Lost in the Fifties Tonight explained
| Lost in the Fifties Tonight |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ronnie Milsap |
| Cover: | lostinthefiftiestonight.png |
| Released: | 1986 |
| Studio: | GroundStar Laboratories and Bullet Recording (Nashville, Tennessee). |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | RCA Records |
| Producer: | Ronnie Milsap, Rob Galbraith, Tom Collins |
| Prev Title: | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Christmas with Ronnie Milsap |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
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.
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[1]
- 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
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak
positions |
|---|
| 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 | — | |
Notes and References
- Lost in the Fifties Tonight . Ronnie Milsap . 1986 . cassette insert . RCA Records . 7194.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. June 9, 2021.
