The Orlons were a mixture of school friends and neighbors hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The quartet comprised Shirley Brickley (born December 9, 1944-October 13, 1977), Steve Caldwell (born November 22, 1942), Rosetta Hightower (born June 23, 1944-August 2, 2014), and Marlena Davis (born October 4, 1944-February 27, 1993).