Ronnie Milsap Musical artist

Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became country music's first successful blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. 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". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and forty No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 16, 1943
Hometown
Robbinsville North Carolina

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Musical artist

Career started1963
associated musical artist
Barry Manilow
T-Bone Walker
Roscoe Robinson (musician)
Kenny Rogers
Mike Reid (singer)
Crystal Gayle
Eddie Rabbitt
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Country music
Soft rock
Blue-eyed soul
record label
Liberty Records
Scepter Records
Wand Records
RCA Records
Pye International Records

Ronnie Milsap on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.jazzandblues.org/programming/hosts/bios/?host=Jerry%20Sharell
  2. http://www.ronniemilsap.com
  3. http://www.ronniemilsap.com/facts.html