The quartet consisted of lead singer Rosetta Hightower (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 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, 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. (Orlon was a brand name for the widely used synthetic fibre acrylic.)
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- Cameo Parkway: The Best of the Orlons, 1961-1966 released: 2005
- All the Hits by the Orlons released: 1963
- All Their Hits and More released:
- Down Memory Lane released:
- Don't Hang Up released:
Cameo Parkway: The Best of the Orlons, 1961-1966
Released 2005- I'll Be True
- The Wah Watusi
- Don't Hang Up
- The Conservative
- South Street
- Cement Mixer
- Not Me
- Crossfire!
- Don't Throw Your Love Away
- Bon-doo-wah
- Everything Nice
- Shimmy Shimmy
- Rules of Love
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Knock! Knock! (Who's There?)
- Goin' Places
- Envy (In My Eyes)
- Don't You Want My Lovin'
- Spinning Top
- Mr. Twenty One
All Their Hits and More
- South Street
- Don't Hang Up
- The Wah-Watusi
- Not Me
- The Conservative
- Crossfire!
- Bon-Doo-Wah
- Knock! Knock! (Who's There ?)
- Goin' Places
- Shimmy Shimmy
- Rules of Love
- Come on Down Baby Baby
- Envy (In Your Eyes)
- I Ain't Coming Back
- Don't Throw Your Love Away
- My Best Friend
- Them Terrible Boots
- Everything Nice
- Holiday Hill
- It's No Big Thing
- Big Daddy
- Mama Didn't Lie
- Don't Let Go
- The Cha Cha Cha
- For Your Love
- Too Strong to Be Strung Along
- Big Girls Don't Cry
- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
- Between 18th &19th on Chestnut Street
- I Can't Take It
- Don't You Want My Lovin'
- No Love but Your Love
Down Memory Lane
- Wah Watusi
- Over the Mountain
- I'll Be True
- Come Go With Me
- A Casual Look
- I Met Him on a Sunday
- Heart, Darling Angel
- South Street
- The Plea
- In the Still of the Night
- Crossfire
- Diamonds and Pearls
- Dedicated to the One I Love
- For Your Love
- Happy Birthday Mr 21
- Let Me In
- Gee Whiz
- Tonight
- You Cheated
- Don't Hang Up
- Desirie
- Please Let It Be Me
- He's Gone
- Tonight Tonight
- Surfin'
- Bad Boy
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Stranded in the Jungle
- Lovers Never Say Goodbye
Don't Hang Up
- Don't Hang Up
- South Street
- Wah-Watusi, The
- Conservative, The
- Not Me
- Crossfire!
- Bon-Doo-Wah
- Don't Throw Your Love Away
- Shimmy Shimmy
- Rules of Love
- Kock! Knock! (Who's There)
- Goin' Places
- I Ain't Coming Back
- Come On Down Baby
- Don't You Want My Lovin'
- I Can't Take It
- No Love But Your Love
- Envy
- Ride
- He's Braggin'
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Waking And Dreaming
by: OrleansDreaming again
Asleep in my bed
A river of visions
runs through my head.
Strange as it seems
the chaos of dreams
can change the course
and shape of things
He sees with an eye
only open an night
what weaves in the darkness
blossoms in the light
I wake in the morning
thrust without warning
into light all over again
Still chasing pleasure
running from pain
though I know
they're both the same
when the fog pulls away
and I'm here in today
and I can see
my dreams become reality
Since I opened up my eyes
it's time to arise
and show that I'm
not just dreaming, dreaming again.
Hey, Hey, Yeah...
Dreaming, Dreaming again.
Dreaming, Dreaming again.
Dreaming, Dreaming again.
Dreaming, Dreaming again.
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