Heart & Soul (Ronnie Milsap album)

Heart and Soul is the eighteenth studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1987. The album produced four singles, three of which claimed the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart" "Snap Your Fingers"; "Make No Mistake, She's Mine," a duet with Kenny Rogers; and "Where Do the Nights Go." Two other singles, "Old Folks," a duet with Mike Reid; and "Button Off My Shirt" peaked at #2 and #4 respectively on the country charts. "Button Off My Shirt" was also recorded that same year by Mike + The Mechanics & Ace vocalist Paul Carrack for his solo album "One Good Reason".

Heart and Soul
Studio album by
Released1987
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Records
ProducerRob Galbraith, Kyle Lehning, Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Christmas with Ronnie Milsap
(1986)
Heart and Soul
(1987)
Stranger Things Have Happened
(1989)
Singles from Heart & Soul
  1. "Snap Your Fingers"
    Released: March 1987
  2. "Make No Mistake, She's Mine"
    Released: June 1987
  3. "Where Do the Nights Go"
    Released: September 1987
  4. "Old Folks"
    Released: March 5, 1988
  5. "Button Off My Shirt"
    Released: July 23, 1988
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Heart & Soul reached #13 on Country album charts. Allmusic described it as "one of Milsap's more diverse efforts."

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Snap Your Fingers"Grady Martin, Alex Zanetis3:03
2."Button Off My Shirt"Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle3:54
3."Where Do the Nights Go"Rory Bourke, Mike Reid4:32
4."The Truth Is, I've Been Known to Lie"Don Miller, Jamey Whiting3:43
5."Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (duet with Kenny Rogers)Kim Carnes3:57
6."One Night"Reid, Troy Seals4:59
7."Somebody Like You"Randy Goodrum, Steve Lukather4:10
8."This Time Last Year"Tim Nichols, Jon Vezner4:29
9."Earthquake"Thomas Cain, Bob DiPiero4:23
10."Old Folks" (duet with Mike Reid)Reid4:02

Personnel

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Production

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  • Producers – Rob Galbraith and Kyle Lehning (all tracks); Ronnie Milsap (Tracks 1-4 & 6-9).
  • Engineers – Joe Bogan, Ben Harris and Kyle Lehning.
  • Assistant Engineer – Randy Gardner
  • Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
  • Art Direction – Mary Hamilton
  • Design and Illustration – Dennas Davis

Chart performance

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Album

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Chart (1987) Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 13

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US AC CAN Country
1987 "Snap Your Fingers" 1 1
"Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) 1 42 1
"Where Do the Nights Go" 1 1
1988 "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) 2 12
"Button Off My Shirt" 4 *

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