Roger Miller

Roger Miller was probably best known for his mid-1960s country-pop crossover hits such as King of the Road, Dang Me, and England Swings. He also wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Big River in 1985.

A lifelong cigarette smoker, Miller died of lung and throat cancer in 1992. In a TV interview, he once explained that he composed his songs from 'bits and pieces' of ideas he wrote on scraps of paper. When asked what he did with the unused bits and pieces, he half-joked, 'I smoke 'em!' One of his songs, A Man Can't Quit, centered on the subject of cigarette addiction.

In addition to 11 Grammy Awards, Roger Miller was voted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995.

Roger Miller

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