7/22/2023 0 Comments Roger miller 1970![]() ![]() TUCKER: That's "Half A Mind," Miller's version of a top 10 country hit when Ernest Tubb cut it back in 1958. I've got half a mind to leave you but only half the heart to go. MILLER: (Singing) I don't love you like I used to do. So I was excited to read about this reissue containing some of Miller's most artfully crafted songs. ![]() So over the years, I put together a mixtape of the album as various songs from it would be posted on the internet, but most of the time the songs would be taken down and disappear again. What few copies I could find for sale were on vinyl and were ridiculously expensive. KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: Many years ago, someone mentioned to me that one of Roger Miller's most underrated albums was 1970s' "A Trip In The Country." When I went to look for it, I found that it was out of print. That's how it is when your house is not a home. That's how it is when the one you love is gone. Emptiness is all that waits inside for me. ROGER MILLER: (Singing) I walk up to my door and hate to turn the key. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHEN A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME") Among them is one rock critic Ken Tucker has long searched for - "A Trip In The Country," released in 1970. Over the summer, a series of reissues of out-of-print Roger Miller albums began. Roger Miller is best known for a series of novelty songs that were big country and pop hits in the 1960s and '70s, songs like "King Of The Road," "Chug-A-Lug" and "You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd." But Miller, who died in 1992, was also a serious songwriter who wrote beautiful ballads for artists such as George Jones and Ray Price. I hope these songs bring you a laugh, a tear, but most of all, a smile.This is FRESH AIR. “As I revisit his wonderful catalog of songs, I’m reminded how much I like hearing his lighthearted ones like ‘Hey Would You Hold It Down?’ as well as how poignant his ballads are. “I’m excited that these classic albums of Roger’s are being made available digitally for all to enjoy,” shares Miller’s widow, Mary Miller. 1 country song and top 10 pop crossover hit, “Dang Me,” which along with the hit single, “Chug-A-Lug,” garnered him his first five Grammys, including Best Country Song Best Country and Western Recording, Single Best Country and Western Performance, Male Best Country and Western Album and Best New Country and Western Artist. Miller’s Gold-certified debut, Roger And Out, made him a household name with his first No. In all, 12 albums will be made available throughout the summer months, including three of Miller’s biggest records: 1964’s Roger And Out (later to become known as Dang Me) and 1965’s The Return Of Roger Miller and The 3rd Time Around. To honor Miller’s life, legacy, and timeless music, albums will be rolled out once a month throughout the summer to mark 65 years since the start of Miller’s songwriting career.īeginning today (May 27), three albums will be released once a month throughout August, starting with 1970’s A Trip In Country, Miller’s recordings of hit country songs he wrote for George Jones, Ernest Tubb, Ray Price and others 1979’s Making A Name For Myself, featuring his single “The Hat” which he memorably performed on “The Muppet Show ” and 1985’s eponymous Roger Miller, featuring his recording of “River In The Rain” which he wrote for the seven Tony Award-winning play, Big River and his last-ever single, “Some Hearts Get All The Breaks.” Roger Miller‘s classic albums are being released digitally for the first time ever via Capitol Nashville/UMe.
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