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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	1980
Genre	Country
Length	27:28
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Tom Collins; Jack D. Johnson; Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Singles from Greatest Hits
	"Smoky Mountain Rain"; Released: September 1980;

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Allmusic	^[1]

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits collection by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1980 by RCA Records .^[1] The album's only single, "Smoky Mountain Rain," reached Number One on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Easy Listening charts.^[2] The album has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over 2 million copies.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time""	Don Gibson	2:55
2.	"(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man"	Kent Robbins	2:58
3.	"Pure Love"	Eddie Rabbitt	2:19
4.	"Daydreams About Night Things"	John Schweers	2:22
5.	"It Was Almost Like a Song"	Hal David, Archie Jordan	3:36
6.	"Smoky Mountain Rain"	Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan	3:29
7.	"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"	Kris Kristofferson	2:41
8.	"Back on My Mind Again"	Conrad Pierce, Charles Quillen	3:13
9.	"What a Difference You've Made in My Life"	Jordan	3:55

Original LP track listing

The original LP, cassette, and 8-track had a slightly different track listing:

"Smoky Mountain Rain"
"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"
"(I'm a) Stand by My Woman Man"
"I Hate You"
"Pure Love"
"It Was Almost Like a Song"
"Daydreams About Night Things"
"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World"
"Let My Love Be Your Pillow"
"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
"Back on My Mind Again"
"What a Difference You've Made in My Life"^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980–1981)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	10
US Billboard 200^[5]	36
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Position
US Billboard 200^[7]	57
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	5

Chart (1982)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	28

References

^ ^a ^b Roland, Tom. "Greatest Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
^ "Greatest Hits Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
^ "Greatest Hits". Amazon.
^ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[allmusic-1] Roland, Tom. "Greatest Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 23, 2010.

[2] "Greatest Hits Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved October 23, 2010.

[3] "RIAA Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved October 23, 2010.

[4] "Greatest Hits". Amazon.

[ac_Billboard200_Ronnie_Milsap-5] "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Ronnie_Milsap-6] "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[7] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[8] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[9] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

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 ===Original LP track listing===

v t e Ronnie Milsap
Studio albums	Ronnie Milsap Where My Heart Is Pure Love Legend in My Time A Rose By Any Other Name Night Things 20/20 Vision It Was Almost Like a Song Only One Love in My Life Images Milsap Magic Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing There's No Gettin' Over Me Inside Keyed Up One More Try for Love Lost in the Fifties Tonight Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Heart & Soul Stranger Things Have Happened Back to the Grindstone True Believer Sings His Best for Capitol Records Just for a Thrill My Life Then Sings My Soul
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 40 #1 Hits 16 Biggest Hits
#1 singles	"Pure Love" "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" "Daydreams About Night Things" "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" "It Was Almost Like a Song" "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" "Only One Love in My Life" "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" "Back on My Mind Again" "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" "Why Don't You Spend the Night" "My Heart" "Cowboys and Clowns" "Smoky Mountain Rain" "Am I Losing You" "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" "Any Day Now" "He Got You" "Inside" "Stranger in My House" "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" "Show Her" "Still Losing You" "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "In Love" "How Do I Turn You On" "Snap Your Fingers" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) "Where Do the Nights Go" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "A Woman in Love" "Stranger Things Have Happened"
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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