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Spinning the records…
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This week’s feature is Ronnie Milsap’s 1987 ‘Heart & Soul’ album & 2 tunes: “Button Off My Shirt” (Side A) & “Earthquake” (Side B). This week’s featured interior: Junkyard Jewel Plymouth Gran Fury at Austin TX’s Wrench A Part, 10/26/2016.

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ALBUM:
‘Heart & Soul’, 1987
ARTIST:
Ronnie Milsap
[For more about RM’s hits & history, see the 10/28/2015 “Wednesday Wrap” entry via THIS LINK HERE & the 03/25/2017 “Smorgasbord Saturday” entry via THIS LINK HERE.] This record (which I own on vinyl) was released in 1987. Side A has 1987’s “Snap Your Fingers” (#1), 1988’s “Button Off My Shirt” (#4), 1987-8’s “Where Do the Nights Go” (#1), the not-released “The Truth Is, I’ve Been Known To Lie” & 1987’s “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine” (#1; duet with Kenny Rogers). Side B features all not released tunes: “1 Night”, “Somebody Like You”, “This Time Last Year” & “Earthquake”. [CD versions, of which I don’t have, also include 1988’s “Old Folks” (#2; duet with Mike Reid).]

FEATURE SONG # 1:
“Button Off My Shirt”
You can’t go wrong with any Milsap hit, & I certainly have my favorites that seem to “battle” each other for the top favorite. Usually, it depends on which song is most-relevant in my life at the time. This song, which I got to hear him sing live at St Charles IL’s Arcada Theater, 09/27/2015, during his farewell tour, is 1 of those that has been relevant multiple times throughout my life, in particular much of the last 5+ years. Debuting 07/23/1988, this song spent 18 weeks on the country charts & peaked at #4. I love the message & the “you can’t keep me down” attitude!

FEATURE SONG # 2:
“Earthquake”
Even as I typed above that you can’t go wrong with any Milsap tune, none of the 4 songs on Side B on the vinyl record really “speak” to me, per se. If I had the CD version, the duet with Mike Reid (“Old Folks”) would’ve been the song featured from that “side”. That tune eliminated from possibilities, tho, my favorite from Side B is this up-beat song, which, while never released as a single, has grown a loyal following in dance clubs of all types. I can certainly understand why!