Ronnie Milsap – Lost In The Fifties Tonight - 1985
As we inch towards the top of my Top 50 list, the really big songs are showing up. This song from Ronnie Milsap was one of his biggest hits and was universally loved by country fans and non country fans - and still is. In an era when Country was still trying to decide which direction to go, this song towered over most that year. A multi-week number one, Milsap's 27th number one song, a top 10 hit on the pop charts, a number one in Canada, and Milsap winning his fourth Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance. In short, this is one of his best and biggest songs of an incredible career that includes some 40 plus number one songs. This is also an iconic example of a song ending up in the right hands. As great as this song is, I feel it needed Milsap to pull it off. Clearly, this is not traditional country, but this is about as good of an example of mid 80's pop country there is. We held on to the Urban Cowboy influence for way too long, but before the next line of new traditionalists showed up in 1986, there were some incredible gems like this that really cut through. This may be the best song of that in between era, sung by Milsap who is one of the best vocalists in any format over the past half century - and he is flawless here. I love this song.
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