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Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

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Released
  
March 26, 1981

Label
  
MCA

Artist
  
The Oak Ridge Boys

Producer
  
Ron Chancey

Length
  
34:58

Fancy Free(1981)
  
Bobbie Sue(1982)

Release date
  
26 March 1981

Genre
  
Country music

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Nominations
  
American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
The Oak Ridge Boys albums, Country music albums

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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 thanked for this contribution in the liner notes.

Contents

The album is certified double platinum by the RIAA. It was also one of the first albums ever to achieve multi-platinum certification in the US, achieving the certification on October 12, 1984.

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Track listing

  1. "Elvira" (Dallas Frazier) - 3:52
  2. "Somewhere in the Night" (Don Cook, Rafe VanHoy) - 3:30
  3. "She's Gone to L.A. Again" (Mickey Clark) - 3:00
  4. "When I'm With You" (Mitch Humphries, Jerry Michael) - 3:50
  5. "Another Dream Just Came True" (Don Schlitz) - 2:54
  6. "(I'm Settin') Fancy Free" (Roy August, Jimbeau Hinson) - 3:49
  7. "Dream of Me" (Buddy Cannon, Jimmy Darrell, Raleigh Squires) - 2:58
  8. "When Love Calls You" (Michael Foster) - 4:14
  9. "How Long Has It Been" (Foster, Marshall Morgan) - 3:42
  10. "I Would Crawl All the Way (To the River)" (Bucky Jones, Curly Putman, Dan Wilson) - 4:45

The Oak Ridge Boys

  • Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, William Lee Golden: All Vocals

    • The Band

  • Drums, Percussion: Kenneth A. Buttrey, Jerry Carrigan
  • Bass: John C. Williams
  • Acoustic & Electric Guitars: Barry Burton, James Capps, Chip Young, Billy Sanford, Reggie Young
  • Steel: Weldon Myrick
  • Keyboards: Ron Oates
  • Banjo: Bobby Thompson
  • Trumpet: Harrison Calloway, Jr.
  • Trombone: Charles Rose
  • Saxophone: Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson
  • Oboe: Bobby G. Taylor
  • Strings: John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Connie Ellison, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova, Gary VanOsdale, Stephanie Woolf
  • String Arrangements: D. Bergen White

    • Production

  • Produced By Ron Chancey
  • Engineers: Les Ladd
  • Assistant Engineers: Steve Ham, Bob Krusen, Russ Martin, Steve Melton
  • Mastering: Hank Williams

    • Songs

    1Elvira3:45
    2When Love Calls You4:06
    3How Long Has It Been3:38

    References

    Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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