Milsap wouldn't know about the dancing thing firsthand: Congenital glaucoma left him completely blind in his right eye since birth, and mostly blind in his left eye. I just want to shake your hand.' The way he could dance, too, apparently was something." Excitement." "I met him once, in Atlanta when he walked into the Royal Peacock Club. "Jackie Wilson?" he says of the R&B giant known as "Mr. The adoring part: Milsap talks about other artists - Jones, Jackie Wilson, Jim Reeves and Charley Pride among them - the way his fans talk about him. Between 19, Milsap recorded a remarkable 48 consecutive Billboard Top 10 country singles. Other than Milsap, every artist in the Top 10 of that Billboard list is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. His Billboard total places him fourth on the all-time list, trailing only George Strait, Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard. 1 country hits, 35 of them on the Billboard country singles chart. The adored part: Since making his country music debut in 1973, he's won three CMA top male vocalist prizes, six Grammy Awards and myriad other trophies, while notching 40 No. But Milsap, who turned 71 last week and who has been making records for 51 years, is equal parts adoring fan and adored recording artist. I do feel for the music."Ĭareer musicians are at risk of growing jaded, of becoming immune to the charm of the sounds that once inspired them to a life of song. "I mean, George Jones? He's the one nobody can touch. "Some of those songs Eddie Stubbs plays on WSM, those would make anybody cry," he says. Usually, the culprit is a radio, tuned to 650 on the AM dial for classic country.
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