Between 1965 and 1987, and again since December 1995, he has been the baritone singer in the country vocal group The Oak Ridge Boys.

Golden was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015 as a member of the Oak Ridge Boys.

Golden joined The Oak Ridge Boys (then a Southern gospel music group) in 1965.

He was voted out of The Oak Ridge Boys in 1987, as the other three members wanted to change the band's image.

[2] Golden was replaced by Steve Sanders after releasing his own album as a solo artist titled American Vagabond, which included two chart singles.

In order to protect their valuable gold and silver from approaching Union soldiers, the occupants buried the metals in the ground surrounding the house.