The discography of American country music singer Ronnie Milsap consists of 29 studio albums, 3 live albums, more than 18 compilations, and over 80 singles. Since releasing his first album in 1971, Milsap has had 42 number-one hits on the Billboard country chart and sold over 35 million albums. In addition, 26 of his US number-one hits reached number-one on the RPM Top Country Tracks chart in Canada; three songs that did not reach number-one in the US were number one in Canada; and two of his US number-one country hits also topped the US adult contemporary chart. As of 2000, he has recorded 7 gold albums, 1 platinum album, and 1 double-platinum album.
Studio albums 1970s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country[ allmusic ((( Ronnie Milsap > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))] US CAN Country Ronnie Milsap Release date: August 1971 Label: Warner Bros. Records — — — Where My Heart Is Release date: September 1973 Label: RCA Records 5 — — Pure Love Release date: April 1974 Label: RCA Records 8 — — A Legend in My Time Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Records 4 138 — Night Things Release date: October 1975 Label: RCA Records 2 191 — CAN: Gold 20/20 Vision Release date: May 1976 Label: RCA Records 3 — — It Was Almost Like a Song Release date: 1977 Label: RCA Records 3 97 18 US: Gold Only One Love in My Life Release date: 1978 Label: RCA Records 3 109 9 US: Gold Images Release date: 1979 Label: RCA Records 5 98 9 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s and 1990s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country Milsap Magic Release date: 1980 Label: RCA Records 3 137 — Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing Release date: 1981 Label: RCA Records 6 89 — There's No Gettin' Over Me Release date: 1981 Label: RCA Records 1 31 — US: Gold Inside Release date: 1982 Label: RCA Records 4 66 — Keyed Up Release date: 1983 Label: RCA Records 2 36 — One More Try for Love Release date: 1984 Label: RCA Records 10 180 2 Lost in the Fifties Tonight Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Records 1 121 — US: Gold Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Release date: 1986 Label: RCA Records 65 — — Heart & Soul Release date: 1987 Label: RCA Records 13 — — Stranger Things Have Happened Release date: February 28, 1989 Label: RCA Records 20 — 20 Back to the Grindstone Release date: March 12, 1991 Label: RCA Records 24 172 — True Believer Release date: June 7, 1993 Label: Liberty Records — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s-present Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US Country US US Christ US Jazz Just for a Thrill Release date: September 21, 2004 Label: Image Entertainment — — — 11 My Life Release date: June 27, 2006 Label: RCA Records 46 — — — Then Sings My Soul Release date: March 10, 2009 Label: StarSong 12 of the 24 songs were repackaged as "Gospel Greats", released on Feb. 12, 2016 by Black River Entertainment 19 127 8 — Country Again Release date: July 26, 2011 Label: Bigger Picture Music Group — — — — Summer Number Seventeen Release date: March 18, 2014 Label: Legacy Recordings — — — — The Duets Release date: January 18, 2019 Label: Riser House/Sony — — — —US: 5,200 A Better Word for Love Release date: April 30, 2021 Label: Black River Entertainment — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Peak positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country Ronnie Milsap Live Release date: 1976 Label: RCA Records 2 US: Gold Ronnie Milsap Live Release date: May 21, 2002 Label: Image Entertainment New live album despite the same title as his 1976 live album — — Blast From The Past Release date: March 12, 2021 The Classic 1981 Texas Broadcast "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US The Country Soul Of Ronnie Milsap Release date: 1974 Label: Trip A Rose By Any Other Name Release date: 1975 Label: Warner