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sterban performing in 2013 -lsb- http://www.oakridgeboys.com/ oakridgeboys.com -rsb- the sumner , the stamps quartet , johnny cash oak ridge boys , elvis presley , j.d. 1963 -- present camden , new jersey , united states richard sterban solo_singer 24 april 1943 country , gospel richard sterban by gage skidmore.jpg richard sterban
 richard anthony sterban
richard sterban

richard anthony sterban -lrb- born april 24 , 1943 -rrb- is an american bass singer born in camden , new jersey , who joined the country and gospel quartet the oak ridge boys in 1972 .
prior to joining the oak ridge boys , sterban toured with j. d. sumner and the stamps quartet , who were singing backup for elvis presley at that time .
sterban ultimately became famous for his `` oom-pa-pa-oom-pa-pa-mau-mau '' bass solo in the oak ridge boys ' 1981 single `` elvira '' .
born in camden , new jersey , sterban grew up in collingswood , new jersey , after graduating from collingswood high school , sterban moved on to trenton state college -lrb- now the college of new jersey -rrb- .
he lives in hendersonville , tennessee , with his wife , donna , and two daughters , lauren and tori .
richard also has three sons from a previous marriage : rich , doug and chris ; and several grandchildren including tyler and mali sterban .
sterban has recorded public service announcements for noaa weather radio .
he served as the voice of `` the roadhouse '' , the classic country sirius satellite radio channel .
sterban , along with entrepreneur larry schmittou and other country music stars , such as conway twitty , cal smith , larry gatlin , and cal smith , was a minority owner of the nashville sounds minor league baseball team from 1978 to 2008 .
