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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.
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 .
"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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in July 1982 as the second single from their album Bobbie Sue. This version went to number two on the same chart. [1] The posthumous 2013 B.W. Stevenson 2013 album Southern Nights includes a cover of this song. [2]
"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" (Rodney Crowell, Donivan Cowart) (3:00) From the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived "Heart of Mine" (Michael Foster) (3:27) from the album Together "Come On In" (Michael Clark) (2:56) from the album Room Service "Sail Away" (Van Hoy) (3:30) from the album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived