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King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller

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King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller
Compilation album by
Released1995
GenreCountry
Length162:33
LabelMercury Records
ProducerThe Country Music Foundation
Roger Miller chronology
Green Green Grass of Home
(1994)
King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller is a compilation album by Roger Miller released in 1995.[2]

70 songs in chronological order from every label (Mercury/Starday, Decca, RCA, Smash, Columbia, and MCA) for which Roger Miller recorded, and two songs from the Tony Award winning Broadway Musical Big River. Including eight unreleased recordings.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Roger Miller; except where indicated

CD-1

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Pillow" 2:11
2."Poor Little John" 1:55
3."A Man Like Me" 2:25
4."The Wrong Kind of Girl" 2:15
5."Jason Fleming" 2:02
6."A World So Full of Love" 1:58
7."When a House is Not a Home" 2:28
8."You Don't Want My Love" 1:59
9."When Two Worlds Collide"Roger Miller, Bill Anderson2:10
10."Sorry, Willie" 2:23
11."So Saith He, The Lord" 1:12
12."Lock Stock & Teardrops" 2:25
13."Ain't That Fine?"Dorsey Burnette2:33
14."Less & Less" 2:27
15."Chug-a-Lug" 2:01
16."Lou's Got The Flu" 1:45
17."The Moon is High (And So Am I)" 1:57
18."Dang Me!" 1:47
19."It Takes All Kinds to Make a World" 2:36
20."Reincarnation" 1:58
21."Hard-Headed Me" 2:29
22."Do-Wacka-Do" 1:44
23."Atta Boy, Girl" 1:54
24."Our Hearts Will Play the Music" 2:00

CD-2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."King of the Road" 2:25
2."As Long As There's a Shadow" 2:03
3."You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd" 1:53
4."Heartbreak Hotel"Elvis Presley, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden2:12
5."Big Harlan Taylor" 2:06
6."One Dyin' & A-Buryin'" 2:01
7."The Last Word in Lonesome is Me" 2:46
8."It Happened Just That Way" 1:51
9."Engine, Engine #9" 2:17
10."Kansas City Star" 2:17
11."England Swings!" 1:52
12."I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)" 2:14
13."Husbands & Wives" 2:22
14."Train of Life" 2:06
15."Dad Blame Anything a Man Can't Quit!"Curly Putman, Roger Miller2:06
16."You're My Kingdom" 2:13
17."My Uncle Used to Love Me, But She Died" 1:53
18."Home" 1:47
19."Absence" 2:34
20."Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)"Mel Tillis3:00
21."Walkin' in the Sunshine" 2:37
22."A Million Years or So" 2:30
23."Pardon This Coffin" 2:18
24."Bonus Track: Session Soundbite"  

CD-3

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)"Dave Grusin, Robert Wells2:17
2."Old Toy Trains" 2:02
3."Little Green Apples"Bobby Russell2:38
4."What I'd Give to Be the Wind"Curly Putman, Red Lane2:37
5."Boeing, Boeing 707" 1:19
6."Treat Me Like a Human" 1:42
7."What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings)?"A.L. Owens, Dallas Frazier2:07
8."Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"Ivy J. Bryant2:05
9."Swiss Cottage Place"Mickey Newbury3:27
10."Me & Bobby McGee"Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson4:04
11."Where Have All the Average People Gone?"Dennis Linde3:02
12."The Best of All Possible Worlds"Kris Kristofferson2:56
13."Invitation to the Blues" 2:34
14."Tall, Tall Trees"George Jones, Roger Miller2:13
15."Don't We All Have the Right?" 1:57
16."That's the Way I Feel"George Jones, Roger Miller1:50
17."Half a Mind" 2:46
18."Hoppy's Gone"Johnny Slate, Larry Henley, Red Lane2:33
19."What Would My Mama Say?" 3:08
20."Orange Blossom Special" (Live)E.T. Rouse3:28
21."Old Friends with Ray Price & Willie Nelson" 3:04
22."Guv'ment (from Big River)" 2:37
23."River in the Rain (from Big River)" 3:52
24."Bonus Track: Session Soundbite"  

Production

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  • Producer: The Country Music Foundation
  • Annotated by: Daniel Cooper
  • Compiled by: Daniel Cooper
  • Remastered by: Joseph M. Palmaccio

Track notes

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CD-1: Recorded

  • 1–1 April–October 1957; (prob.) Houston, Texas
  • 1–2 April–October 1957; (prob.) Houston, Texas
  • 1–3 December 13, 1958; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–4 December 13, 1958; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–5 June 30, 1959; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1-6 circa Summer 1960; Nashville, Tennessee (demo, unissued)
  • 1-7 circa 1960; Nashville, Tennessee (radio transcription, unissued)
  • 1–8 August 10, 1960; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–9 February 4, 1961; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–10 September 19, 1961; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1-11 circa January 1963; Nashville, Tennessee (demo, unissued)
  • 1–12 February 14, 1963; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–13 January 10, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–14 January 10, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)
  • 1–15 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–16 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–17 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–18 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–19 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–20 August 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–21 August 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–22 October 2, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–23 October 2, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1–24 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee

CD-2: Recorded

  • 2–1 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–2 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–3 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–4 February 11, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–5 February 11, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–6 February 11, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–7 April 15, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–8 April 15, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–9 April 15, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–10 May 31, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–11 August 10, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–12 January 9, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–13 January 9, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–14 January 10, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–15 March 8, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–16 March 8, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–17 August 5, 1966; Los Angeles, California
  • 2–18 October 4, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–19 January 23, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–20 January 26, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–21 February 16, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–22 March 14, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2–23 March 14, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2-24 Unknown

CD-3: Recorded

  • 3–1 August 30, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–2 October 17, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–3 January 24, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–4 March 12, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–5 September 20, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3-6 circa December 11–17, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)
  • 3–7 January 10, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)
  • 3–8 January 10, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)
  • 3–9 May 16, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–10 May 16, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–11 May 19, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–12 May 22, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–13 June 11, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–14 June 11, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–15 June 11, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–16 June 12, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–17 June 12, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–18 November 10, 1972; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–19 June 18, 1973; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3–20 November 1978; Reno, Nevada (Live at Harrah's, unissued)
  • 3–21 November 24, 1981; Spicewood, Texas
  • 3-22 1985; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3-23 1985; Nashville, Tennessee
  • 3-24 Unknown

References

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  1. ^ "King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller".
  2. ^ Roger Miller – King Of The Road: The Genius Of Roger Miller