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"Seven Nation Army" is characterized as an alternative rock, [7] garage rock, [8] blues rock [8] [9] and punk blues [8] song with a length of three minutes and 52 seconds. [10] According to sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group , it is composed in the key of E minor [ 11 ] in common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute ...
"Elvira" is a song written and originally recorded by Dallas Frazier in 1966 on his album of the same name. Though a minor hit for Frazier at the time of release, the song became a bigger and much more famous country and pop hit by the Oak Ridge Boys in 1981. "Elvira" is now considered one of the Oak Ridge Boys' signature songs.
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American vocal quartet. Since 2023, the group consists of Duane Allen (lead), Ben James (tenor), William Lee Golden (baritone), and Richard Sterban (bass). The group was founded in 1943 as the country and gospel act Wally Fowler and the Georgia Clodhoppers but were soon known as The Oak Ridge Quartet .
The track "Seven Nation Army," a cover of The White Stripes's 2003 song from their album Elephant, was released as the album's first single. The track "Beautiful Bluebird" was written and previously recorded by country rock musical artist Neil Young for his 1985 album Old Ways , but was not included and instead featured on his 2007 album Chrome ...
Richard Sterban, right, and William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys talk about the importance of their group's connections to Oak Ridge, Tenn. during a ceremony outside of the Grove Theater on ...
Prior to joining the Oak Ridge Boys, Sterban toured with J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, who were singing backup for Elvis Presley at that time. Sterban ultimately became best known for his "oom-pa-pa-oom-pa-pa-moww-moww" bass solo in the Oak Ridge Boys' 1981 single "Elvira" and sang lead vocals on a select few of the group's songs, including a cover of the Righteous Brothers' hit "Dream ...
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American musical group. Originally a gospel quartet, The Oak Ridge Boys switched their focus to secular music in the mid-1970s, releasing a string of hit albums and singles that lasted into the early 1990s.
Lloyd Lamar Green (born October 4, 1937) is an American steel guitarist noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 No.1 country hits including Tammy Wynette's “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968), Charlie Rich's “Behind Closed Doors” (1973), The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira” (1981), and Alan Jackson's “Remember When” (2003).