Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

Fancy Free is the fifth country studio album by the Oak Ridge Boys, released on March 26, 1981. It featured their biggest hit "Elvira". "Somewhere in the Night" was covered by Sawyer Brown in 1987 from their album of the same name. The title of the album was suggested by longtime Oak Ridge Boys personal assistant Charles Daunis, and he is thanked for this contribution in the liner notes.

The album is certified double platinum by the RIAA. It was also one of the first albums ever to achieve multi-platinum certification in the US, achieving the certification on October 12, 1984. It also became the band's first album to reach number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

The Oak Ridge Boys

 * Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, William Lee Golden: All Vocals

The Band

 * Drums, Percussion: Kenneth A. Buttrey, Jerry Carrigan, Hayward Bishop
 * Bass: John C. Williams
 * Acoustic & Electric Guitars: Barry Burton, James Capps, Chip Young, Billy Sanford, Reggie Young
 * Steel: Weldon Myrick
 * Keyboards: Ron Oates
 * Banjo: Bobby Thompson
 * Trumpet: Harrison Calloway, Jr.
 * Trombone: Charles Rose
 * Saxophone: Ronnie Eades, Harvey Thompson
 * Oboe: Bobby G. Taylor
 * Strings: John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Connie Ellison, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova, Gary VanOsdale, Stephanie Woolf
 * String Arrangements: D. Bergen White

Production

 * Produced By Ron Chancey
 * Engineers: Les Ladd
 * Assistant Engineers: Steve Ham, Bob Krusen, Russ Martin, Steve Melton
 * Mastering: Hank Williams