Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Lost in the Fifties Tonight | ||||
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Studio album by Ronnie Milsap | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Studio | GroundStar Laboratories and Bullet Recording (Nashville, Tennessee). | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Ronnie Milsap, Rob Galbraith, Tom Collins | |||
Ronnie Milsap chronology | ||||
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Singles from Lost in the Fifties Tonight | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Lost in the Fifties Tonight is the seventeenth studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1986. The album produced four singles, all of which claimed the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart, including the title track, which was previously featured on Milsap's Second Greatest Hits Volume. The others included "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby", "In Love" and "How Do I Turn You On."
The album reached No. 1 on Country charts and peaked at #121 on the Billboard 200. It was ultimately certified as gold. The album went out of print in 2005, but was re-released as a double album with 1987's Heart & Soul on May 8, 2012.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" | Mike Reid, Troy Seals, Fred Parris | 4:18 |
2. | "In Love" | Reid, Bruce Dees | 4:34 |
3. | "Old Fashioned Girl Like You" | Reid, Naomi Martin | 3:21 |
4. | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong | 4:24 |
5. | "Don't Take It Tonight" | Reid, Seals | 5:10 |
6. | "How Do I Turn You On" | Reid, Robert Byrne | 4:45 |
7. | "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" | Margo Sylvia, Gilbert Lopez | 3:41 |
8. | "Nashville Moon" | Roger Murrah, John Schweers | 3:18 |
9. | "I Only Remember the Good Times" | Reid, Martin | 4:00 |
10. | "Money (That's What I Want)" | Janice Bradford, Berry Gordy | 5:21 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- Ronnie Milsap – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
- Brandon Barnes – synthesizers
- Mitch Humphries – keyboards
- Shane Keister – keyboards, synthesizers, synthesizer drum programming
- Mike Lawler – synthesizers
- Jay Spell – keyboards
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar
- Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar
- Bruce Dees – electric guitar, backing vocals
- Jon Goin – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
- Bob Wray – bass guitar
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Roy Yeager – drums
- Farrell Morris – percussion
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- Bergen White – string arrangements, backing vocals
- Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
- The Nashville String Machine – strings
- Robert Byrne – backing vocals
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals
- Suzy Storm – backing vocals
- Wendy Suits – backing vocals
- Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
- Marie Tomlinson – backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
- Barbara Wyrick – backing vocals
Production
- Tom Collins – producer
- Rob Galbraith – producer
- Ronnie Milsap – producer
- Ben Harris – engineer
- Kyle Lehning – engineer
- Randy Gardner – assistant engineer
- Scott Hendricks – string engineer
- Glenn Meadows – digital editing at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Bill Brunt – art direction, design
- Greg Gorman – photography
- Jim Osborn – illustration
Charts
Weekly charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
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US Country | US AC | CAN Country | CAN AC | ||
1985 | "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" | 1 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
1986 | "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" | 1 | — | 1 | — |
"In Love" | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
"How Do I Turn You On" | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[6] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Lost in the Fifties Tonight (cassette insert). Ronnie Milsap. RCA Records. 1986. 7194.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Ronnie Milsap – Lost in the Fifties Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America.
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