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 1970s, releasing a string of hit albums and singles that lasted into the early 1990s. In addition to product from their gospel years, their modern-era discography comprises 43 studio album releases and 46 charted singles (plus several hits in tandem with other acts). Their highest-selling album is 1981's Fancy Free, certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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. Four additional singles ("Sail Away", "Dream On", "Heart of Mine", and "Fancy Free") were also hits on the AC chart, while "I'll Be True to You", "Cryin' Again", "Heart of Mine", "Fancy Free", "So Fine", and "American Made" made the pop chart.
Studio albums 1950s and 1960s Title Album details The Oak Ridge Quartet Release date: 1958 Label: Cadence Records Formats: LP Sing and Shout Release date: 1959 Label: Skylite Records Formats: LP The Oak Ridge Quartet Release date: 1959 Label: Checker Records Formats: LP Master Showmen of Song Release date: 1960 Label: Starday Records Formats: LP Go Out to the Program Release date: 1960 Label: Skylite Formats: LP You'll Never Walk Alone Release date: 1961 Label: Skylite Formats: LP He Whispers Sweet Peace to Me Release date: 1962 Label: Skylite Formats: LP With Sounds of Nashville Release date: 1962 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP Folk Minded Spirituals for Spiritual Minded Folk Release date: 1963 Label: Warner Bros. Records Formats: LP Together(with The Harvesters) Release date: 1964 Label: Festival Records Formats: LP Sing for You Release date: 1964 Label: Skylite Records Formats: LP Singing the Gospel Release date: 1964 Label: Stateswood Records Formats: LP I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Release date: 1964 Label: Skylite Records Formats: LP The Sensational Oak Ridge Boysfrom Nashville Tennessee Release date: 1965 Label: Starday Records Formats: LP The Solid Gospel Soundof the Oak Ridge Quartet Release date: 1965 Label: Skylite Records Formats: LP River of Life Release date: 1966 Label: Skylite Records Formats: LP Sing Serve Life(with Smitty Gatlin) Release date: 1966 Label: Skylite Records Formats: LP Songs We Wish We'd Recorded First Release date: 1966 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP Duane Allen Out Front Release date: 1967 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP At Their Best Release date: 1967 Label: United Artists Records Formats: LP A Great Day Release date: 1967 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP New Horizons Release date: 1968 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP It's Happening! Release date: 1969 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LPThanksRelease date: 1969 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP
1970s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country Talk About the Good Times Release date: 1970 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP — — — International Release date: 1970 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP — — — Jesus Christ, What a Man! Release date: 1971 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP — — — Performance Release date: 1971 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP — — — Light Release date: 1972 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP — — — Street Gospel Release date: 1973 Label: Heart Warming Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — The Lighthouse & OtherGospel Hits Release date: 1973 Label: Vista Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — Hymns Release date: 1973 Label: Orb Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — The Oak Ridge Boys Release date: 1974 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, 8-track 38 — — Sky High Release date: 1975 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — Old Fashioned, Down Home, Hand Clappin',Foot Stompin', Southern Style,Gospel Quartet Music Release date: 1976 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — Live Release date: 1977 Label: Rockland Road Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — Y'all Come Back Saloon Release date: September 2, 1977 Label: Dot Records Formats: LP, 8-track 8 120 — * US: GoldWidner, Ellis & Carter, Walter. *Our Story*. Contemporary Books, 1987, p. 193. Room Service Release date: May 25, 1978 Label: ABC Records Formats: LP, 8-track 3 164 2 * US: GoldWidner, Ellis & Carter, Walter. *Our Story*. Contemporary Books, 1987, p. 193. The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived Release date: March 30, 1979 Label: ABC Records Formats: LP, 8-track 5 — 1 * US: GoldWidner, Ellis & Carter, Walter. *Our Story*. Contemporary Books, 1987, p. 193. "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country CAN Together Release date: March 30, 1980 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, 8 Track 10 154 1 — * US: GoldWidner, Ellis & Carter, Walter. *Our Story*. Contemporary Books, 1987, p. 193. Fancy Free Release date: March 26, 1981 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, 8 Track 1 14 — 46 CAN: Platinum US: 2× Platinum Bobbie Sue Release date: February 10, 1982 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, 8 Track 1 20 — 27 CAN: Gold US: Gold American Made Release date: January 20, 1983 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 2 51 — — US: Gold Deliver Release date: October 20, 1983 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 1 121 — — US: Gold Step On Out Release date: March 6, 1985 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 3 156 — — Seasons Release date: March 25, 1986 