"Lost in The Fifties Tonight (In The Still of the Night)", also known simply as "Lost in The Fiftes Tonight", is a song made famous by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...

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Success and Reception

Originally recorded in 1985

1985 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1985.-No dates:* A story published in the New York Times declares that country music is "dead." However, a number of new acts – Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam among them – are working behind the scenes to change the...

, the song was Milsap's 42nd single

Single (music)

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 to be released. At the same time, it was also his 27th No. 1 hit on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

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Like many of his other singles, the song also fared well as a crossover

Crossover (music)

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 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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 as it entered the Top 10, peaking at No. 8. This is his last Top 10 single to appear on this particular chart.

The song was praised by critics, and fans alike, and remains as one Milsap's most popular recordings. In a year when 51 songs rotated out of the Hot Country Singles' No. 1 position, "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" was one of just two songs of the group to spend more than one week at No. 1 (it spent two, as did The Judds

The Judds

The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...

' "Have Mercy), and Milsap's song was the No. 1 country song of 1985.

That same year, it won Milsap his fourth Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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for "Best Country Vocal Performance" for a male artist.

Chart positions

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	20