American recording artist; country music singer and pianist
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Ronnie Milsap
Milsap in 1974
Background information
Birth name
Ronald Lee Millsaps
Born
(1943-01-16) January 16, 1943 (age 81) Robbinsville, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Country, blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s)
Singer, musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals, piano
Years active
1963–present
Labels
Liberty
Pacemaker
Princess (Crazy Cajun)
Pye International
RCA Records
Scepter
Wand
Spouse(s)
Joyce Reeves
(m. 1965; died 2021)
Website
ronniemilsap.com
Musical artist
Ronnie Lee Milsap (born Ronald Lee Millsaps; January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist.[1]
He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. Nearly completely blind from birth, he became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop 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 35 number-one country hits, fourth to George Strait, Conway Twitty, and Merle Haggard. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.[2][3]
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^"Country Hall of Fame Taps Ronnie Milsap, Mac Wiseman, Hank Cochran". Rolling Stone. April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
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