The Oak Ridge Boys
# The Oak Ridge Boys

I The Oak Ridge Boys sono un gruppo musicale statunitense di musica country e gospel.

Attivo fin dagli anni '40 e originario del Tennessee, il gruppo hanno avuto numerosi cambi di formazione. Il periodo in cui la band ha avuto maggior successo è compreso tra il 1977 ed il 1989.

## Discografia

### Album in studio

* 1958 - The Oak Ridge Quartet
* 1959 - Sing and Shout
* 1959 - The Oak Ridge Quartet
* 1960 - Master Showman of Song
* 1960 - Go Out to the Program
* 1961 - You'll Never Walk Alone
* 1962 - He Whispers Sweet Peace to Me
* 1962 - With Sounds of Nashville
* 1963 - Folk Minded Spirituals for Spiritual Minded Folk
* 1964 - Together (con The Harvesters)
* 1964 - Sing for You
* 1964 - Singing the Gospel
* 1964 - I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
* 1965 - The Sensational Oak Ridge Boys from Nashville Tennessee
* 1965 - The Solid Gospel Sound of the Oak Ridge Quartet
* 1966 - River of Life
* 1966 - Sing Serve Life
* 1966 - Songs We Wish We'd Recorded First
* 1967 - Duane Allen Out Front
* 1967 - At Their Best
* 1967 - A Great Day
* 1968 - New Horizons
* 1969 - It's Happening!
* 1970 - Thanks
* 1971 - Talk About the Good Times
* 1971 - International
* 1972 - Jesus Christ, What a Man!
* 1972 - Performance
* 1972 - Light
* 1973 - Street Gospel
* 1973 - The Lighthouse & Other Gospel Hits
* 1973 - Hymns
* 1974 - The Oak Ridge Boys
* 1975 - Sky High
* 1976 - Old Fashioned, Down Home, Hand Clappin', Foot Stompin', Southern Style, Gospel Quartet Music
* 1977 - Live
* 1977 - Y'all Come Back Saloon
* 1978 - Room Service
* 1979 - The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived
* 1980 - Together
* 1981 - Fancy Free
* 1982 - Bobbie Sue
* 1983 - American Made
* 1983 - Deliver
* 1985 - Step On Out
* 1986 - Seasons
* 1987 - Where the Fast Lane Ends
* 1987 - Heartbeat
* 1988 - Monongahela
* 1989 - American Dreams
* 1991 - Unstoppable
* 1992 - The Long Haul
* 1997 - Revival
* 1999 - Voices
* 2001 - From the Heart
* 2003 - Colors
* 2004 - The Journey
* 2005 - Common Thread
* 2006 - Front Row Seats
* 2009 - A Gospel Journey
* 2009 - The Boys Are Back
* 2011 - It's Only Natural
* 2012 - Back Home Again: Gospel Favorites
* 2015 - Rock of Ages, Hymns and Gospel Favorites
* 2016 - 17th Avenue Revival

### Raccolte

Lista parziale.

* 1978 - The Best of The Oak Ridge Boys
* 1980 - Greatest Hits
* 2013 - 40th Anniversary: 1973–2013

### Album natalizi

* 1982 - Christmas
* 1986 - Christmas Again
* 1995 - Country Christmas Eve
* 2002 - An Inconvenient Christmas
* 2005 - Christmas Cookies
* 2012 - Christmas Time's A-Coming
* 2016 - Celebrate Christmas

## Formazione

### Formazione attuale

* William Lee Golden – voce baritono (1965–87; 1995–)
* Duane Allen – voce solista (1966–)
* Richard Sterban – voce basso (1972–)
* Joe Bonsall – voce tenore (1973–)

### Ex componenti

Lista parziale.

* Wally Fowler – voce solista (1945–52) - fondatore
* Curly Kinsey – voce (1945–47) - fondatore
* Lon "Deacon" Freeman – voce, chitarra (1945–49) - fondatore
* Little Johnny New – voce (1945–49; 1952) - fondatore
* Smitty Gatlin – voce (1957–66)
* Tommy Fairchild – voce (1958–59), piano (1959–60; 1961–72)
* Herman Harper (1957–69)
* Little Willie Wynn (1959–73)
* Noel Fox (1969–72)
* Steve Sanders (1987–95)
* Ron Fairchild – tastiera (1980–2001, 2002–09, ????)
* Chris Golden – chitarra acustica, mandolino (1995), batteria (1996–2014)
* Don Carr – chitarra (1991–2014)
