Southern Gospel History - Oak Ridge 1950 And1960s

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Oak Ridge Boys Discography – 1950s And 1960s

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1958 The Oak Ridge Quartet (Cadence Records 3019): Tearing Down Kingdoms; Take My Hand Precious Lord; I'm Gonna Live The Life In My Song; Suppertime; Highway To Heaven; He's Not Disappointed In Me; Savior Gently Take Me Home; Walk In The Light; One Of His Own; River Of Life; I Wanna Go There; When The Savior Reached Down For Me. (Smitty Gatlin, Ronnie Page, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1959 Sing And Shout (Skylite Records 5974): Sing And Shout; My All I Give; Our Debts Will Be Paid; On The Other Side Of Jordan; I'll Lose My Blues In Heaven; Keep Me; For I've Got The Lord; Lord I Want To Go Home; God Bless You, Go With God; Do You Know Jesus; Behind The Tears; At The Roll Call. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Ronnie Page, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

1959 The Oak Ridge Quartet (Checker Records 10002): Lord I'm Coming Home; Go Down To The Jordan; I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone; Brother I'll Not Be Far Behind; Farther Along; No Tears In Heaven; Anytime, Anywhere; Gonna Make Myself At Home; Without My Lord; That Great Big Feeling; Wasted Years; Tell About, Sing About, Shout About. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Ronnie Page, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1960 Master Showmen Of Song (Starday Records 130/also issued as an EP/Ten of these songs were re-issued on Cumberland Records 69526 in 1965 as The Fabulous Oak Ridge Quartet In Concert, but these songs weren't recorded live.): Over Yonder By The Sea; Do Unto Others; One Step Toward Jesus; Since I Found The Lord; Jesus Watches Over Me; Search Me Lord; Get Down On Your Knees And Pray; My Home; When I See My Savior; Born Of The Spirit; Satisfied Mind; As I Walk Thru The Valley. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Ronnie Page, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1960 Go Out To The Program (Skylite Records/SLRP/SSLP-5982): I Get Happy; I've Got Jesus In Me; Oh How Much He Cares; I Thank Thee Lord; You Gotta Be Born Again; Go Out To The Program; That Great Judgment Day; In The Morning; Morning Prayer; What Will You Do; Because Of Him; Read That Book (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Ronnie Page, Herman Harper, Gary Trusler) (Re-issued in 1979 on Skylite SLP-6205 as Oak Ridge "Boys". The original 1960 release had Oak Ridge Quartet on the cover).

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1961 You'll Never Walk Alone (Skylite Records 5989): It's Different Now; Jesus, The One Who Never Fails; Each Step I Take; I Want To See Jesus Most Of All; He Means All The World To Me; You'll Never Walk Alone; Wonderful Savior; I'll Wake Up On The Other Side; Dear Jesus Abide With Me; I Don't Mind The Journey; Unworthy Of His Love; Thank God I'm Reborn. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Ronnie Page, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

