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    • Apr 24, 1943
    Richard Sterban, of The Oak Ridge Boys, is born in Camden, New Jersey. He provides the distinctive bass vocal presence on such hits as "Elvira," "Bobbie Sue" and "Love Song" after joining the group in 1972. The Oaks are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Apr 5, 1972
    Elvis Presley performs at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, with future Oak Ridge Boy Richard Sterban on backing vocals. Fellow future Oak Joe Bonsall attends
    Jun 10, 1972
    Elvis Presley's afternoon performance during a four-show stand in New York is taped for a future album: "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden." Future Oak Ridge Boy Richard Sterban is a backing vocalist, and Bob Dylan is in the audience
    Nov 1, 1976
    The Oak Ridge Boys open for Freddy Fender at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. During "Faded Love," Richard Sterban's bass notes draw cheers and applause from the women in the audience for the first time
    Sep 21, 1977
    Paying homage to its best-known industry, Nashville elects to call its minor league baseball team the Nashville Sounds. Among the club's owners: Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed and The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban
    Jul 18, 1980
    The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban, a co-owner in the Nashville Sounds, attends at Greer Stadium as the minor-league baseball team drops the Orlando Twins, 2-1
    Feb 18, 1982
    An ownership group including Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed and The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban announces the purchase of the Salt Lake Gulls AAA baseball team
    Feb 4, 1983
    The day of his scheduled wedding, Richard Sterban decides not to marry Donna Summers. A Knoxville paper reports that he stands up disco queen Donna Summer
    Nov 10, 1984
    William Lee Golden marries Luetta Callaway in Las Vegas, with fellow Oak Ridge Boy Duane Allen serving as best man. Joe Bonsall and Richard Sterban are groomsmen
    Jul 23, 1986
    The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban plays right field for the final out of the Southern League All-Star Game in Huntsville, Alabama. The Nashville Sounds, owned in part by Sterban, beat the league's All-Stars, 4-2
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