King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller

King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller is a compilation of 70 songs in chronological order from the original master recordings, drawn from every label (Mercury/Starday, Decca, RCA, Smash, Columbia and MCA) for which Nashville legend Roger Miller recorded. Between the 25 chart hits are eight unreleased recordings, all documented by a booklet containing an 8,000-word essay and 24 rare photos. It includes the Top 10 hits "When Two Worlds Collide", "Dang Me", "Chug-A-Lug", "King of the Road", "Engine Engine #9", "One Dyin' & A-Buryin'", "Kansas City Star", "England Swings", "Husbands & Wives", and more, plus two songs from the Tony Award winning Broadway Musical Big River.

Track listing

CD-1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Pillow" (Roger Miller)	2:11
2.	"Poor Little John" (Roger Miller)	1:55
3.	"A Man Like Me" (Roger Miller)	2:25
4.	"The Wrong King of Girl" (Roger Miller)	2:15
5.	"Jason Fleming" (Roger Miller)	2:02
6.	"A World So Full of Love" (Roger Miller)	1:58
7.	"When a House is Not a Home" (Roger Miller)	2:28
8.	"You Don't Want My Love" (Roger Miller)	1:59
9.	"When Two Worlds Collide" (Roger Miller, Bill Anderson)	2:10
10.	"Sorry, Willie" (Roger Miller)	2:23
11.	"So Saith He, The Lord" (Roger Miller)	1:12
12.	"Lock Stock & Teardrops" (Roger Miller)	2:25
13.	"Ain't That Fine?" (Dorsey Burnette)	2:33
14.	"Less & Less" (Roger Miller)	2:27
15.	"Chug-A-Lug" (Roger Miller)	2:01
16.	"Lou's Got The Flu" (Roger Miller)	1:45
17.	"The Moon is High (And So Am I)" (Roger Miller)	1:57
18.	"Dang Me!" (Roger Miller)	1:47
19.	"It Takes All Kinds to Make a World" (Roger Miller)	2:36
20.	"Reincarnation" (Roger Miller)	1:58
21.	"Hard-Headed Me" (Roger Miller)	2:29
22.	"Do-Wacka-Do" (Roger Miller)	1:44
23.	"Atta Boy, Girl" (Roger Miller)	1:54
24.	"Our Hearts Will Play the Music" (Roger Miller)	2:00

CD-2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"King of the Road" (Roger Miller)	2:25
2.	"As Long As There's a Shadow" (Roger Miller)	2:03
3.	"You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd" (Roger Miller)	1:53
4.	"Heartbreak Hotel" (Elvis Presley, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden)	2:12
5.	"Big Harlan Taylor" (Roger Miller)	2:06
6.	"One Dyin' & A-Buryin'" (Roger Miller)	2:01
7.	"The Last Word in Lonesome is Me" (Roger Miller)	2:46
8.	"It Happened Just That Way" (Roger Miller)	1:51
9.	"Engine, Engine #9" (Roger Miller)	2:17
10.	"Kansas City Star" (Roger Miller)	2:17
11.	"England Swings!" (Roger Miller)	1:52
12.	"I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)" (Roger Miller)	2:14
13.	"Husbands & Wives" (Roger Miller)	2:22
14.	"Train of Life" (Roger Miller)	2:06
15.	"Dad Blame Anything a Man Can't Quit!" (Curly Putman, Roger Miller)	2:06
16.	"You're My Kingdom" (Roger Miller)	2:13
17.	"My Uncle Used to Love Me, But She Died" (Roger Miller)	1:53
18.	"Home" (Roger Miller)	1:47
19.	"Absence" (Roger Miller)	2:34
20.	"Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)" (Mel Tillis)	3:00
21.	"Walkin' in the Sunshine" (Roger Miller)	2:37
22.	"A Million Years or So" (Roger Miller)	2:30
23.	"Pardon This Coffin" (Roger Miller)	2:18
24.	"Bonus Track: Session Soundbite"

