<P> Lead singer Albert "Diz" Russell died November 16, 2016 from congestive heart failure at the age of 83 . </P> <P> The original five members of The Orioles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as early influences . </P> <P> Both groups were featured in the PBS special Doo Wop 51 in 2000, with the groups alternating verses on "Crying in the Chapel" (with Bobby Thomas and Larry Jordan on lead). </P> <P> In 2015 the musical theater production, Soul Harmony, telling the story of Deborah Chessler, Sonny Til, and the Orioles, premiered in Portland, Oregon . </P>

Sonny til and the orioles crying in the chapel