Biography
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Orman Lemonds
Effective period / Period of releases: 1974
American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter.Born May 6, 1929 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Died in 2015.
A 1947 graduate of Albia High School, he married Fern R. Foster in, 1949. Orman worked for 25 years at John Morrell & Co. and for 17 years for the City of Ottumwa, retiring in 1991. He was a member of the Rhythm Playboys band for 34 years along with Mike Miller, Pete Peterson, Ed Muchow and his daughter, Lyla Rose Drey. They appeared for eight years on Sunday evenings on KTVO. He also led The Stepchildren who backed his friend Jack Paris on his LP ("My Music, My Friends) on 2 J Records in 1974.