King of the Road: Greatest Hits and Favorites

1. King of the Road

2. Engine, Engine #9

3. When Two Worlds Collide

4. Dang Me

5. England Swings

6. Kansas City Star

7. Chug-A-Lug

8. Husbands and Wives

9. Do-Wacka-Do

10. Walkin' in the Sunshine

11. You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd

12. My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died

13. Me and Bobby McGee

14. Don't We All Have the Right

15. Billy Bayou

16. Heartaches by the Number

17. Everything's Coming Up Roses

18. Last Word in Lonesome Is Me

19. In the Summertime

20. Release Me

See all 22 tracks on this disc

King of the Road: Greatest Hits and Favorites,Roger Miller,Country Stars,Country,Country & Western,Country Comedy,Country-Pop,Honky Tonk,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,Traditional Country

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Thirty-Six All-Time Favorites Floyd Cramer Manufacturer: Timeless/Traditions Alive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer Gospel Classics, Vol. 1 Country Classics, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00027PTR0 Release Date: 2006-11-21

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3 CD Collection of 36 All-Time Favorites of The Magical Piano of Floyd Cramer.

Average customer rating: One of the better hits collections of Roger Miller

Roger Miller - King of the Road: Greatest Hits & Favorites Roger Miller Manufacturer: Country Stars ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: American Pie ASIN: B00000G6RF Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

1. King Of The Road
2. Engine Engine No. 9
3. When Two Worlds Collide
4. Dang Me
5. England Swings
6. Kansas City Star
7. Chug-A-Lug
8. Husbands And Wives
9. Do-Wacka-Do
10. Walkin' In The Sunshine
11. You Can't Roller Skate In
12. My Uncles Used To Love Me
13. Me And Bobby Mcgee
14. Don't We All Have The Rig
15. Billy Bayou
16. Heartaches By The Number
17. Everything's Coming Up Ro
18. Last Word In Lonesome Is
19. In The Summertime
20. Release Me
21. Burning Bridges
22. My Elusive Dreams

Customer Reviews:

One of the better hits collections of Roger Miller.......2005-06-05

The first thing you need to know is that your music library needs to have at least two Roger Miller CDs in it. First, you need to have a hits collection of his work from the Sixties. The hits collection is required to have "King of the Road," "Dang Me," "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd," "Do-Wacka-Do," and "England Swings." Almost all of the hits collections are solid on that score, as is this one. With 22 tracks this is an above average Roger Miller hits collection (I think the biggest one I have seen has 30 tracks) and it does have some very worthwhile tracks beyond the aforementioned short list of absolute necessities.

Obviously Roger Miller is remember for his humorous novelty songs, but he wrote some certified popular and country classics including "Invitation to the Blues," "That's the Way I Feel," Half a Mind," "Home," "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me," and "Billy Bayou." Miller only recorded a few of these so you will not hear many of them on this album, but they do remind us that Miller was a very good songwriter who was capable of doing more than right what people might have erroneously dismissed as being "novelty" songs. He played not only guitar but fiddle, piano, banjo, and drums. This album includes another novelty hit, "Chug-a-Lug," his original songs "Husbands and Wives" and nice covers of "Me and Bobby McGee," "In the Summertime," and "My Elusive Dreams."

However, in addition to an album like this one you need to have his Tony Award winning musical "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Connecting the dots between the two is easy. I mean, the only other person you could think of to write the songs for a musical based on a Mark Twain book would have to be Randy Newman. "Big River" won seven Tony Awards and two of those went to Miller, for Best Musical and Outstanding Score. The songs on this album prove that there was always a brain (and a heart) behind all those funny little songs Miller sang in the Sixties, and it comes full flower in "Big River." But the evidence was always there if you paid attention. After all, "Trailers for sale or rent," is a great opening line. Just believe me when I insist that you need to have two Roger Miller albums in your music library. There is just no way you are going to be disappointed with Roger Miller's best work.

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King of the Road: Greatest Hits and Favorites Roger Miller Manufacturer: Country Stars ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DGR6 Release Date: 1998-11-01

Tracks:

1. King of the Road
2. Engine, Engine #9
3. When Two Worlds Collide
4. Dang Me
5. England Swings
6. Kansas City Star
7. Chug-A-Lug
8. Husbands and Wives
9. Do-Wacka-Do
10. Walkin' in the Sunshine
11. You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd
12. My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died
13. Me and Bobby McGee
14. Don't We All Have the Right
15. Billy Bayou
16. Heartaches by the Number
17. Everything's Coming Up Roses
18. Last Word in Lonesome Is Me
19. In the Summertime
20. Release Me
21. Burning Bridges
22. My Elusive Dreams

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2. Let Me Drive
3. Lonesome Blues
4. Lonesome Hearted Blues
5. MAGNOLIA
6. Mama's Hand: Bluegrass and Mountain Songs About Mother
7. Maybe I'd Best Leave Well Enough Alone
8. Meet the Navigators
9. Music
10. My Girl Josephine [Extra tracks] [Import]

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