Northern Oklahoma College hosts The Oak Ridge Boys

On Thu., Feb. 16, the Grammy Award wining Oak Ridge Boys took the Northern Oklahoma College stage for the third time on their Front Porch Singin’’ Tour. This marks the fiftieth Anniversary of the Oak Ridge Boys, and they’re nonetheless going robust with new music and common excursions all throughout the nation.

This quartet has been acknowledged for many years for his or her music and have earned an unlimited variety of awards for them. In complete, the Oak Ridge Boys have been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards and gained 5 of them, they obtained 15 CMA Award nominations and have gained 2: Vocal Group of the Year in 1978 and Single of the Year for “Elvira” in 1981 and their backing band gained CMA Instrumental Group of the Year in 1978 and 1986. This just isn’t the top of their lengthy listing of achievements although. They had been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2000, turned Grand Ole Opry members in 2011, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015, and so many extra.

These dwelling legends have a variety of hits underneath their belts from the final 50 years. Some of their most recognized songs embody: Elvira, Bobbie Sue, Dream on, Thank God for Kids, American Made, Trying to Love Two Women, I’m Settin’ Fancy Free, Y’all Come Back Saloon, and lots of others. The group has obtained 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album. On prime of that, they’ve one double platinum single, greater than a dozen nationwide Number One singles, and over 30 Top Ten hits.

This efficiency at Northern Oklahoma College marks the third time the Oak Ridge Boys have graced the stage at NOC. In 1978, 45 years in the past now, The Oak Ridge Boys carried out for NOC for the very first time. In 2019, they had been introduced again and welcomed with a sold-out present and now had the identical welcome in 2023 with tickets promoting out inside weeks of opening ticket gross sales. This live performance was sponsored by the Renfro Endowed Lectureship Program and Northern Oklahoma College. For the those that purchased the specialty dinner and a present, dinner started at 6 pm on the Renfro Center and shortly after, at 7:30 pm, the live performance started within the Kinder Performing Arts Center. During this efficiency the quartet snag each their best hits, in addition to songs from their latest album, Front Porch Singin’, that launched in 2021.