A Legend in My Time

A Legend in My Time
A Legend in My Time
Studio album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	1975
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Tom Collins, Jack D. Johnson
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Singles from A Legends in My Time
	"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"; Released: November 30, 1974; "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry"; Released: March 1975;

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A Legend in My Time is the fourth studio album by country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1975. Two singles were released from the album, including the Don Gibson penned "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time," which reached No. 1 on country charts and Al Dexter's "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry", which peaked at #6.

The album reached No. 4 on Country charts and made its debut on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at #138. Allmusic stated that the tempo was "switched up" "a little" from the previous album, marking it as having a bit more "variety." In 1975, it was named as the Country Music Association's Album of the Year.

Track listing[]

"Busiest Memory in Town" (Dennis Morgan)
"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" (Al Dexter)
"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" (Don Gibson)
"The Biggest Lie" (John Schweers)
"Country Cookin'" (Ronnie Milsap)
"She Came Here for the Change" (Bobby Barker, Charles Quillen)
"I'll Leave This World Loving You" (Wayne Kemp, Mack Vickery)
"I'm Still Not over You" (Milsap)
"I Honestly Love You" (Jeff Barry, Peter Allen)
"Clap Your Hands" (Kent Robbins)

Personnel[]

Background Vocals: The Nashville Edition
Banjo: Bobby Thompson
Bass guitar: Mike Leech
Drums: Kenny Malone
Fiddle: Jim Buchanan, Tommy Williams
Guitar: Harold Bradley, Jimmy Capps, Steve Gibson, Glenn Keener, Jerry Shook, Chip Young
Harmonica: Charlie McCoy
Lead Vocals: Ronnie Milsap
Piano: Ronnie Milsap, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jay Spell
Steel Guitar: Pete Drake, Lloyd Green, John Hughey
String Arranger: D. Bergen White (tracks 2,3,7,9)
Upright Bass: Joe Zinkan
Vibraphone: Charlie McCoy, Farrell Morris

Charts[]

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	4

Singles[]

Year	Song	US Country
1974	"(I'd Be) a Legend in My Time	1
1975	"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry"	6

References[]

Erlewine, Stephen. Legend in My Time, Allmusic.

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Studio albums	Ronnie Milsap Where My Heart Is Pure Love Legend in My Time A Rose By Any Other Name Night Things 20/20 Vision It Was Almost Like a Song Only One Love in My Life Images Milsap Magic Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing There's No Gettin' Over Me Inside Keyed Up One More Try for Love Lost in the Fifties Tonight Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Heart & Soul Stranger Things Have Happened Back to the Grindstone True Believer Sings His Best for Capitol Records Just for a Thrill My Life Then Sings My Soul
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 40 #1 Hits 16 Biggest Hits
#1 singles	"Pure Love" "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" "Daydreams About Night Things" "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" "It Was Almost Like a Song" "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" "Only One Love in My Life" "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" "Back on My Mind Again" "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" "Why Don't You Spend the Night" "My Heart" "Cowboys and Clowns" "Smoky Mountain Rain" "Am I Losing You" "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" "Any Day Now" "He Got You" "Inside" "Stranger in My House" "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" "Show Her" "Still Losing You" "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "In Love" "How Do I Turn You On" "Snap Your Fingers" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) "Where Do the Nights Go" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "A Woman in Love" "Stranger Things Have Happened"
Other songs	"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" "Just in Case" "In No Time at All" "Prisoner of the Highway" "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) "Button Off My Shirt" "Houston Solution" "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" "Since I Don't Have You" "Turn That Radio On" "All Is Fair in Love and War" "True Believer"
Related articles	Discography

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1967−1970	There Goes My Everything (1967) Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) Johnny Cash At San Quentin (1969) Okie from Muskogee (1970)
1971-1980	I Won't Mention It Again (1971) Let Me Tell You About a Song (1972) Behind Closed Doors (1973) A Very Special Love Song (1974) A Legend in My Time (1975) Wanted! The Outlaws (1976) Ronnie Milsap Live (1977) It Was Almost Like a Song (1978) The Gambler (1979) Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
1981-1990	I Believe in You (1981) Always on My Mind (1982) The Closer You Get (1983) A Little Good News (1984) Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1985) Lost in the Fifties Tonight (1986) Always And Forever (1987) Born to Boogie (1988) Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two (1989) Pickin' on Nashville (1990)
1991-2000	No Fences (1991) Ropin' the Wind (1992) I Still Believe in You (1993) Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles (1994) When Fallen Angels Fly (1995) Blue Clear Sky (1996) Carrying Your Love with Me (1997) Everywhere (1998) A Place in the Sun (1999) Fly (2000)
2001-2010	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001) Drive (2002) American IV: The Man Comes Around (2003) When the Sun Goes Down (2004) There's More Where That Came From (2005) Time Well Wasted (2006) It Just Comes Natural (2007) Troubadour (2008) Fearless (2009) Revolution (2010)
2011-2020	My Kinda Party (2011) Chief (2012) Based on a True Story... (2013) Platinum (2014) Traveller (2015) Mr. Misunderstood (2016) From A Room: Volume 1 (2017) Golden Hour (2018) Girl (2019) What You See Is What You Get (2020)