Nevertheless, his strength lay in taking it easy, a quality evident on "Pure Love," his breakthrough number one in 1974. Long before he was a fixture on the country charts - during his prime, he racked up 35 number one hits - Milsap cracked the R&B charts with a version of Ashford & Simpson's "Never Had It So Good," and that familiarity with rhythm & blues was apparent throughout his work. Blending country and soul so elegantly it could often appeal to a pop audience - and it did: "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" went all the way to number five on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1981 - Milsap also had deep roots in soul. No country singer had as smooth a touch as Ronnie Milsap.
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