You've probably never heard of Richard Sterban, but he has one of the most famous lines in country music history. As the bass singer for the Oak Ridge Boys, he's the guy who put the "oom papa mow ...

Richard Sterban, a singer in the Oak Ridge Boys, is seen in a recorded interview during a Conversations on Elvis event at The Guest House at Graceland in Memphis on Jan. 10.

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 of The Oak Ridge Boys may be well-known for his deep bass "Mmm papa mow mow" that stood out on their hit "Elvira," but it wasn't always that deep.

Richard Sterban is, in every interview, enthusiastic. In 2018, he was excited about playing a Christmas show in Branson -- and then getting home to Nashville for the holiday itself. In 2019, he ...

When Richard Sterban introduces himself, there's no questioning that Sterban is the guy on the other end of the phone. Sterban has been the bass vocalist for the Oak Ridge Boys for a half-century ...

But Sterban said they wanted to make it to Wisconsin. "It's become a tradition for us doing our Christmas show at the Dells," Sterban said in a phone interview from Branson.

"His performance is unforgettable," Richard Sterban tells PEOPLE of the talents of his friend, who died on July 9 from complications of ALS There were songs that only Joe Bonsall could sing. One ...

As singer Richard Sterban neared his 30th birthday, he had achieved what many would think was a career peak. With the vocal group J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet, Sterban in the early 1970s was … ...

Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys may be well-known for his deep bass "Mmm papa mow mow" that stood out on their hit "Elvira," but it wasn't always that deep.