In 1982, The Oak Ridge Boys released a catchy song that blended country with rock and pop. The hit topped the Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart 44 years ago this week. It also reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song was called “Bobbie Sue.” It was the first single released from the band's album of the same name.
The hit country song was styled in the vein of a rock-and-roll novelty song with a saxophone solo during the musical bridges. It was the group's sixth song to reach the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Some other songs that made the list were “Touch a Hand, Make a Friend,” “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight,” “Make My Life With You,” and “Little Things.”
“Bobbie Sue” was co-written by Adele Tyler, Dan Tyler, and Wood Newton. In an interview with The Boot, Newton revealed how they came up with the lyrics. “Dan had a little boy at the time,” he said. “And one of the first words for a baby is ‘ba,’ like ‘bottle.’ So his son was saying ‘ba-ba,’ and it sparked this idea to write a song about ‘ba ba ba ba Bobbie Sue.’"
The Oak Ridge Boys were a quartet originally consisting of Wally Fowler, Lon "Deacon" Freeman, Curly Kinsey, and Johnny New. They were founded in 1943 and called themselves Wally Fowler and the Georgia Clodhoppers. They eventually changed their name to The Oak Ridge Quartet before finally settling on The Oak Ridge Boys in the 1960s. Today, the members include Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, Richard Sterban, and Ben James.
The band hit their peak of popularity in 1981 when they covered “Elvira,” which was originally recorded by Dallas Frazier. Duane Allen discussed their famous cover in a 2011 interview. "There’s not much we could do with 'Elvira' vocally," he said. "We wanted to protect the integrity of the song and not really change it that much. What we did want to do is take out the horns, which pretty well dated the song for the 80s."
The Oak Ridge Boys were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015. They announced they were retiring in 2024, but then set more tour dates for 2025. Allen revealed that they changed their minds after his bandmates told him, "We’ve all talked, and we want to keep working. We’re not through singing yet."
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