Bros. Records 23 16 Hits Release date: 1976 Label: Trip The Hits Of Ronnie Milsap Release date: 1978 Label: RCA Victor Greatest Hits Release date: 1980 Label: RCA Records 1 36 CAN: Platinum US: 2× Platinum Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Records 1 102 US: Platinum Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 Release date: 1991 Label: RCA Records — — The Essential Ronnie Milsap Release date: 1995 Label: RCA Records — — Super Hits Release date: May 21, 1996 Label: RCA Records — — Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records Release date: September 17, 1996 Label: Capitol Nashville Re-recordings of 10 songs from his RCA Records era — — 40 #1 Hits Release date: June 6, 2000 Label: Virgin Records 19 178 US: Gold RCA Country Legends Release date: June 19, 2001 Label: Buddha Records — — Ultimate Ronnie Milsap Release date: March 2, 2004 Label: RCA Records — — All American Country Release date: June 22, 2004 Label: Collectables Records — — The Essential Ronnie Milsap Release date: August 1, 2006 Label: RCA Records Different than the 1995 compilation The Essential Ronnie Milsap — — 16 Biggest Hits Release date: March 24, 2007 Label: Legacy Recordings 67 — Playlist: The Very Best of Ronnie Milsap Release date: June 17, 2008 Label: Sony BMG — — The RCA Albums Collection Release date: November 4, 2014 Label: Legacy Recordings — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
1960s and 1970s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country US US R&B US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC AUSNZ 1963 "Total Disaster / It Went To Your Head" — — — — — — — — — 1965 "Never Had It So Good / Let's Go Get Stoned" — 106 19 — — — — — —1966 "When It Comes To My Baby" — — — — — — — — — "The End Of The World" — — — — — — — — — "Ain't No Soul Left In These Ole Shoes / Another Branch From The Old Tree" — — — — — — — — —1967 "Wish You Were Here / A Loving Background" — — — — — — — — — "The House of the Rising Sun" — — — — — — — — —1968 "Do What You Gotta Do" — — — — — — — — — 1969 "Denver" — 123 — — — — — — — 1970 "Loving You Is A Natural Thing / So Hung Up On Sylvia" — 87 — — — — — — — "A Rose By Any Other Name / Sermonette" — 125 — — — — — — — 1971 "Sunday Rain" — — — — — — — —— Ronnie Milsap 1972 "Magic Me Again" — — — — — — — — — 1973 "I Hate You"/"(All Together Now) Let's Fall Apart" 10 — — — 14 — — —— Where My Heart Is "The Cat Was a Junkie"————————18 Ronnie Milsap "That Girl Who Waits on Tables" 11 — — — 14 — — —— Where My Heart Is 1974 "Pure Love" 1 — — — 2 — — 71— Pure Love "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" 1 95 — — 1 — — —— "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" 1 — — — 1 — — —— A Legend in My Time 1975 "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" 6 101 — — 3 91 — —— "Daydreams About Night Things" 1 — — — 2 — 35 —— Night Things "Just in Case" 4 — — — 5 — — —— 1976 "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" 1 — — — 1 — — —— 20/20 Vision "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" 1 — — — 1 — — —— "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" 1 — — — 1 — — —— Ronnie Milsap Live 1977 "It Was Almost Like a Song" 1 16 — 7 12 7 6 81— It Was Almost Like a Song "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" 1 80 — 19 1 96 43 —— 1978 "Only One Love in My Life" 1 63 — 24 1 83 — —— Only One Love in My Life "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" 1 — — 33 1 — — —— 1979 "Back on My Mind Again"/"Santa Barbara" 2 — — — 1 — — —— "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" 1 — — — 1 — — —— Images "In No Time at All"/"Get It Up" 6 43 — — 9 — — —— "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC AUS 1980 "Why Don't You Spend the Night" 1 — — 2 — — — Milsap Magic "My Heart"/"Silent Night (After the Fight)" 1 — — 13 — — — "Cowboys and Clowns"/"Misery Loves Company" 1 103 — 10 — — — Bronco Billy (soundtrack) "Smoky Mountain Rain" 1 24 1 8 — — — Greatest Hits 1981 "Am I Losing You" 1 — — 1 — — — Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" 1 5 2 1 21 1 98 There's No Gettin' Over Me "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" 1 20 3 1 — 1 57 1982 "Any Day Now" 1 14 1 1 — 1 96 Inside "He Got You" 1 59 15 2 — 10 — "Inside"/"Carolina Dreams" 1 — 27 1 — 6 — 1983 "Stranger in My House"/"Is It Over" 5 23 8 1 42 55 55 Keyed Up "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" 1 58 12 1 — 8 — "Show Her" 1 103 17 1 — 4 — 1984 "Still Losing You" 1 — 29 1 — — — One More Try for Love "Prisoner of the Highway" 6 — — 9 — — — "She Loves My Car" — 84 — — — — — 1985 "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" 1 — — 1 — — — Greatest Hits, Volume 2 "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" 1 — 8 1 — 20 66 1986 "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" 1 — 35 1 — — — Lost in the Fifties Tonight "In Love" 1 — — 1 — — — "How Do I Turn You On" 1 — — 1 — — — 1987 "Snap Your Fingers" 1 — — 1 — — — Heart & Soul "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) 1 — 42 1 — — — "Where Do the Nights Go" 1 — — 1 — — — 1988 "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) 2 — — 12 — — — "Button Off My Shirt" 4 — — 4 — — — 1989 "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" 1 — — 2 — — — Stranger Things Have Happened "Houston Solution" 4 — — 12 — — — "A Woman in Love" 1 — — 1 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country US AC CAN Country 1990 "Stranger Things Have Happened" 2 — 1 Stranger Things Have Happened 1991 "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" 3 — 3 Back to the Grindstone "Since I Don't Have You" 6 25 7 "Turn That Radio On" 4 — 2 1992 "All Is Fair in Love and War" 11 — 13 "L.A. to the Moon" 45 — 73 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 1993 "True Believer" 30 — — True Believer "I'm Playing for You" — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s-present Year Single Peak positions Album US Country US AC 2000 "Time, Love and Money" 57 — 40 #1 Hits "Livin' on Love" — — 2006 "Local Girls" 54 — My Life "You Don't Know My Love" (with Jypsi) — — 2009 "Up to Zion" — — Then Sings My Soul "My First Ride" (with Trace Adkins) — — 2011 "If You Don't Want Me To (The Freeze)" — — Country Again 2013 "Summer Number Seventeen" — — Summer Number Seventeen 2019 "Southern Boys and Detroit Wheels" (with Billy Gibbons) — — The Duets "Smoky Mountain Rain" (with Dolly Parton) — 272020 "Merry Merry Christmas Baby" — — 2021 "Wild Honey" — —A Better Word For Love "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Single Artist Peak chart positions CertificationsAlbum US Country US Country Airplay US CAN Country CAN AUS SCO 2016 "Forever Country" Artists of Then, Now & Forever 1 33 21 39 25 26 29 RIAA: Gold rowspan="2" 2023 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Deborah Silver — — — — — — —
Promotional singles Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1975 "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" 15 A Rose by Any Other Name "A Rose by Any Other Name" (re-release) 77 1976 "Crying" 79
Music videos Year Video Director 1981 "(There's) No Getting Over Me" "It's All I Can Do" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World" "Too Big For Words" 1982 "Any Day Now" David Hogan 1983 "Stranger in My House" 1984 "She Loves My Car" 1985 "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" 1988 "Old Folks" Phran Schwartz 1989 "Houston Solution" (Live) Steve Womack "A Woman in Love" John Lloyd Miller 1991 "Since I Don't Have You" Deaton Flanigen 1993 "I'm Playing for You" Steven Goldmann 2006 "Local Girls" Eric Welch 2011 "If You Dont Want Me To (The Freeze)" 2016 "Forever Country" (Artists of Then, Now & Forever) Joseph Kahn 2021 "Big Bertha" (Lyric Video)" (featuring Vince Gill)
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