CD Details
- Released: February 1, 1990
- Label: Bear Family
Tracks:
- 1.You're a Part of Me
- 2.Fair Swiss Maiden
- 3.Every Which-a-Way
- 4.It Happened Just That Way
- 5.I Get up Early in the Morning
- 6.I Catch Myself Crying
- 7.I'll Be Somewhere
- 8.Little Green Apples
- 9.I Know Who It Is (And I'm Gonna Tell on Him)
- 10.But I Love You More
- 11.If You Want Me To
- 12.Burma Shave
- 13.You Don't Want My Love
- 14.Sorry Willie
- 15.You Can't Do Me This Way
- 16.When Two Worlds Collide
- 17.Lock, Stop and Teardrops
- 18.Trouble on the Turnpike
- 19.Hey Little Star
- 20.Footprints in the Snow
- 21.Hitch-Hiker
- 22.Dang Me
- 23.King of the Road
- 24.Chug-a-Lug
- 25.Engine Engine #9
- 26.Kansas City Star
- 27.England Swings
- 28.Do-Wacka-Do
- 29.One Dyin' and a Buryin'
Product Description:
Personnel: Roger Miller (vocals, guitar); Jack Clement, Jerry G. Kennedy, Jerry Reed Hubbard, Ray Edenton, Wayne Moss (guitar); Pete Drake (steel guitar); Wilda Tinsley, Solie Fott, Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower (violin); Floyd Cramer, Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano); William Paul Ackerman, Kenny Buttrey, Buddy Harman (drums).
Liner Note Author: Otto Kitsinger.
Recording information: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, TN (08/10/1960-11/06/1963).
Photographer: Richard Weize.
One of many Roger Miller releases called KING OF THE ROAD after his breezy country-pop hit, this excellent collection by the Bear Family label presents many of the finest 1960s tunes by the charming songwriter-turned-performer. While the set includes the beloved title track, it also features a number of the deep-voiced Texas singer's silly novelty numbers (the goofy "Dang Me," the hard-drinking "Chug-A-Lug") and other more serious hits, such as the wistful "Engine, Engine #9" and the woeful "One Dyin' and a Buryin'." Though there are more comprehensive Miller anthologies on the market (see Mercury Nashville's three-disc box set of the same title), this compilation, which is packed with 29 concise tracks, stands out as one of the best single-disc surveys of the amiable troubadour's pop/country-crossover years.