Today would be country singer/songwriter/musician Roger Miller’s 85th birthday. Roger wrote and recorded "King Of The Road" in late 1964, and it reached #1 on the Country chart, #4 on the Hot 100, and #1 on the Easy Listening chart in the US and #1 in the UK in 1965. It’s been covered many times since.
Love King of the road
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Always one of my faves…
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His albums were often being played in our house.
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Love this song but had no idea it came out the year I was born.
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Glad you liked it!
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This was a good song.
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It was, and still is. You don’t hear it much anymore…
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Great song 🎶
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Glad you enjoyed it!
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An old favorite of mine.
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Seems like it’s been around forever, doesn’t it?
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I have loved Roger Miller since childhood. Thank you for sharing this.
(Also, I didn’t know he was my birthday twin until today!)
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Happy birthday!
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Thank you.
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Hi John – one of my favourite songs … always remembered – thanks for this memory bump! All the best – Hilary
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You’re welcome! I liked hearing it again, too.
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I love this song John I used to know all the words and sang it a lot when I was younger 😊💜
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It was a catchy little song, not too hard to remember.
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Excellent u still love it 💜💜
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I’ve always liked this track…and I remember the King of the Road hotel that was built in Nashville that Miller partly owned. I would pass it going to my grandmothers with my dad.
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I didn’t realize he had a hotel by that name. Come to think of it, I’ve only ever been through Nashville, never actually in town…
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When my dad and mom got a divorce in the early seventies my mom actually worked there for a little while…she met Miller there. It was the tallest Hotel in Nashville at the time….Well I got us way off track John! Sorry about that…but some songs trigger my memory.
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It’s all stream of consciousness here. Don’t worry about it.
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remember this as a boy.
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Back in the “good old days”…
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Love this song.
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One of the earliest songs I can remember hearing on the radio.
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