Monongahela (album) explained

Monongahela
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Oak Ridge Boys
Cover:	Monongahela.jpg
Genre:	Country
Length:	35:49
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Jimmy Bowen
Prev Title:	Heartbeat
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Greatest Hits 3
Next Year:	1989

Monongahela is the 14th country studio album by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1988 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[1]

The album includes three singles that charted on Hot Country Songs: "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.^[2]

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[3]

The Oak Ridge Boys

• Duane Allen — lead vocals
• Joe Bonsall — 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 — bass guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Reggie Young — electric guitar

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=monongahela-r93416/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ''Monongahela'' Charts ]. . 2 March 2011.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 303. 978-0-89820-177-2.
3. Monongahela . The Oak Ridge Boys . 1988 . CD booklet . MCA Records . 42205.