Good Old Boys (Randy Newman album)

Good Old Boys
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1974
Recorded1972–74
StudioWarner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, California
GenreRoots rock, country rock
Length33:28
LabelReprise
ProducerLenny Waronker, Russ Titelman
Randy Newman chronology
Sail Away
(1972)
Good Old Boys
(1974)
Little Criminals
(1977)

Good Old Boys is the fourth studio album by American musician Randy Newman, released on September 10, 1974 on Reprise Records, catalogue number 2193. It was Newman's first album to obtain major commercial success, peaking at number 36 on the Billboard 200 and number 58 in Canada.[1] The premiere live performance of the album took place on October 5, 1974, at the Symphony Hall in Atlanta, Georgia, with guest Ry Cooder and Newman conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

  1. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 7, 1974" (PDF).