It showed remarkable consistency by an artist with little traditional country music to his name. Remaining a formidable force in US country music, Milsap enjoyed his thirty-fifth US country number 1 with a Hank Cochran song, ∝ont You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurtin Me). He moved away from synthesizers and sounded more country than ever on Stranger Things Have Happened. A year later, Milsap and Kenny Rogers recorded the country number 1 duet, Make No Mistake, Shes Mine. His 1986 release, Lost In The Fifties Tonight, had doo-wop touches, but the album should have remained completely in that mould.
A revival of Chuck Jacksons √ny Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) reached number 14 on the US pop charts and also became Billboards Adult Contemporary Song Of The Year.
RONNIE MILSAP SONGS BIOGRAPHICALLY MOVIE
Milsap also helped with the country music score for Clint Eastwoods movie Bronco Billy, and he recorded a flamboyant tribute album to Jim Reeves, Out Where The Bright Lights Are Glowing. The funky seven-minute disco workout of Hi-Heel Sneakers was by Milsap, but, more often than not, he was moving towards the Barry Manilow market.
In 1979, RCA sent an unmarked, pre-release single to disc jockeys, inviting them to guess the performer. Milsap bought a studio from Roy Orbison, GroundStar, and continued to record prolifically. Thats what the band told me. He had a crossover hit - number 16 on the US pop charts - with Hal Davids It Was Almost Like A Song. His live album from the Grand Old Opry shows a great sense of humour - You dont think Im gonna fall off this stage, do you? I got 20 more feet before the edge. In 1975, Milsap came to the UK as Glen Campbells opening act, and the strength of his concert performances can be gauged from RCAs In Concert double album, hosted by Charley Pride, during which he duets with Dolly Parton on Rollin In My Sweet Babys Arms and tackles a wild rock n roll medley. Pure Love is an uplifting country great, while Don Gibsons (Id Be) A Legend In My Time was even more successful. Where My Heart Is was a tuneful, country collection including the US country hits I Hate You and The Girl Who Waits On Tables. He worked throughout 1972 at Roger Millers King Of The Road club in Nashville, and then signed with RCA Records. Presley invited him to sing harmony on his sessions for ∝ont Cry Daddy and Kentucky Rain, ironically the only time he has been part of a UK chart hit.Īfter several recordings with smaller labels, Milsap made Ronnie Milsap for Warner Brothers Records, with top soul and country musicians. Following a residency at TJs club in Memphis, Milsap performed at the 1969 New Years Eve party for Elvis Presley.
A few months later it was a million-selling single for another blind pianist, Ray Charles. Among his recordings for Scepter were early compositions by Ashford And Simpson, including the memorable Lets Go Get Stoned, relegated to a b-side. Cale and a 1963 single, Total Disaster, for the small Princess label, he toured Playboy clubs with his own band from 1965.
RONNIE MILSAP SONGS BIOGRAPHICALLY PROFESSIONAL
He studied piano, violin and guitar at the State School for the Blind in Raleigh, and although he had the ability to study law, he chose instead to be a professional musician. What little vision young Ronnie had was lost after receiving a vicious punch from a schoolmaster both his eyes have now been removed. Milsaps father took him to live with his grandparents and divorced his mother. Milsaps mother had already experienced a stillbirth and the prospect of raising a blind child made her mentally unstable.
Ronnie Lee Millsaps, 16 January 1943, Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA.
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