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"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.
Fancy Free is the fifth country studio album by the Oak Ridge Boys, released on March 26, 1981. It featured their biggest hit "Elvira". "Somewhere in the Night" was covered by Sawyer Brown in 1987 from their album of the same name. The title of the album was suggested by longtime Oak Ridge Boys personal assistant Charles Daunis, and he is ...
Pages in category "The Oak Ridge Boys songs" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. ... Elvira (song) Everyday (The Oak Ridge Boys song) G.
Dallas Frazier, a songwriter who broke out with the pop novelty hit “Alley Oop” and went on pen country classics like the Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira,” died Friday at 82. “Dallas Frazier ...
The Oak Ridge Boys are best known for their 1981 hit “Elvira,” which topped the country music chart and landed as No 5 on the pop chart. Throughout their career, the group had a total of 17 No ...
The band is known for hit songs like "Elvira," “Bobbie Sue," and “I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes," among other major releases. The Oak Ridge Boys won five Grammys and were inducted ...
Of The Oak Ridge Boys' singles, seventeen reached Number One on the Billboard country singles charts. Two of these songs, "Elvira" and "Bobbie Sue", were also Top 40 pop and Adult Contemporary hits, and the former is certified platinum as a single.
[7] [8] The Oak Ridge Boys' 1981 hit "Elvira" has an "Oom-papa-mow-mow" chorus, an element that existed in songwriter Dallas Frazier's 1967 original version of the song. Garage rock band Nobunny added the song's lyrics at the end of their hit "I Am a Girlfriend", released in 2008.