The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived

The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived is the third country studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1979.

"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" was previously recorded by co-writer Rodney Crowell in 1978 (Ain't Living Long Like This), and by Emmylou Harris in 1978 (Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town). "Dancing the Night Away" was previously recorded by the Amazing Rhythm Aces in 1976 (Too Stuffed to Jump), Tanya Tucker in 1977 (Ridin' Rainbows) and by Leo Sayer in 1978 (Leo Sayer).

Track listing

Personnel

The Oak Ridge Boys

• Duane Allen - lead vocals
• Joe Bonsall - tenor vocals
• William Lee Golden - baritone vocals
• Richard Sterban - bass vocals

Additional musicians

• Jimmy Capps, Jerry Shook, Chip Young - acoustic guitar
• Bobby Thompson - banjo
• Joe Osborn - bass guitar
• Kenny Buttrey - drums
• Reggie Young - electric guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Bill Puett, Don Sheffield, George Tidwell - horns
• Ron Oates - keyboards
• George Binkley, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Martha McCrory, Steven Smith, Gary Vanosdale, Pamela Vanosdale, Samuel Terranova, Stephanie Woolf - strings
• Bergen White - string and horn arrangements

Charts

Singles

• Sail Away
• Dream On
• Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight

References