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
Label Mercury Records
Producer The Country Music Foundation
Roger Miller chronology
Green Green Grass of Home
(1994)		 King of the Road: The Genius of Roger MIller
(1995)

King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller is a compilation of 70 songs in chronological order from the original master recordings, drawn from every label (Mercury/Starday, Decca, RCA, Smash, Columbia and MCA) for which Nashville legend Roger Miller recorded. Between the 25 chart hits are eight unreleased recordings, all documented by a booklet containing an 8,000-word essay and 24 rare photos. It includes the Top 10 hits "When Two Worlds Collide", "Dang Me", "Chug-A-Lug", "King of the Road", "Engine Engine #9", "One Dyin' & A-Buryin'", "Kansas City Star", "England Swings", "Husbands & Wives", and more, plus two songs from the Tony Award winning Broadway Musical Big River.

Track listing

CD-1

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

CD-2

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

CD-3

No. Title Length
1. "The Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)" (Dave Grusin, Robert Wells) 2:17
2. "Old Toy Trains" (Roger Miller) 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" (Roger Miller) 1:19
6. "Treat Me Like a Human" (Roger Miller) 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" (Roger Miller) 2:34
14. "Tall, Tall Trees" (George Jones, Roger Miller) 2:13
15. "Don't We All Have the Right?" (Roger Miller) 1:57
16. "That's the Way I Feel" (George Jones, Roger Miller) 1:50
17. "Half a Mind" (Roger Miller) 2:46
18. "Hoppy's Gone" (Johnny Slate, Larry Henley, Red Lane) 2:33
19. "What Would My Mama Say?" (Roger Miller) 3:08
20. "Orange Blossom Special (Live)" (E.T. Rouse) 3:28
21. "Old Friends with Ray Price & Willie Nelson" (Roger Miller) 3:04
22. "Guv'ment (from "Big River")" (Roger Miller) 2:37
23. "River in the Rain (from "Big River")" (Roger Miller) 3:52
24. "Bonus Track: Session Soundbite"    

Production

Track Notes

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
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