Milsap Magic is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1980 by RCA Records. The two A-side singles from the album, "Why Don't You Spend the Night" and "My Heart", reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart, and two B-sides, "Silent Night (After the Fight)" and "Misery Loves Company", also received airplay as double-sided singles. The song "If You Don't Want Me To", which was later used as a B-side in 1987 and 1989, was then issued as the first single for Milsap's 2011 Country Again album, in its original production (not a re-recording) but as a longer version with an extra chorus inserted before the instrumental fade.
Track listing
Personnel Ronnie Milsap – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, percussion Beegie Adair – keyboards David Briggs – keyboards Bobby Ogdin – keyboards Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards Keith Thomas – keyboards Bobby Wood – keyboards Pete Bordonali – electric guitars Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar Steve Chapman – acoustic guitar Bruce Dees – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, backing vocals Jack Watkins – acoustic guitar Reggie Young – electric guitars Hal Rugg – steel guitar Warren Gowers – bass Mike Leech – bass Bob Moore – bass Kenny Buttrey – drums Rick Connell – drums Larrie Londin – drums Kenny Malone – drums, percussion Buster Phillips – drums Farrell Morris – percussion Charlie McCoy – vibraphone, harmonica Bergen White – horn and string arrangements Sheldon Kurland Strings – strings The Lea Jane Singers – backing vocals The Shari Kramer Singers – backing vocals
Production Rob Galbraith – producer Ronnie Milsap – producer, mixing Ben Harris – recording, mixing Bill Harris – recording Danny Hilley – recording Don Wagner – recording Denny Purcell – mastering at Woodland Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) Mike Doud – art direction, design Mary Francis – design Beverly Parker – photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 30
References