Ronnie Milsap is the debut studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1971 on Warner Bros. Records.
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 organ 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
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