Noel Fox Bass Singer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Noel Fox, a former bass singer with the Oak Ridge Boys who became a power in the music business, died at a Nashville hospital after surgery following a series of strokes. Former bass singer with the Oak Ridge Boys.
He became a power in the music business managing Silverline/Goldline Music Inc. and later served as vice president of MCA Music/Nashville and president of Maypop Music Group. Oak Ridge Boys - Through It All featuring Noel Fox.Noel Fox, Willaim Golden, Duane Allen, Willie Wynn.Band: Tony Brown, Don Breland, Mark Ellerbee, John Rich.
Former Oak Ridge Boy Douglas 'Noel' Fox dies Douglas ''Noel'' Fox By JEANNE A. NAUJECK Staff Writer Douglas ''Noel'' Fox, 63, an early bass singer for the Oak Ridge Boys, died Thursday after surgery following a stroke last week. ''It's sad to lose someone like Noel Fox,'' longtime band manager Jim Halsey said.
''His positive attitude and always-smiling face is what this world needs more of ... When Harper departed in 1968 to join the Don Light Talent Agency (before starting his own company, the Harper Agency), Noel Fox, formerly of the Tennesseans and the Harvesters, took over the bass part. In 1971, the Oak Ridge Boys earned their first Grammy Award for a Jerry Reed song, "Talk About the Good Times"; Reed played guitar on the track.
Biography Noel Fox sang bass for the Harvesters and for the Tennesseans Quartet in the early to mid 1960s. He then sang bass with the Oak Ridge Boys from the late 1960s until 1972. In 1978, he began managing the Oak's publishing company, Silverline/Goldline Music Inc.
He later moved on to become vice president of MCA Music/Nashville where he worked alongside Tony Brown. He was also president ... Noel Fox, Bass Born: Columbia, Tennessee Previous Job (s): Member of the Tennesseans and the Harvesters Joined: late 1968, replacing Herman Harper Departed: 1972 Later Job (s): Worked for Don Light Talent Booked acts for the Jim Halsey Agency General Manager of the Oaks' publishing companies, Silverline and Goldline Richard Sterban, Bass
Who remembers this line up of The Oak Ridge Boys? Noel Fox was a fantastic bass singer! #QuartetMusic #TheOakRidgeBoys #gospelmusic Noel Fox was one of the Oak Ridge Boys' most beloved singers. In the four years Noel sang bass he won the hearts of Oak Ridge fans across America.
Noel replaced Herman Harper when Herman decided he wanted to come off the road to be with his family. Noel was with the Oaks from 1969-1972. Before joining the Oaks Noel sang in the Tennesseans Quartet with Dale Shelnut.
He joined the Harvesters ... Noel Fox, 63, former bass singer with the Oak Ridge Boys who went on to become an executive in the music publishing business, died Thursday in a Nashville hospital following surgery and a series ...
