Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records

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Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1996
Genre Country
Length34:30
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Rob Galbraith, Ronnie Milsap, Nancy H. Williams
Ronnie Milsap chronology
The Essential Ronnie Milsap
(1995)
Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records
(1996)
Super Hits
(1996)

Sings His Best Hits for Capitol Records was the twenty-second studio album of Country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1996 under Capitol Nashville, his first for the label. The album consisted of re-recordings of past hits by Milsap including "Stranger in My House," "Smoky Mountain Rain" and "Pure Love." No singles were released.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Stranger in My House" (Mike Reid) - 4:13
  2. "It Was Almost Like a Song" (Hal David, Archie Jordan) - 3:50
  3. "Snap Your Fingers" (Grady Martin, Alex Zanetis) - 3:00
  4. "Daydreams About Night Things" (John Schweers) - 2:24
  5. "Smoky Mountain Rain" (Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan) - 3:57
  6. "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" - (Fred Parris, Reid, Troy Seals) 4:32
  7. "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" (Walt Aldridge, Tom Brasfield) - 3:13
  8. "Pure Love" (Eddie Rabbitt) - 2:23
  9. "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" (Kent Robbins) - 3:04
  10. "Button Off My Shirt" (Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle) - 3:54

Personnel

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