In 2010, Country entertainment news and music website “The Boot” declared “Elvira” the “Number One Catchiest Song In Country Music History.”

Dallas Frazer wrote “Elvira” in 1966, but it wasn’t until 1981, when the Oak Ridge Boys recorded their version, that it became an enormous Pop and Country hit.

Released when times were “simpler” (1981) and written when “the times” were even simpler than that (1966) the hook is timeless and the tune still resonates:

giddy up ba-oom papa oom papa mow mow”…

…made famous by Richard Sterban’s basso profundo vocal.

TMI: “Elvira” wasn’t written for a woman, rather, it’s the name of street in Nashville.

The Oak Ridge Boys have a new album, “Front Porch Singin'”   set for a June delivery.