Roger Miller discography explained

Artist:Roger Miller
Studio:19
Live:3
Compilation:69
Singles:52
2Option:3
2Option Name:No.1 Single

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.

Studio albums

1960s

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US CountryUS
Roger and Out 337
The Return of Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Smash Records
24
  • US: Gold
The 3rd Time Around
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Smash Records
113
Words and Music
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: Smash Records
32108
Walkin' in the Sunshine
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Smash Records
15118
Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Smash Records
42
A Tender Look at Love
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Smash Records
14173
Roger Miller
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Smash Records
20163
Roger Miller featuring Dang Me
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Smash Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
US CountryUSAUS[1]
Roger Miller 1970
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Smash Records
332005
A Trip in the Country 23
Dear Folks, Sorry I Haven't Written Lately 26
Celebration
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
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

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

Compilation albums

1960s and 1970s

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US CountryUS
Roger Miller (The Tunes that Launched the Roger Miller Career)
  • Release date: 1964
  • Label: RCA Camden
Golden Hits
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Smash Records
26
  • 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

TitleDetails
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
(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

TitleDetails
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 Entertainemnt
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

TitleDetails
Roger Miller Live
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Silver Eagle Records
Live
Hits You Remember: Live

Singles

1950s and 1960s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US CountryUSUS ACCAN CountryCANCAN ACUK
[2]
AUS
1957"My Pillow" b/w "Poor Little John"The Country Side of Roger Miller
1958"You're Forgettin' Me"rowspan="11"
"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")1411
1961"When Two Worlds Collide"6
"Fair Swiss Maiden"
1962"Sorry Willie"
"Hey Little Star"
1963"Lock, Stock and Teardrops"26
1964"Dang Me"173619Roger and Out
"Chug-a-Lug"3932342
1965"Do-Wacka-Do"15313893The Return of Roger Miller
"King of the Road"14110116
"Engine Engine #9"272113370The 3rd Time Around
"One Dyin' and a Buryin'"10348
"Kansas City Star"731394881
"England Swings"3811323Golden Hits
1966"Husbands and Wives"5262141037Words and Music
"You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd"35401739Golden Hits
"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died"39582679Words and Music
"Heartbreak Hotel"5584
1967"Walkin' in the Sunshine"73762938Walkin' in the Sunshine
"The Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)"2710220Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)
"Old Toy Trains"non-LP single, charted Billboard #13 Christmas
1968"Little Green Apples"639533431946A Tender Look at Love
"Tolivar"
1969"Vance"15801554077Roger Miller
"Me and Bobby McGee"121223
"Where Have All the Average People Gone"141452
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s and 1980s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US CountryUSUS ACCAN CountryCAN ACAUS
1970"The Tom Green County Fair"363260Roger Miller 1970
"South"152472The Best of Roger Miller
1971"Tomorrow Night in Baltimore"1113
"Lovin' Her Was Easier
(Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
"
2881194
1972"We Found It in Each Other's Arms"34rowspan="4"
"Sunny Side of My Life"63
"Rings for Sale"4127
1973"Hoppy's Gone"4253
"Open Up Your Heart"1410520889Dear Folks Sorry I Haven't Written Lately
"I Believe in the Sunshine"2485
1974"Whistle Stop"86
1975"Our Love"44Supersongs
"I Love a Rodeo"57
1977"Baby Me Baby"68Off the Wall
"Oklahoma Woman"
1979"The Hat"98Making a Name for Myself
1981"Everyone Gets Crazy Now and Then"36
1982"Old Friends" (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price)1918Old Friends
1985"River in the Rain"36Roger Miller
1986"Some Hearts Get All the Breaks"81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Charted B-sides

YearSinglePeak chart positionsOriginal A-side
US CountryUSUS ACAUS
1965"It Happened Just That Way"10526"One Dyin' and a Buryin'"
1966"I've Been a Long Time Leavin'
(But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)"
13103flip"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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 201.

  2. Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 1-904994-10-5 . 367.