If you go
› What: Ronnie Milsap in concert.› When: 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20; doors open at 7 p.m.› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› Admission: $39, $49, $75 and $99.› Phone: 423-757-5580.› Website: www.tivolichattanooga.com.
Ronnie Milsap, one of country music’s biggest hitmakers, will bring his Farewell Tour to Chattanooga’s Tivoli Theatre on Friday, Jan. 20, just four days after his 74th birthday.
The piano-playing singer, blind since birth, boasts a remarkable run of hits, awards and crossover success during his heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting with his second studio album, “Where My Heart Is,” in 1973, Milsap had singles in the Top 40 charts through 1992. In 10 of those years – ’74, ’76, ’77, ’78, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’85, ’86 and ’87 – every single he released hit No. 1.
Milsap also picked up six Grammy Awards and multiple honors from the country music industry. He was the Academy of Country Music’s Top Male Vocalist in 1982 and won its Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement in 2002. He was the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 1977 and claimed repeat wins for Album and Male Vocalist of the Year.
His 40 No. 1 country hits rank him third among best-selling country artists, behind George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1976 and into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.