1962 He Whispers Sweet Peace To Me (Skylite Records 5997): He Will Never Let Me Down; At Last; The Love Of God; Closer To Thee; I'm In Love With Jesus; He Whispers Sweet Peace To Me; Little Bitty Chapel; Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All; Until Then; Everybody Ought To Know; Guide My Feet; I've Found A New Way. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Gary McSpadden, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1963 With Sounds Of Nashville (Warner Brothers Records 1497/This was the first original album issued with the group name Oak Ridge Boys rather than Oak Ridge Quartet/Go Out To The Program was initially released as Oak Ridge Quartet in 1961, but later reissued as Oak Ridge Boys/Over the next several years, the group would have releases under both names./Wally Fowler was attempting to use the Oak Ridge Quartet name at this time, so the group was likely using the "Boys" name on album covers to draw a distinction. They returned to Oak Ridge Quartet in 1966 with The Solid Gospel Sound Of The Oak Ridge Quartet, but later went back to Oak Ridge Boys.): I'm Saved; When I Come To The End Of The Road; I'm Bound For That Kingdom; Heaven Our Home; Who Put The Color In The Rose; Early In The Morning; You Can Count On Me; Jesus Is The Reason; I've Done What The Lord Said To Do; He'll Care For His Own; I See The Beauty; This Ole House. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Gary McSpadden, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1963 Folk Minded Spirituals For Spiritual Minded Folk (Warner Brothers Records 11521): When He Set Me Free; Wayfaring Stranger; Rock My Soul; Land Of Promises; I'm On My Way; Gloryland; Tearing Down The Kingdoms; Go Tell It On The Mountain; Joshua; Didn't It Rain; Deep River; Tell Them What It's All About. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Gary McSpadden, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1964 Together (Festival Records/High Fidelity FLP-6401/ Stereo SFLP-6401): Harvesters: Come All Ye Children Of The Lord; Jesus Hold My Hand; Hide Me, Rock Of Ages; I've Been Changed; Standing By The River; Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All (Harvesters and Oak Ridge Boys); Oak Ridge Boys: Is My Lord Satisfied With Me; Without Him; His Eye Is On The Sparrow; Rainbow Of Love; How Long Has It Been; Gettin' Ready To Leave This World (Harvesters and Oak Ridge Boys) (Also released on (Canaan Records/CA-4625-LP/CAS-9625 in 1967 and (Canaan Records/CAS-9732 in 1972 and Sacred LPS-4511) (Harvesters-Bill Hefner, Buddy Parker, Don Norman, Noel Fox, Jack Clark/Oak Ridge Boys-Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, Jim Hamill, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1964 Sing For You (Skylite Records 6020): Anywhere Is Home; Angels Must Have Cried; You Can Have Him; There Will Be Peace; Close To The Master; How About You; Keep Walking; Any Empty Mansion; Is My Lord Satisfied With Me; I Know My Lord Will Stand By Me; In The Upper Room; Ride That Glory Train. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, "Big Jim" Hamill, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1964 Singing The Gospel (StatesWood Records/SW-405): I'll Be Ready To Go With Him; Precious Memories; Nobody; I'll Pray For You; Wait For Me; Time Has Made A Change; Filled With Glory Divine; Glad Reunion Day; I Can Tell You The Time; Lord I Want To Go To Heaven; When I'm Alone; Where We'll Never Grow Old. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, "Big Jim" Hamill, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1964 I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now (Skylite Records 6030): I Wouldn't Take Nothin' For My Journey Now; Victory Is Coming; I Shall Be At Home With Jesus; I Asked The Lord; Walk With Me; Live A Little More; The Christian Way; Hide Thou Me; One Of These Mornings; What Love; At The Altar; Little Is Much When God Is In It. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, "Big Jim" Hamill, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1965 The Sensational Oak Ridge Boys From Nashville, Tennessee (Starday Records/356/re-issued minus two songs as A Higher Power Nashville Records/Starday Records 2086 in 1973/First album with William Lee Golden): Somebody Loves Me; I Am A Pilgrim; There's A Light Guiding Me; Land Of Beulah; I Want To Do Thy Will Oh Lord; Golden Hills Ahead; Shine Shine Down On Me; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; I Feel Mighty Close To Heaven On My Knees; Life's Railway To Heaven; Angel Band; There's A Higher Power. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, William Lee Golden, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild).

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1965 The Solid Gospel Sound of the Oak Ridge Quartet (Skylite Records/SLP-6040): It's A Wonderful Feeling, (Tell It Again) Gypsy Boy; Help Me Not To Complain; My Wonderful God; I'll Shake The Hand Of The Lord; Less Of Me; I'll Live In Glory; In The Shelter Of His Arms; I Know Who Holds Tomorrow; When I Lay My Burdens Down; On The Sunny Banks; Welcome Home. (Willie Wynn, Smitty Gatlin, William Lee Golden, Herman Harper, Tommy Fairchild) (The temporary return to billing themselves as Oak Ridge "Quartet" on the cover of this album was not due to the lawsuit against Wally Fowler as some have theorized, but instead "an attempt to appeal to a changing market in gospel music" according to Duane Allen who replaced Smitty Gatlin the following year as lead singer. From 1966 on, the only releases with "Oak Ridge Quartet" on the cover were re-issues and bootlegs.).