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Ronnie Milsap | |
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 Milsap in 1974 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ronald Lee Millsaps |
| Born | January 16, 1943 Robbinsville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, blue-eyed soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1963–present |
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| Spouse(s) |
Joyce Reeves
(m. 1965; died 2021) |
| Website | ronniemilsap |
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.