LOGO
Reply to Thread New Thread
Old 11-25-2008, 12:53 PM   #1
Thorwaywhobia

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
493
Senior Member
Default Was Ronnie Milsap an ATG?
I threw a little party at my house last week and some of my friends (and new acquaints) and I got to talkin' about country music. Someone struck up the debate subject, "Who where the All-Time Greats"? Just then one of my girlfriends sarcastically yells out, "Ronnie Milsap"! (Everyone's laughing) I injected with, "Actually, that boy put up the numbers". Momma was a big fan so needless to say, I heard a lot of him. Tell me whatcha think after lookin' at these stats:

*40 #1 Hit Singles
*54 Top 20 Singles
*26 Studio/7 Compilation/1 Live album(s)
*02 Double Platinum Albums and 7 Gold Albums
*35 Years active in the industry

Those are some nice numbers, I think. Any thoughts?
Thorwaywhobia is offline


Old 07-20-2009, 03:12 PM   #2
AllAdobeOEMSoftDownload

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
406
Senior Member
Default
I always liked Ronnie Milsap, hearing him on the radio and seeing him a lot on television. He is too well-rounded a pianist and singer to be pegged as ordinary country. His songs are like, say, Charlie Rich, "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" and "Behind Closed Doors", personal and complicated. Mr. Milsap seemed to manage a sane career, playing adult venues of nice acoustic size without adding arena production. But most of all, try playing and singing one of his songs. There are two tunes about psychological home intrusions that stick with me, Crystal Gayle's "Talking in Your Sleep" and Ronnie's "There's a Stranger in My House".
These aren't stats, just other reasons to like this artist.
AllAdobeOEMSoftDownload is offline


Old 07-30-2009, 02:38 PM   #3
Gremlinn

Join Date
Nov 2005
Posts
536
Senior Member
Default
I always liked Ronnie Milsap, hearing him on the radio and seeing him a lot on television. He is too well-rounded a pianist and singer to be pegged as ordinary country. His songs are like, say, Charlie Rich, "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" and "Behind Closed Doors", personal and complicated. Mr. Milsap seemed to manage a sane career, playing adult venues of nice acoustic size without adding arena production. But most of all, try playing and singing one of his songs. There are two tunes about psychological home intrusions that stick with me, Crystal Gayle's "Talking in Your Sleep" and Ronnie's "There's a Stranger in My House".
These aren't stats, just other reasons to like this artist.
This is very true.

As far as the stats go, I just thought I'd put them up cause that's what most wanna see in terms of deciding the level of one's greatness, or so it seems.

All in all, the guy was pretty consistant.
Gremlinn is offline


Old 09-11-2009, 01:00 AM   #4
IssuessBratte

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
607
Senior Member
Default
Milsap came along at a time when Nashville and country music were ready to change. He made some good records.
IssuessBratte is offline



Reply to Thread New Thread

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:15 AM.
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
Design & Developed by Amodity.com
Copyright© Amodity