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The Oak Ridge Boys

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The Oak Ridge Boys is a country and gospel group that is based in the United States. The group has a history dating back to the 1940s as [a2246881] and became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was officially changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in 1961, and they remained a gospel-oriented group until the mid-1970s when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.

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The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was officially changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.The lineup which produced their most world famous and most well-known country and crossover hits (such as %22Elvira%22, %22Bobbie Sue%22, and %22American Made%22) consists of Duane Allen (lead), Joe Bonsall (tenor), William Lee Golden (baritone), and Richard Sterban (bass). Golden and Allen joined the group in the mid-1960s, and Sterban and Bonsall joined in the early 1970s. Aside from an eight-year gap (1987–95) when Golden left the group and was replaced, this lineup has been together since 1973 and continues to tour and record.

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William Lee Golden

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William Lee Golden (born January 12, 1939), a native of Brewton, Alabama, is an American country music singer. Between 1965 and 1987, and again since December 1995, he has been the baritone singer in the country music group The Oak Ridge Boys.

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