Richard Sterban toured with Elvis as a member of vocal group JD Sumner and the Stamps, before achieving country music fame with the Oak Ridge Boys.

Talk to The Oak Ridge Boys bass singer Richard Sterban for very long and a baseball analogy is sure to come up. A huge baseball fan, who’s such a devoted follower of the Vanderbilt baseball team ...

Richard Sterban traded singing with Elvis for a half century of Oak Ridge Boys brotherhood The bass singer joined the quartet in 1972; Oak Ridge Boys origins stretch back to 1945 ...

Since 1972, Sterban has traveled the world with the band and credits the two years he sang backup to Elvis Presley as something that prepared him for touring - and how to do it right.

They'll be at the Monroe County Fairgrounds Sept. 10. Often asked how he could move on from singing backup for Elvis Presley, Sterban explained his decision over the phone recently.

With the vocal group J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, Sterban in the early 1970s was a back-up singer for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis Presley in the early 1970s.

Courtesy Photo Asked why he made the choice he did, Oak Ridge Boys bass singer Richard Sterban doesn't hesitate with his answer. "Singing with Elvis was very exciting, but at the same time, I was ...

Richard Sterban is one of the few people who can say he knew Elvis Presley personally. By joining J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet two years before joining The Oak Ridge Boys, Sterban had the ...

Richard Sterban, the bass voice of the Oak Ridge Boys, was touring with Elvis Presley when he played the biggest arenas of his career in the early 1970s.

Between singing back-up for Elvis Presley, performing across the world and sleepovers in the White House, the members of the Oak Ridge Boys admit they’ve each had fairytale careers.

Richard Sterban is famous around the world for his honey-rich bass voice. But even after 47 years -- and his band's induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015 -- Sterban says he can't ...