Roger Miller discography

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The discography for American country music artist Roger Miller consists of 52 singles and 19 studio albums. Miller released singles between 1957 and 1986, charting two number 1 singles on Hot Country Songs and nine additional Top 10 hits.

Roger Miller discography
Studio albums19
Live albums3
Compilation albums69
Singles52
No.1 Single3

Studio albums

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1960s

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Title Details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US
Roger and Out 3 37
The Return of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Smash Records
2 4
  • US: Gold
The 3rd Time Around
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Smash Records
1 13
Words and Music
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: Smash Records
32 108
Walkin' in the Sunshine
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Smash Records
15 118
Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Smash Records
42
A Tender Look at Love
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Smash Records
14 173
Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Smash Records
20 163
Roger Miller featuring Dang Me!
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Smash Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

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Title Details Peak chart
positions
US Country US AUS[1]
Roger Miller 1970
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Smash Records
33 200 5
A Trip in the Country 23
Dear Folks, Sorry I Haven't Written Lately 26
Celebration
Painted Poetry
Off the Wall
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Windsong Records
Making a Name for Myself
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

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Title Details
Old Friends
(with Willie Nelson)
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Columbia Records
Roger Miller
Green Green Grass of Home

Compilation albums

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1960s and 1970s

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Title Details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US
Roger Miller (The Tunes that Launched the Roger Miller Career)
  • Release date: 1964
  • Label: RCA Camden
Golden Hits
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Smash Records
2 6
  • US: Gold
The Country Side of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Starday Records
The One and Only
Wild-Child
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Starday Records
King of the Road
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Hilltop Records
The Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Mercury Records
19
Supersongs
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Columbia Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

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Title Details
The Best of Roger Miller, Vol. 1: Country Tunesmith
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Mercury Records
The Best of Roger Miller: His Greatest Songs
King of the Road
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Laserlight Records
The Best of Roger Miller, Vol. 2: King of the Road
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Mercury Records
King of the Road
Dang Me!
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Laserlight Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Pair Records
Country Spotlight
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Dominion Records
Legendary Hits
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Metacom Records
The Hits of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Essex Records
King of the Road
Dang Me: Hits
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Drive Archive Records
At His Best
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: PSM Records
King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller (box set)
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Mercury Records
King of the Road
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Richmond Records
The Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Griffin Records
Super Hits
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Epic Records
Golden Classics: 22 Classic Tracks
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Masters Intercontinental
Country Classics
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Critique Records
Dang Me
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Kingfisher Records
King of the Road
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Kingfisher Records
Hits
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Mercury Records
The Very Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Bellaphon Records
King of the Road: His Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Hallmark Records
The Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Spectrum Records
King of the Road: Greatest Hits and Favorites
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Country Stars Records
Great Performances: Encore Collection
Golden Hits
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Intercontinental Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Unison Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Platinum Disc Records
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection:
The Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: MCA Records
Country Music Hall of Fame 1995

2000s

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Title Details
The Best of Country
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: Direct Source Records
Country Gold: King of the Road
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: Direct Source Records
The Very Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: Summit Records
Good Old Country
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: St. Clair Records
Oh Boy Records Classics Presents Roger Miller
King of the Road
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: Legend Records
Roger Miller
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: RCA Records
Pure Country
The Best of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: St. Clair Records
The Masters
Roger Miller Classics
David Allan Coe Presents Roger Miller
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: Coe Pop Records
All Time Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Mercury Records
King of the Road
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Prism Records
Roger Miller
World of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Universal International
Platinum & Gold Collection
Country Legends
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: St. Clair Records
At His Best
King of the Road
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: CBuJ Entertainment
King of the Road
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Brentwood Records
King of the Road: The Best of Roger Miller
King of the Road (CD/DVD)
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Brentwood Records
Best of Roger Miller, Vol. 2
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Platinum Disc Records
The Best of Roger Miller, Vol. 1
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Platinum Disc Records
Chug a Lug
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: CBuJ Entertainment
Country Hit Parade
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Direct Source Records
A Man Like Me: The Early Years of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Bear Family Records
Timeless Hits
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: KRB Music
Pure
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: Direct Source Records

