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In the fall of 1961, the Orlons auditioned for Kal Mann and were signed to record for Cameo Records.
The Orlons also provided back-up vocals for the label and can be heard on Dee Dee Sharp's 'Mashed Potato Time", which hit the top of the R&B charts and number 2 on the Pop chart in early 1962.
The Orlons' first major live performance was at New York's Apollo Theatre with The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Chuck Jackson, Tommy Hunt, and Gene Chandler.
Originally called Audrey and the Teenettes, the group was formed at a Philadelphia junior high school in the early Fifties and consisted of Audrey, Jean, and Shirley Brickley, Rosetta Hightower, and Marlena Davis.
The Orlons' first major performance was at New York's Apollo Theatre with The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Chuck Jackson, Tommy Hunt, and Gene Chandler.
Currently, the Orlons consist of Steve, Jean Brickly Maddox, Audrey Brickley and Lillian Washington Taylor, who had been with the group in the '70s.
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