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 8 — — — Where the Fast Lane Ends Release date: February 10, 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 14 — — — Heartbeat Release date: September 30, 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 20 — — — Monongahela Release date: August 10, 1988 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD, 8 Track 9 — — — American Dreams Release date: August 30, 1989 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD 24 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Title Album details Peak positions US Country Unstoppable Release date: April 9, 1991 Label: RCA Records Formats: CD, cassette 41 The Long Haul Release date: June 23, 1992 Label: RCA Records Formats: CD, cassette — Revival Release date: 1997 Label: Halsey Records Formats: CD, cassette — Voices Release date: July 27, 1999 Label: Intersound Records Formats: CD, cassette — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country US USChrist From the Heart Release date: May 22, 2001 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD, cassette 49 — — Colors Release date: May 20, 2003 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD 53 — — The Journey Release date: July 27, 2004 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD, music download — — — Common Thread Release date: May 24, 2005 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD, music download — — — Front Row Seats Release date: September 26, 2006 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD, music download — — — A Gospel Journey Release date: April 21, 2009 Label: Gaither Music Formats: CD, DVD, music download 28 156 14 The Boys Are Back Release date: May 19, 2009 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD, music download 16 77 4 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s and 2020s Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country US US Indie US Christ It's Only Natural Release date: September 19, 2011Label: Cracker Barrel MusicFormats: CD 16 70 11 — Back Home Again: Gospel Favorites Release date: May 22, 2012Label: Gaither Music GroupFormats: CD, music download 29 — — 11 Rock of Ages, Hymns and Gospel Favorites Release date: May 26, 2015Label: Gaither Music GroupFormats: CD, music download 26 — — 8 17th Avenue Revival Release date: March 16, 2018Label: Lightning Rod RecordsFormats: CD, digital download, LP 44 — 10 — Front Porch Singin''' | Release date: June 11, 2021Label: Lightning Rod RecordsFormats: CD, digital download, LP | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"| Mama's Boys'' Release date: October 25, 2024Label: Lightning Rod RecordsFormats: CD, LP, digital download — — — —
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications /Sales US Country US CAN Country The Sensational Oak Ridge Boys Release date: 1975 Label: Gusto Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — The Best of The Oak Ridge Boys Release date: 1978 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette 22 — — Sing for Him Release date: 1979 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, 8-track — — — Greatest Hits Release date: October 30, 1980 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette 5 99 13 CAN: Gold US: Platinum Greatest Hits 2 Release date: July 7, 1984 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette 2 71 — US: Platinum American Harmony Release date: 1985 Label: Heartland Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — Greatest Hits 3 Release date: April 28, 1989 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette 22 — — The Oak Ridge Boys Collection Release date: April 21, 1992 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — US: Gold The Best of The Oak Ridge Boys Release date: June 22, 1993 Label: RCA Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — 20th Century Masters:The Millennium Collection Release date: August 15, 2000 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette — — —US: 523,500 The Definitive Collection Release date: August 15, 2006 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, music download — — — Gold Release date: January 30, 2007 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, music download — — — 40th Anniversary: 1973–2013 Release date: July 30, 2013 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: CD, music download 38 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Holiday albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications/ Sales US Country US USIndie USChrist Christmas Release date: September 23, 1982 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 9 73 — — US: Gold Christmas Again Release date: September 20, 1986 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 50 — — — Country Christmas Eve Release date: September 26, 1995 Label: Capitol Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — — An Inconvenient Christmas Release date: October 15, 2002 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD 58 — 27 — Christmas Cookies Release date: October 11, 2005 Label: Spring Hill Records Formats: CD, music download 73 — — — Christmas Time's A-Coming Release date: September 25, 2012 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: CD, music download 50 — — 40 Celebrate Christmas Release date: October 21, 2016 Label: Gaither Music Group Formats: CD, music download 43 — — 34 Down Home Christmas Release date: October 25, 2019 Label: Lightning Rod Records Formats: CD, music download, LP — — 32 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Boys Night Out Release date: April 15, 2014 Label: Cleopatra Records Formats: CD, vinyl, music download
Singles
1970s