Live albums

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Title Details
Roger Miller Live!
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Silver Eagle Records
Live
Hits You Remember: Live

Singles

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1950s and 1960s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC UK
[2]
AUS[1]
1957 "My Pillow" b/w "Poor Little John" The Country Side of Roger Miller
1958 "You're Forgettin' Me"
"On This Mountain Top"
"Mine Is a Lonely Life"
1959 "Wrong Kind of Girl"
"Jason Fleming"
1960 "You Don't Want My Love" (a.k.a. "In the Summertime") 14 11
1961 "When Two Worlds Collide" 6
"Fair Swiss Maiden"
1962 "Sorry Willie"
"Hey Little Star"
1963 "Lock, Stock and Teardrops" 26
1964 "Dang Me" 1 7 3 6 19 Roger and Out
"Chug-a-Lug" 3 9 3 23 42
1965 "Do-Wacka-Do" 15 31 38 93 The Return of Roger Miller
"King of the Road" 1 4 1 10 1 16
"Engine Engine #9" 2 7 2 11 33 70 The 3rd Time Around
"One Dyin' and a Buryin'" 10 34 8
"Kansas City Star" 7 31 3 9 48 81
"England Swings" 3 8 1 13 23 Golden Hits
1966 "Husbands and Wives" 5 26 2 14 10 37 Words and Music
"You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd" 35 40 17 39 Golden Hits
"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died" 39 58 26 79 Words and Music
"Heartbreak Hotel" 55 84
1967 "Walkin' in the Sunshine" 7 37 6 29 38 Walkin' in the Sunshine
"The Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)" 27 102 20 Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)
"Old Toy Trains" non-LP single, charted Billboard #13 Christmas
1968 "Little Green Apples" 6 39 5 33 43 19 46 A Tender Look at Love
"Tolivar"
1969 "Vance" 15 80 15 5 40 77 Roger Miller
"Me and Bobby McGee" 12 122 3
"Where Have All the Average People Gone" 14 14 52
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s and 1980s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN AC AUS[1]
1970 "The Tom Green County Fair" 36 32 60 Roger Miller 1970
"South" 15 24 72 The Best of Roger Miller
1971 "Tomorrow Night in Baltimore" 11 13
"Lovin' Her Was Easier
(Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
"
28 8 11 94
1972 "We Found It in Each Other's Arms" 34
"Sunny Side of My Life" 63
"Rings for Sale" 41 27
1973 "Hoppy's Gone" 42 53
"Open Up Your Heart" 14 105 20 8 89 Dear Folks Sorry I Haven't Written Lately
"I Believe in the Sunshine" 24 85
1974 "Whistle Stop" 86
1975 "Our Love" 44 Supersongs
"I Love a Rodeo" 57
1977 "Baby Me Baby" 68 Off the Wall
"Oklahoma Woman"
1979 "The Hat" 98 Making a Name for Myself
1981 "Everyone Gets Crazy Now and Then" 36
1982 "Old Friends" (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) 19 18 Old Friends
1985 "River in the Rain" 36 Roger Miller
1986 "Some Hearts Get All the Breaks" 81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Charted B-sides

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Year Single Peak chart positions Original A-side
US Country US US AC AUS
1965 "It Happened Just That Way" 105 26 "One Dyin' and a Buryin'"
1966 "I've Been a Long Time Leavin'
(But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)"
13 103 flip "Husbands and Wives"
1969 "Little Children Run and Play" flip "Vance"
"Boeing Boeing 707" flip "Where Have All The Average People Gone"
1970 "Don't We All Have the Right" flip "South"
1981 "Aladambama" flip "Everyone Gets Crazy Now and Then"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 201. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 367. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.