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John D. Loudermilk
John D. Loudermilk
American singer and songwriter
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Brett James
Brett James
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Jody Miller
Jody Miller
American country music singer
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Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey Steele
American country musician
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Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens
American country and pop singer-songwriter musician
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Norro Wilson
Norro Wilson
American songwriter (1938-2017)
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Dallas Frazier
Dallas Frazier
American country musician and songwriter
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John Bettis
John Bettis
American lyricist
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Bob McDill
Bob McDill
American musician
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Bobby Braddock
Bobby Braddock
American musician
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Joe South
Joe South
US singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
American musician
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Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
American musician
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Doyle Holly
Doyle Holly
American musician
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Don Schlitz
Don Schlitz
American country singer-songwriter
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Johnny Bond
Johnny Bond
American musician
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Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
American singer, songwriter and racing driver
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Mike Reid
Mike Reid
American country music artist, composer, and former American football player
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Gary Nicholson
Gary Nicholson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
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Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois
American musician
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Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
American recording artist; country music singer, actor (1937-2008)
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Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
American songwriter, composer, and singer
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Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
American record producer, songwriter, and arranger
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Sammi Smith
Sammi Smith
American country music singer and songwriter
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Leon Russell
Leon Russell
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
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Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare
American singer-songwriter
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Randy Travis
Randy Travis
American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
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Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team
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Gail Davies
Gail Davies
American singer-songwriter
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Dottie West
Dottie West
American country music singer
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Jimmy C. Newman
Jimmy C. Newman
American singer
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Wayne Carson
Wayne Carson
American singer-songwriter
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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
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Jack Clement
Jack Clement
American musician
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Merle Kilgore
Merle Kilgore
American musician (1934-2005)
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Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson
American recording artist; country singer
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Freddie Hart
Freddie Hart
American musician
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Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
American country music singer and television personality
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
American country singer
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Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
American singer-songwriter
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Cindy Walker
Cindy Walker
American songwriter, country music singer and dancer
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Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
American recording artist; country music singer and pianist
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Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie
American country singer
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Ray Price
Ray Price
Cliff Price son of Nobal Ray Price singer
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Hank Cochran
Hank Cochran
American country musician
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Bill Anderson
Bill Anderson
American country music singer and songwriter
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Mike Curb
Mike Curb
American record producer, musician, sports executive
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Harlan Howard
Harlan Howard
American songwriter
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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
American singer
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Fred Foster
Fred Foster
American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive
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Allen Shamblin
Allen Shamblin
American country music songwriter
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Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
American singer and songwriter of country music (1914-1984)
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Hank Williams
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer
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Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
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Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless
American country music singer
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Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter
American country musician
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Mac McAnally
Mac McAnally
American country musician
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Vince Gill
Vince Gill
American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
American singer-songwriter
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Roger Cook
Roger Cook
English singer, songwriter and record producer
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Dave Cobb
Dave Cobb
American record producer
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Linda Davis
Linda Davis
American country music singer
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Connie Smith
Connie Smith
American country music artist
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
Roger Miller
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)

Roger Miller

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American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)
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Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era.

After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as "Billy Bayou" and "Home" for Jim Reeves and "Invitation to the Blues" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and reached the peak of his fame in the mid-1960s, continuing to record and tour into the 1990s, charting his final top 20 country hit "Old Friends" with Price and Willie Nelson in 1982. He also wrote and performed several of the songs for the 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood. Later in his life, he wrote the music and lyrics for the 1985 Tony Award−winning Broadway musical Big River, in which he acted.

Miller died from lung cancer in 1992 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame three years later. His songs continued to be recorded by other singers, with covers of "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson and "Husbands and Wives" by Brooks & Dunn; both reached the number one spot on country charts in the 1990s. The Roger Miller Museum in his home town of Erick, Oklahoma—now closed—was a tribute to Miller.