Ronnie Milsap (album)
Ronnie Milsap is the debut studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1971 on Warner Bros. Records.
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Released | August 1971 | |||
Studio | American Sound Studio, Memphis; Muscle Shoals Sound Studios; Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville; Ardent Studios, Memphis; Record Plant, Los Angeles; Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 33:51 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
Producer | Dan Penn | |||
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Among the tracks on the album is "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends", which he re-recorded in 1974 after he signed a contract with RCA Nashville 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
- "Dedicate the Blues to Me" (Huey P. Meaux) – 3:20
- "Sunday Rain" (Mark James) – 3:09
- "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:00
- "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" (Chuck Berry) – 3:17
- "Blue Skies of Montana" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) – 5:29
- "Sanctified" (Jim Dickinson, Bob McDill) – 3:33
- "Keep on Smiling (1980)" (Karen Oldham, Spooner Oldham) – 3:21
- "The Cat Was a Junkie" (Bobby Weinstein, Jon Stroll)
- "Crying" (Joe Melson, Roy Orbison) – 2:30
- "Not for the Love of a Woman" (Nat Foster) – 3:08
- "Why" (Swain Schaefer) – 3:04
Personnel
- Ronnie Milsap – vocals, keyboards
- Eddie Hinton, Gimmer Nicholson, 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, Ed Logan – horns
- The Black Berries – backing vocals
- Glen Spreen - string arrangements
- Technical
- Dan Penn, Gene Eichelberger, Jim Johnson, Marlin Greene, Ralph Rhodes, Terry Manning – engineers
- Ed Thrasher – art director
- Jim Marshall – photography
References
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