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The band was originally formed by another country band called Wally Fowler and the Georgia Clodhoppers, who were booked to play a show at a nuclear research plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the staff and their families. The group went down so well that they were invited back time and time again, until the band decided to pay tribute to them and changed their name to The Oak Ridge Quartet. By 1947, this new, acapella incarnation group had made such a name for themselves that they had performed their first slot at the Grand Ole Opry, and been invited into the studio for album releases and radio sessions. However, this didn't stop every member of the band save for Fowler himself leaving in 1949 to set up their own group Curley Kinsey and the Tennessee Ridge Runners.

After hiring an existing vocal troupe, the Calvary Quartet, to carry on as The Oak Ridge Quartet, Fowler retired from the band in 1952, and then sold the rights to the name The Oak Ridge Quartet in 1957 to group member Smitty Gatlin. However, it wasn't until 1962, the change of their name to The Oak Ridge Boys their first album on Warner Bros. Records “With Sounds Of Nashville” that the band broke through into the mainstream. Ever since then, the irony of The Oak Ridge Boys has been that while the music has continued to stay pretty much the same over the course of their near-70 year history, the band's line up has shifted radically, with 32 separate singers coming and going over the course of their career.

Their lead singer, Duane Allen, has lead the band since 1966, however, in one of the greatest runs in the history of popular music, the band continues to delight audiences to this very day. For being one of the very few legendary acts that live up to their status time and time again, The Oak Ridge Boys come highly recommended.

Initially coming together as a duo of Kimberly Roads and Karen Fairchild, the college friends soon brought in Jimi Westbrook and Phil Sweet to expand the lineup, becoming a quartet by 1998. After initially struggling to find record label support, the success of another country vocal group, Dixie Chicks, made Little Big Town appear a commercially viable option, eventually signing with Monument Records in 2000.

It was two years before any recorded material surfaced but with "Don't Waste My Time," the band had their debut single. Bolstered by a number of minor hits, their self-titled debut album grew into a moderate success that same year. However, it was in 2005 that the band found superstardom, through their second record, "The Road," which spawned several Top 20 hit singles.

Despite the Platinum-selling success of their second release, 2007's "A Place to Land" failed to build on the previous commercial success. Although through extensive touring and high profile support slots with Sugarland and Carrie Underwood, the band continued to grow. 2010's breakout hit single, "Little White Church" brought Little Big Town more chart success, reaching number 14 on Billboard's country chart, helping to establish their fourth album, "The Reason Why."

In 2012, the band managed to top the country charts with the single "Pontoon," the lead single off their fifth record, "Tornado," released the same year. The album itself shot to the number two spot on the Billboard 200, bringing Little Big Town their biggest chart success of their career. Utilizing producer Jay Jayce's talents once again, they released "Pain Killer" in 2014, featuring the lead single, "Day Drinking."