''Monongahela'' is the fifteenth album by

The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American vocal quartet. The classic and most well-known lineup of the group, which performed together for over 40 years, consisted of William Lee Golden (baritone), Duane Allen (lead), Richard Sterban (bass), and Joe ...

, released in 1988 via

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. The album peaked at number 9 on the ''

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chart. The album includes three singles that charted on

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: "Gonna Take a Lot of River", which reached number 1, followed by "Bridges and Walls" at number 10 and "Beyond Those Years" at number 7.

Track listing

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

The Oak Ridge Boys

Duane Allen Duane David Allen (born April 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter, who had formal training in both operatic and quartet singing before becoming a member of the Oak Ridge Boys in 1966. Allen is the lead singer for the quartet and i ...

— lead vocals *

Joe Bonsall Joseph Sloan Bonsall Jr. (May 18, 1948 – July 9, 2024) was an American singer who was tenor vocalist of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1973 to 2023. Besides charting numerous hits as a member of the Oak Ridge Boys, Bonsall had a solo hit guesting wit ...

— tenor vocals * Steve Sanders — baritone vocals * Richard Sterban — bass vocals

Musicians

*Dewey Dorough — saxophone *Bessyl Duhon — accordion * John Barlow Jarvis — piano, synthesizer *Wade Benson Landry — fiddle *Mike Lawler — synthesizer * Rick Marotta — drums *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylu ...

— bass guitar * Billy Joe Walker Jr. — acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Reggie Young — electric guitar

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums The Oak Ridge Boys albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Jimmy Bowen