Stranger Things Have Happened (Ronnie Milsap album)

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Stranger Things Have Happened
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1989
Recorded1988
StudioGroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Label RCA Records
Producer Rob Galbraith, Ronnie Milsap, Tom Collins
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Heart & Soul
(1987)
Stranger Things Have Happened
(1989)
Back to the Grindstone
(1991)

Stranger Things Have Happened is the nineteenth studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1989. The album produced four singles, two of which claimed the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart, including "A Woman in Love" and "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)." The other singles, included "Houston Solution" and the title track, which peaked at #4 and #2 respectively. Of especial note is the song "You Snap Your Fingers (And I'm Back in Your Hands)", which made an appearance once before in his career on his album from 13 years prior.

Contents

Stranger Things Have Happened reached #20 on Country album charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stranger Things Have Happened" Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall 3:09
2."Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" Hank Cochran 3:02
3."A Woman in Love"Doug Millett, Curtis Wright 3:14
4."You Snap Your Fingers (And I'm Back in Your Hands)"John Schweers3:23
5."Starting Today"Murrah, Stegall2:37
6."Roll the Dice" Larry Boone, Paul Nelson4:59
7."I Feel Like I'm Cheating on You" Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:47
8."I Never Expected to See You"Ronnie Milsap, Don Schlitz 3:15
9."Houston Solution" Paul Overstreet, Schlitz3:25
10."Southern Roots"Rob Galbraith, Naomi Martin, Archie Jordan3:38

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1989)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums20
Canadian RPM Country Albums20

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1989"Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)"1*
"Houston Solution"412
"A Woman in Love"11
1990"Stranger Things Have Happened"21

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