Ronnie Milsap is among the most influential and popular country music performers of the s and s. There, he discovered a profound love of music and for the next 12 years he studied classical music and learned to play a number of instruments, including violin, guitar, and his favorite, the piano. Encouraged by singer and pianist Ray Charles, Milsap turned down a full scholarship to study pre-law at Emory University for a career in music. I went to a Ray Charles concert. Ronnie had enjoyed country music as a child and when he discovered Merle Haggard, he fell in love with it again. Charley Pride was in attendance and encouraged Milsap to move to Nashville and record country music. From through , Milsap was the dominant male performer on the country music charts. He scored seven back-to-back No. Ronnie Milsap would achieve 16 additional country No. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in
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Ronnie Lee Milsap born January 16, is an American country music singer and pianist. He is credited with six Grammy Awards and thirty-five No. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in During his childhood, Milsap developed a passion for music, particularly the late-night radio broadcasts of country music, gospel music , and rhythm and blues. When he was seven, his instructors noticed his musical talents. Soon afterward he began studying classical music formally at Governor Morehead and learned several instruments, eventually mastering the piano.
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Happy birthday to Ronnie Milsap! The singer was born on Jan. While Milsap has led an extraordinary life, his humble beginnings were anything but promising. Almost completely blind since birth due to a congenital disorder, Milsap was abandoned by his biological mother and raised by his grandparents until the age of five, when he went to the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, N.
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