Roger Miller was part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, yet a wholly original talent with a densely populated mind from which sprang some of the most noteworthy and enduring songs of the 1960s. Amid ...

Best known for novelty songs like "King of the Road," Miller was also a serious songwriter who wrote ballads for artists such as Ray Price. Miller's '70 album A Trip in the Country is newly available.

Roger Miller's legendary career in country music will be the centerpiece of a tribute album created in his honor. Stars including Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson and Ringo Starr have all ...

Equal parts genius and screwball, Roger Miller was one of the finest songwriters and most colorful characters to ever walk Nashville streets. (Or ride a motor scooter down them: In 1961, Miller, who ...

On Thursday, Rolling Stone premiered Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss's cover of "The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me" by the late Roger Miller, whose star-studded tribute album is due out in August. The ...

Kacey Musgraves is a devout fan of classic country music, and she's paying tribute to one of the genre's greatest icons with a cover of "Kansas City Star" for King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger ...

This is FRESH AIR. 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 ...

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