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1 Biography

Milsap was born with a congenital defect that left him blind. He lived with his grandparents until age 6 when he was placed in the State School for the Blind in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Milsap showed musical aptitude at an early age. The school stressed classical music training but he preferred country, gospel and rhythm-and-blues. He released his first single, Total Disaster, in 1963 at the age of twenty. 1972 found him working regularly at Roger Miller's King of the Road Club in Nashville, Tennessee and he signed with RCA Records in 1973. Milsap recorded for RCA until 1992. During that time he created five gold albumThe description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies. Originally applied to LP records, they are now most commonly awarded for compact discs. A larger number of sales qualifies for the award of a Platinus, one platinum album and one double platinum album. He also won six Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in musical recordings, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the Units and eight Country Music AssociationThe Country Music Association (CMA) was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre. The objectives of the organization are to guide and enhance awards including the coveted Entertainer of the Year Award.

Ronnie and his wife Joyce currently make their home in Nashville, Tennessee.

2 Selected Discography

• Where My Heart Is ( 1973)
• Pure Love ( 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped)
• Legend In My Time ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i)
• Night Things ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i)
• 20/20 Vision ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i)
• It Was Almost Like A Song ( 1977)
• Only One Love In My Life ( 1978)
• Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing ( 1981)
• Lost In the Fifties Tonight ( 1986)
• True Believer ( 1993)
• Only One Love ( 1997)