His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House".

He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 35 number-one country hits, fourth to George Strait, Conway Twitty, and Merle Haggard.

Soon afterward he began formal study of classical music at Governor Morehead School and learned several instruments, eventually mastering the piano.

In concert, Milsap has often paid tribute to the musicians of the 1950s who inspired him including Ray Charles, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Presley.

[2] During this time, Milsap joined a popular local R&B band called the Dimensions that played gigs in the Atlanta area, and became a regular attraction at the rough and rowdy Royal Peacock Club.

In the fall of 1964, Milsap declined a scholarship to law school and left college to pursue a full-time career in music.

In 1963, Milsap met Atlanta disc jockey Pat Hughes, who became an early supporter of his music career.

During this time, Moman helped Milsap land work as a session musician on numerous projects including several recordings with Elvis Presley such as "Don't Cry Daddy" in 1969 and "Kentucky Rain" in 1970.

[2] That same year, Milsap made the lower reaches of the pop charts with the single "Loving You Is a Natural Thing".

Milsap began working with Pride's manager, Jack D. Johnson, and was signed to RCA Records in 1973.

1 singles: "Pure Love" (written by Eddie Rabbitt) and the Kris Kristofferson composition "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" which won Milsap his first Grammy.

While the song was Milsap's only crossover success of the 1970s, he continued to achieve hits on the country music charts for the remainder of the decade.

Just a few months later, "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" was released, becoming Milsap's last significant entry on the pop music chart, stopping at No.

1 country singles, enjoying great success at this time with "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning", "In Love", "Snap Your Fingers", "Where Do the Nights Go", and the Grammy-winning duet with Kenny Rogers, "Make No Mistake, She's Mine".

Milsap has remained one of country music's best-loved and most successful artists despite the lack of radio airplay since the mid-1990s.

In 1993, he left RCA for Liberty and released the album True Believer which failed to achieve significant radio airplay, although the title song scored No.

Milsap has also been featured by CMT's numerous shows, including 40 Greatest Men of Country Music and a 2005 episode of Crossroads with Tex-Mex rock group Los Lonely Boys.

During 2004, Milsap worked with producer Jerry F. Sharell to record his first non-country album since the early 1970s, Just for a Thrill.

The project was a collection of American popular/jazz music standards which earned Milsap a Grammy award nomination that year.

In 2006, Milsap signed with his former company RCA and returned to a mainstream, contemporary country music style with the album My Life.

In 2009, Milsap released a two-CD set entitled Then Sings My Soul which featured 24 hymns and gospel songs, including "Up To Zion".

[10] On June 1, 2014, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Smoky Mountain Rain" #96 in their list of the 100 greatest country songs.

[14] The Duets album has many artists including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Little Big Town and many other of Country Music's finest.

Mid 2020 Ronnie added an audio clip on his website stating he has a new home studio and he has been recording a new album!

[16] On May 1, 2022, Ronnie Inducted his longtime friend Ray Charles into the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

Sometime over the summer of 2022 Ronnie was reported to have been in the studio recording with his longtime friend & album producer Rob Galbraith.

Then on September 15 Ronnie was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall Of Fame alongside Mavis Staples, Priscilla Presley, Jim Gaines and many others.

The album will also feature Alabama, Reba McEntire, Ronnie Dunn, Lee Ann Womack & many others.

[17] On October 3, 2023, Ronnie Milsap was joined by many of his musical friends to do his final show at the Bridgestone Arena.

[21] They had one son, Ronald "Todd" Milsap, who was found dead on his houseboat at the age of 49 on February 23, 2019, from an apparent medical condition.