Richard Sterban, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Joe Bonsall won five Grammy Awards. The four were collectively known as The Oak Ridge Boys and their first such award came in 1970, when the group won for the Best Gospel Performance.
The quartet was to win this same award thrice more: in 1974, 1976 and 1977. The Oak Ridge Boys possessed distinctive vocal harmonies and as the aforementioned awards show, became legendary performers of country music via a background steeped in gospel singing.
In 1978, the C.M.A. joined in declaring the singers to be Vocal Group Of The Year, and in 1981, this same organisation named “Elvira”, Single Of The Year. Nineteen eighty-one also marked their receipt of the fifth Grammy, this time for the Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. “Elvira”, while providing the group with a recording atop the country charts, also entered the pop charts, where it peaked at No.5.
William Lee Golden departed from the group, in 1987, when he was replaced by Steve Sanders. “No Matter How High” became The Oak Ridge Boys’ most successful hit, on the country charts, in 1989.
The names of more recordings by The Oak Ridge can be located in the suggested playlists.