King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller

King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller
King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller
Compilation album by Roger Miller
Released	1995
Genre	Country
Length	162:33
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	The Country Music Foundation
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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[edit]

All tracks composed by Roger Miller; except where indicated

CD-1

No.	Title	Writer(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 Anderson	2:10
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 Burnette	2:33
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.	Title	Writer(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 Durden	2:12
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 Miller	2:06
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 Tillis	3:00
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)"	Dave Grusin, Robert Wells	2:17
2.	"Old Toy Trains"		2:02
3.	"Little Green Apples"	Bobby Russell	2:38
4.	"What I'd Give to Be the Wind"	Curly Putman, Red Lane	2:37
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 Frazier	2:07
8.	"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"	Ivy J. Bryant	2:05
9.	"Swiss Cottage Place"	Mickey Newbury	3:27
10.	"Me & Bobby McGee"	Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson	4:04
11.	"Where Have All the Average People Gone?"	Dennis Linde	3:02
12.	"The Best of All Possible Worlds"	Kris Kristofferson	2:56
13.	"Invitation to the Blues"		2:34
14.	"Tall, Tall Trees"	George Jones, Roger Miller	2:13
15.	"Don't We All Have the Right?"		1:57
16.	"That's the Way I Feel"	George Jones, Roger Miller	1:50
17.	"Half a Mind"		2:46
18.	"Hoppy's Gone"	Johnny Slate, Larry Henley, Red Lane	2:33
19.	"What Would My Mama Say?"		3:08
20.	"Orange Blossom Special" (Live)	E.T. Rouse	3:28
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[edit]

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

Track notes[edit]

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[edit]

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

[1] "King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller".

[2] Roger Miller – King Of The Road: The Genius Of Roger Miller

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Studio albums	Roger and Out The Return of Roger Miller The 3rd Time Around Words and Music A Trip in the Country
Singles	"Dang Me" "Chug-a-Lug" "Do-Wacka-Do" "King of the Road" "Engine Engine #9" "Kansas City Star" "England Swings" "Husbands and Wives" "I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)" "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd" "My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died" "Heartbreak Hotel" "Old Toy Trains" "Little Green Apples" "Me and Bobby McGee" "Tomorrow Night in Baltimore" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"
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