Lost in the Fifties Tonight

Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Studio album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	1986
Studio	GroundStar Laboratories and Bullet Recording (Nashville, Tennessee);
Genre	Country
Length	42:53
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;

Last updated September 03, 2025

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Lost in the Fifties Tonight is the seventeenth studio album by American 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."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"	Mike Reid, Troy Seals, Fred Parris	4:18
2.	"In Love"	Reid, Bruce Dees	4:34
3.	"Old Fashioned Girl Like You"	Reid, Naomi Martin	3:21
4.	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	4:24
5.	"Don't Take It Tonight"	Reid, Seals	5:10
6.	"How Do I Turn You On"	Reid, Robert Byrne	4:45
7.	"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"	Margo Sylvia, Gilbert Lopez	3:41
8.	"Nashville Moon"	Roger Murrah, John Schweers	3:18
9.	"I Only Remember the Good Times"	Reid, Martin	4:00
10.	"Money (That's What I Want)"	Janice Bradford, Berry Gordy	5:21

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

Ronnie Milsap – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
Brandon Barnes – synthesizers
Mitch Humphries – keyboards
Shane Keister – keyboards, synthesizers, synthesizer drum programming
Mike Lawler – synthesizers
Jay Spell – keyboards
Larry Byrom – electric guitar
Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar
Bruce Dees – electric guitar, backing vocals
Jon Goin – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Bob Wray – bass guitar
Larrie Londin – drums
Roy Yeager – drums
Farrell Morris – percussion
Jim Horn – saxophone
Bergen White – string arrangements, backing vocals
Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
The Nashville String Machine – strings
Robert Byrne – backing vocals
Lisa Silver – backing vocals
Suzy Storm – backing vocals
Wendy Suits – backing vocals
Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
Marie Tomlinson – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Barbara Wyrick – backing vocals

Production

Tom Collins – producer
Rob Galbraith – producer
Ronnie Milsap – producer
Ben Harris – engineer
Kyle Lehning – engineer
Randy Gardner – assistant engineer
Scott Hendricks – string engineer
Glenn Meadows – digital editing at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Bill Brunt – art direction, design
Greg Gorman – photography
Jim Osborn – illustration
Marie Shreve-Slayton – hair, make-up

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	—

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Lost in the Fifties Tonight (cassette insert). Ronnie Milsap. RCA Records. 1986. 7194.{{cite AV media notes}}: 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.
↑ "American album certifications – Ronnie Milsap – Lost in the Fifties Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America.

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[1] Allmusic review

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

[United_StatesRonnie_MilsapLost_in_the_Fifties_TonightalbumCertRef-6] "American album certifications – Ronnie Milsap – Lost in the Fifties Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America.

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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"
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