Ronnie Milsap (album)

Ronnie Milsap
Studio album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	August 1971
Genre	Country
Length	33:51
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Dan Penn
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Ronnie Milsap (1971) Where My Heart Is (1973)

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Ronnie Milsap is the first studio album from country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1971 on Warner Bros. Records.

Among the tracks on the album was "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends," which he re-recorded in 1974 after he signed a contract with RCA Records and established himself as a hitmaker in country music. The remake went on to be a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

Track listing

1. "Dedicate the Blues to Me" (Huey P. Meaux) – 3:20
2. "Sunday Rain" (Mark James) – 3:09
3. "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:00
4. "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" (Chuck Berry) – 3:17
5. "Blue Skies of Montana" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) – 5:29
6. "Sancitified" (Jim Dickinson, Bob McDill) – 3:33
7. "Keep on Smiling" (Karen Oldham, Spooner Oldham) – 3:21
8. "The Cat Was a Junkie" (Bobby Weinstein, Jon Stroll)
9. "Crying" (Joe Melson, Roy Orbison) – 2:30
10. "Not for the Love of a Woman" (Nat Foster) – 3:08
11. "Why" (Swain Schaefer) – 3:04

Personnel

• Ronnie Milsap - vocals, keyboards
• Eddie Hinton, Gimmer Nicolson, James Burton, Johnny Christopher, Reggie Young, Tippy Armstrong, Wayne Perkins - guitar
• Chris Ethridge, Mike Leech, Norbert Putnam - bass
• Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, David Briggs, Glen Spreen, Jim Dickinson, Swain Schaefer - Hammond B-3
• Gene Chrisman, Kenny Buttrey, Roger Hawkins - drums
• Hayward Bishop - percussion
• Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson - horns
• The Black Berries - backing vocals

Technical

• Dan Penn, Gene Eichelberger, Jim Johnson, Marlin Greene, Ralph Rhodes, Terry Manning - engineers
• Ed Thrasher - art director
• Jim Marshall - photography

Ronnie Milsap
Studio albums	Ronnie Milsap Where My Heart Is Pure Love Legend in My Time A Rose By Any Other Name Night Things 20/20 Vision It Was Almost Like a Song Only One Love in My Life Images Milsap Magic Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing There's No Gettin' Over Me Inside Keyed Up One More Try for Love Lost in the Fifties Tonight Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Heart & Soul Stranger Things Have Happened Back to the Grindstone True Believer Sings His Best for Capitol Records Just for a Thrill My Life Then Sings My Soul Country Again Summer #17
Compilation albums	Ronnie Milsap Live Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Essential Ronnie Milsap Super Hits Only One Love 40 #1 Hits Ultimate Ronnie Milsap 16 Biggest Hits Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Milsap The RCA Albums Collection
#1 singles	"Pure Love" "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" "Daydreams About Night Things" "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" "It Was Almost Like a Song" "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" "Only One Love in My Life" "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" "Back on My Mind Again" "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" "Why Don't You Spend the Night" "My Heart" "Cowboys and Clowns" "Smoky Mountain Rain" "Am I Losing You" "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" "Any Day Now" "He Got You" "Inside" "Stranger in My House" "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" "Show Her" "Still Losing You" "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "In Love" "How Do I Turn You On" "Snap Your Fingers" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) "Where Do the Nights Go" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "A Woman in Love" "Stranger Things Have Happened"
Other songs	"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" "Just in Case" "In No Time at All" "Prisoner of the Highway" "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) "Button Off My Shirt" "Houston Solution" "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" "Since I Don't Have You" "Turn That Radio On" "All Is Fair in Love and War" "True Believer"
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