MILSAP, RONNIE
(*1943)
MILSAP, RONNIE (b. Robbinsville, N.C., January 16, 1943) Milsap is a pop country singer who was most popular from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. His voice is similar in timbre to James Taylor 's, and Milsap's performances share with the pop singer a sugar-coated romanticism. Blind from birth, Milsap was a musical prodigy, becoming proficient on several instruments by the time he was ten years old. In high school he formed his first rock group, and after an abortive attempt at college…