Five Quick Facts – The Oak Ridge Boys

The group was founded in 1943 as a Quartet.

The groups has 35 different member in the last 80 years

Their name was changed in the early 1960s

Until the 1970’s were a gispel group who would eventually record more mainstream country through the 1980’s

The group was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015.

Today’s Country Legend is the Oak Ridge Boys

 

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