Milsap’s Greatest Hits album, released in 1980, included a new single, “Smoky Mountain Rain”, which became a No.
RONNIE MILSAP SONGS TOP 10 HITS SERIES
From 1980 until 1983, he scored a series of 11 No. 1 single, a Top 5 single, and a Top 10 single on the country charts. Milsap’s sound shifted toward string-laden pop during the late 1970s which resulted in crossover success on the pop charts beginning in the early 1980s. The most significant of this series of hits was “It Was Almost Like A Song” in 1977, which became his most successful single of the 1970s. 1 singles in a row, including the Grammy-winning “(I’m a) Stand by My Woman Man” and “What A Different You’ve Made in My Life”. 1 with “Daydreams About Night Things”.įrom 1976 to 1978, Milsap became one of country music’s biggest stars, scoring seven No. 1 singles “Pure Love” and “Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends”, which won Milsap his first Grammy. Among those was Elvis Presley, with whom he played on “Don’t Cry Daddy” in 1969 and “Kentucky Rain” in 1970.Īfter a chance meeting with country music star Charley Pride in 1972, Milsap signed with RCA Nashville and released his first top 10 hit “I Hate You”, then following that with No. In the late 1960s and early 70s, Milsap worked as a session musician, playing for several well-known artists. Soon afterward, he began studying classical music and learned several instruments, mastering the piano.ĭuring his early years, as he struggled to make a name for himself on the music scene, he met and married Joyce Reeves. When he was seven, his instructors began to notice his musical talents. At the age of five, he was sent to the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, N.C. He has sold more than 35 million albums during his career and was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.īorn nearly blind due to a congenital disorder, Milsap was abandoned by his mother as an infant and raised by his grandparents in the Smoky Mountains.
1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 40 No. His biggest crossover hits include “It Was Almost Like a Song”, “Smoky Mountain Rain”, “(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me”, “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World”, “Any Day Now”, and “Stranger in My House”.
Milsap became country music’s first successful blind singer and the biggest crossover artist of his generation, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. No doubt he will be amazing to see in person.” “The level of talent he possesses is unsurpassed. “Spring is always an exciting time when the Gala comes around but to have someone of the caliber of Ronnie Milsap performing is truly exciting,” LSCPA President Dr. at the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center on the campus of LSCPA, 1800 Lakeshore Drive in Port Arthur.
Milsap, as part of his farewell tour, will perform at the Gala on Saturday, April 30, at 7 p.m. PORT ARTHUR – Ronnie Milsap, one of the most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 80s, will headline the 13 th Annual Gulf Coast Gala at Lamar State College Port Arthur. Ronnie Milsap headlines 13th Gulf Coast Gala
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