Bobbie Sue

Bobbie Sue
Studio album by the Oak Ridge Boys
Released	1982
Recorded	1981
Studio	Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee) FAME (Muscle Shoals, Alabama)
Genre	Country
Length	31:11
Label	MCA
Producer	Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Fancy Free (1981) Bobbie Sue (1982) Christmas (1982)
Singles from Bobbie Sue
"Bobbie Sue" Released: 1981 "So Fine" Released: 1982 "I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)" Released: 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[1]

Bobbie Sue is the eighth album by the Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1982. ^[2] The title song was a No. 1 country chart hit and a No. 12 hit on the Hot 100 singles chart.

The album includes cover versions of "So Fine", a song originally by the Fiestas; and "Up on Cripple Creek", originally by the Band.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bobbie Sue"	Wood Newton, Dan Tyler, Adele Tyler, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller	2:49
2.	"I Wish You Were Here (Oh My Darlin')"	Michael Foster	3:36
3.	"Doctor's Orders"	Rory Bourke, Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane	3:33
4.	"Old Kentucky Song"	Kix Brooks, Ed Hunnicutt	2:37
5.	"So Fine"	Johnny Otis	2:47
6.	"I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)"	Sonny Throckmorton	3:34
7.	"Back in Your Arms Again"	Rusty Golden	2:58
8.	"Up on Cripple Creek"	Robbie Robertson	3:19
9.	"Until You"	Rusty Golden, Jimbeau Hinson	3:14
10.	"Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport?"	Bobby Braddock	2:25

Personnel

The Oak Ridge Boys

• Joe Bonsall
• Duane Allen
• Richard Sterban
• William Lee Golden

Musicians

• Jimmy Capps - acoustic guitar
• Jerry Carrigan - drums, percussion
• Gene Chrisman - drums, percussion
• Farrell Morris - percussion
• Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
• Ron Oates - keyboards
• Billy Sanford - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Jack Williams - bass guitar
• Chip Young - acoustic guitar
• Reggie Young - electric guitar

The Muscle Shoals Horns

• Harrison Calloway - trumpet
• Ronnie Eades - baritone saxophone
• Charles Rose - trombone
• Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone

Strings arranged by Bergen White

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200 [3]	20
Canadian RPM Top Albums	27

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	US AC	CAN Country	CAN	CAN AC
1982	"Bobbie Sue"	1	12	19	1	20	1
	"So Fine"	22	76	—	16	—	—
	"I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)"	2	—	—	4	—	—

References

1. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 515.
2. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. 2000. pp. 345–346.
3. "The Oak Ridge Boys". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2024.