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Roger Dean Miller, Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, best known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs. His most recognized tunes included the chart-topping country and pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era.
After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as "Billy Bayou" and "Home" for Jim Reeves and "Invitation to the Blues" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and reached the peak of his fame in the mid-1960s, continuing to record and tour into the 1990s, charting his final top 20 country hit "Old Friends" with Willie Nelson in 1982. He also wrote and performed several of the songs for the 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood. Later in his life, he wrote the music and lyrics for the 1985 Tony-award winning Broadway musical Big River, in which he acted.
Miller died from lung cancer in 1992 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame three years later. His songs continued to be recorded by other singers, with covers of "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson and "Husbands and Wives" by Brooks & Dunn; both reached the number one spot on country charts in the 1990s. The Roger Miller Museum in his home town of Erick, Oklahoma, was a tribute to Miller.
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Albums
1970
Roger Miller
Words and Music
England Swings / Good Old Days Single
Engine Engine No 9 / Last Word in Lonesome Is Me Single
King of the Road / Atta Boy, Girl Single
The 3rd Time Around
Wild Child
Sorry, Willie / Hitch-Hiker Single
You Don't Want My Love / Footprints in the Snow Single
Popular Songs
- Waitin' for the Light
- The Man Who Stayed in Monterey
- Crystal Day
- The Fool
- Everybody's Talkin'
- All Fall Down
- Precious Baby
- Jody and the Kid
- T.J.'s Last Ride
- Mystery Train
- The Tom Green County Fair
- Hitch-Hiker
- Engine Engine No 9
- Good Old Days
- Got 2 Again
- I Ain't Coming Home Tonight
- It Takes All Kids to Make a World
- The Moon Is High
- That's Why I Love You Like I Do
- Lou's Got the Flu
- Private John Q
- Feel of Me
- Squares Make the World Go Around
- 12th of Never
- What I'd Give to Be the Wind
- Less of Me
- Dear Heart
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- Honey
- Gentle on My Mind