Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1945 in Robbinsville, North Carolina) is an American country music singer and musician. He was one of country’s most popular and influential artists in the 19 . .   Expand    Wikipedia

Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1945 in Robbinsville, North Carolina) is an American country music singer and musician. He was one of country’s most popular and influential artists in the 1970s and 1980s. He became country music’s first blind superstar. He was also one of the most successful country crossover singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop markets. Milsap’s 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", among others. He is credited with forty #1 hits in country music, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. Ronnie Milsap was born with a congenital defect, leaving him almost completely blind. Soon after his very first birthday, he was cast off and given to his grandmother to raise (it is said that his mother considered his blindness a punishnment from God due to his wickedness). At the age of six, he was sent to the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he received a quality education and skills that would be beneficial to him for the rest of his life. He was offered scholarship for law school, but wanted to pursue his music)Throughout the span of his childhood, he lost what vision he was born with. His "good eye" (along with the other) were both removed due to a developing blood clot. Throughout it all, he took refuge in music - particularly the late night broadcasts of country music, gospel, and rhythm and blues. He has often said that he was inspired by the likes of Ray Charles, Little Richard, and Patsy Cline as great influences.

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