Lost in the Fifties Tonight

For the song, see Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night).

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Lost in the Fifties Tonight is the seventeenth studio album by country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1986 under the RCA Records label. 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 #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 is scheduled to be re-released as a double album with 1987s Heart & Soul on May 8, 2012.

Track listing

1. "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Mike Reid, Troy Seals)
2. "In Love" (Reid, Bruce Dees)
3. "Old Fashioned Girl Like You" (Reid, Naomi Martin)
4. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong)
5. "Don't Take It Tonight" (Reid, Seals)
6. "How Do I Turn You On" (Reid, Byrne)
7. "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" (M. Sylvia, G. Lopez)
8. "Nashville Moon" (Roger Murrah, John Schweers)
9. "I Only Remember the Good Times" (Reid, Martin)
10. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janice Bradford, Berry Gordy)

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Brandon Barnes — synthesizer
• Robert Byrne — background vocals
• Larry Byrom — electric guitar
• Jimmy Capps — acoustic guitar
• Bruce Dees — electric guitar, background vocals
• Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
• Jon Goin — electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Jim Horn — saxophone
• Mitch Humphries — keyboards
• Shane Keister — keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming
• Mike Lawler — synthesizer
• Larrie Londin — drums
• Ronnie Milsap — vocals, keyboards
• Farrell Morris — percussion
• Lisa Silver — background vocals
• Jay Spell — keyboards
• Suzy Storm — background vocals
• Diane Tidwell — background vocals
• Marie Tomlinson — background vocals
• Bergen White — background vocals
• Dennis Wilson — background vocals
• Bob Wray — bass guitar
• Barbara Wyrick — background vocals
• Roy Yeager — drums

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, arranged by Bergen White and conducted by Carlos Gorodetzky.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	121

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		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	—