Lost in the Fifties Tonight | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Studio | GroundStar Laboratories and Bullet Recording (Nashville, Tennessee). | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Ronnie Milsap, Rob Galbraith, Tom Collins | |||
Ronnie Milsap chronology | ||||
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Singles from Lost in the Fifties Tonight | ||||
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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."
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
As listed in liner notes. [2]
Weekly charts
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Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
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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 | — |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [6] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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