Blake Shelton vs. The Oak Ridge Boys — Country Shootout Remakes

This week we are going to focus on the best remakes of songs in country music. We see artists bring back older songs all the time and make them their own. More times than not, the remake is usually better than the original. But sometimes the original is better than any remake could ever be. This week we will feature artist like Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Jo Dee Messina, The Oak Ridge Boys and Garth Brooks. Today The Oak Ridge Boys go up against Blake Shelton.

Blake Shelton made a #1 hit singing George Jones original song 'Ol' Red'. George Jones originally produced this song in 1990 on his album You Oughta Be Here With Me. Blake Shelton released it as his third single from his self titled debut album. Blake Shelton made this song a #1 hit when he released this single. Here is the original version from George Jones.

The Oak Ridge Boys remade their famous hit 'Elvira'. It was originally released in 1966 by Dallas Frazier and peaked on the charts at #72. It was then released years later by Rodney Crowell. Then The Oak Ridge Boys released it and made it a #1 hit, especially because of Richard Sterbens' deep vocals on the lyric "ba-oom papa oom papa mow mow". Here is the original version by Dallas Frazier.

Who remade their respective cover better? The Oak Ridge Boys or Blake Shelton?