American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album)
# American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

American Made is the eighth country studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1983. It featured yet another "crossover hit" with the song "American Made", which hit #1 on the country charts (on April 23, 1983) and #72 on the U.S. Hot 100 singles chart.

## Personnel

As listed in Liner notes

### The Oak Ridge Boys

* Duane Allen
* Joe Bonsall
* William Lee Golden
* Richard Sterban

### Musicians

* Barry Beckett - keyboards
* Mickey Buckins - percussion
* Jimmy Capps - acoustic guitar
* Gene Chrisman - drums, percussion
* Lloyd Green - steel guitar
* Roger Hawkins - drums
* David Hood - bass guitar
* Jimmy Johnson - electric guitar
* Kenneth Lovelace - fiddle
* Steve Nathan - keyboards, synthesizer
* Ron Oates - keyboards
* Wayne Perkins - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
* Billy Sanford - electric guitar, mandolin
* Bobby Thompson - banjo
* Jack Williams - bass guitar
* Chip Young - acoustic guitar
* Reggie Young - electric guitar
* The Nashville Hornworks - horns

## Production

* Produced By Ron Chancey
* Engineer & Mixing: Les Ladd
* Assistant Engineers: Ken Corlew, Ken Criblez, Tim Farmer, Pete Greene, Russ Martin, David McKinley, Mary Beth McLemore

## Chart performance

### Album

| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 51 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | CAN Country |
| 1983 | "American Made" | 1 | 72 | 12 |
| 1983 | "Love Song" | 1 | — | 1 |
