Lost in the Fifties Tonight

Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Studio album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	1986
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Ronnie Milsap, Rob Galbraith, Tom Collins
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Singles from Lost in the Fifties Tonight
	"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"; Released: March 8, 1986; "In Love"; Released: June 1986; "How Do I Turn You On"; Released: October 1986;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Lost in the Fifties Tonight is the seventeenth studio album by 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[]

"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Mike Reid, Troy Seals)
"In Love" (Reid, Bruce Dees)
"Old Fashioned Girl Like You" (Reid, Naomi Martin)
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong)
"Don't Take It Tonight" (Reid, Seals)
"How Do I Turn You On" (Reid, Byrne)
"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" (M. Sylvia, G. Lopez)
"Nashville Moon" (Roger Murrah, John Schweers)
"I Only Remember the Good Times" (Reid, Martin)
"Money (That's What I Want)" (Janice Bradford, Berry Gordy)

Personnel[]

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

Brandon Barnes – synthesizer
Robert Byrne – background vocals
Larry Byrom – electric guitar
Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar
Bruce Dees – electric guitar, background vocals
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Jon Goin – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Jim Horn – saxophone
Mitch Humphries – keyboards
Shane Keister – keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming
Mike Lawler – synthesizer
Larrie Londin – drums
Ronnie Milsap – lead vocals, background vocals, keyboards
Farrell Morris – percussion
Lisa Silver – background vocals
Jay Spell – keyboards
Suzy Storm – background vocals
Diane Tidwell – background vocals
Marie Tomlinson – background vocals
Bergen White – background vocals
Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Bob Wray – bass guitar
Barbara Wyrick – background vocals
Roy Yeager – drums
Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, arranged by Bergen White and conducted by Carlos Gorodetzky.

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	121
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1986)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	22

Singles[]

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	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	—

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ Lost in the Fifties Tonight (cassette insert). Ronnie Milsap. RCA Records. 1986. 7194.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.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Lost in the Fifties Tonight (cassette insert). Ronnie Milsap. RCA Records. 1986. 7194.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Ronnie_Milsap-3] "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Ronnie_Milsap-4] "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

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#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"
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