Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap Milsap in 1974 Background information Birth name Ronnie Lee Milsap Born (1943-01-16) January 16, 1943 (age 72) Origin Robbinsville, North Carolina, U.S. Genres Country, blue-eyed soul, soft rock Occupation(s) Singer, musician Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards Years active 1963–present Labels Liberty Pacemaker Princess (Crazy Cajun) Pye International RCA Scepter Wand Associated acts Barry Manilow Crystal Gayle Eddie Rabbitt Kenny Rogers Mike Reid Roscoe Robinson T-Bone Walker Website ronniemilsap.com 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.