CD-3

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ballad of Waterhole #3 (Code of the West)" (Dave Grusin, Robert Wells)	2:17
2.	"Old Toy Trains" (Roger Miller)	2:02
3.	"Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell)	2:38
4.	"What I'd Give to Be the Wind" (Curly Putman, Red Lane)	2:37
5.	"Boeing, Boeing 707" (Roger Miller)	1:19
6.	"Treat Me Like a Human" (Roger Miller)	1:42
7.	"What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings)?" (A.L. Owens, Dallas Frazier)	2:07
8.	"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" (Ivy J. Bryant)	2:05
9.	"Swiss Cottage Place" (Mickey Newbury)	3:27
10.	"Me & Bobby McGee" (Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson)	4:04
11.	"Where Have All the Average People Gone?" (Dennis Linde)	3:02
12.	"The Best of All Possible Worlds" (Kris Kristofferson)	2:56
13.	"Invitation to the Blues" (Roger Miller)	2:34
14.	"Tall, Tall Trees" (George Jones, Roger Miller)	2:13
15.	"Don't We All Have the Right?" (Roger Miller)	1:57
16.	"That's the Way I Feel" (George Jones, Roger Miller)	1:50
17.	"Half a Mind" (Roger Miller)	2:46
18.	"Hoppy's Gone" (Johnny Slate, Larry Henley, Red Lane)	2:33
19.	"What Would My Mama Say?" (Roger Miller)	3:08
20.	"Orange Blossom Special (Live)" (E.T. Rouse)	3:28
21.	"Old Friends with Ray Price & Willie Nelson" (Roger Miller)	3:04
22.	"Guv'ment (from "Big River")" (Roger Miller)	2:37
23.	"River in the Rain (from "Big River")" (Roger Miller)	3:52
24.	"Bonus Track: Session Soundbite"

Production

Producer: The Country Music Foundation
Annotated by: Daniel Cooper
Complied by: Daniel Cooper
Remastered by: Joseph M. Palmaccio

Track Notes

CD-1: Recorded

1-1 April-October 1957; (prob.) Houston, Texas
1-2 April-October 1957; (prob.) Houston, Texas
1-3 December 13, 1958; Nashville, Tennessee
1-4 December 13, 1958; Nashville, Tennessee
1-5 June 30, 1959; Nashville, Tennessee
1-6 circa Summer 1960; Nashville, Tennessee (demo, unissued)
1-7 circa 1960; Nashville, Tennessee (radio transcription, unissued)
1-8 August 10, 1960; Nashville, Tennessee
1-9 February 4, 1961; Nashville, Tennessee
1-10 September 19, 1961; Nashville, Tennessee
1-11 circa January 1963; Nashville, Tennessee (demo, unissued)
1-12 February 14, 1963; Nashville, Tennessee
1-13 January 10, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-14 January 10, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)
1-15 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-16 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-17 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-18 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-19 January 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-20 August 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-21 August 11, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-22 October 2, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-23 October 2, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
1-24 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee

CD-2: Recorded

2-1 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
2-2 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
2-3 November 3, 1964; Nashville, Tennessee
2-4 February 11, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-5 February 11, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-6 February 11, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-7 April 15, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-8 April 15, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-9 April 15, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-10 May 31, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-11 August 10, 1965; Nashville, Tennessee
2-12 January 9, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
2-13 January 9, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
2-14 January 10, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
2-15 March 8, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
2-16 March 8, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
2-17 August 5, 1966; Los Angeles, California
2-18 October 4, 1966; Nashville, Tennessee
2-19 January 23, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
2-20 January 26, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
2-21 February 16, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
2-22 March 14, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
2-23 March 14, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee
2-24 Unknown

CD-3: Recorded

3-1 August 30, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee

3-2 October 17, 1967; Nashville, Tennessee

3-3 January 24, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee

3-4 March 12, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee

3-5 September 20, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee

3-6 circa December 11-17, 1968; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)

3-7 January 10, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)

3-8 January 10, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee (unissued)

3-9 May 16, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee

3-10 May 16, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee

3-11 May 19, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee

3-12 May 22, 1969; Nashville, Tennessee

3-13 June 11, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee

3-14 June 11, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee

3-15 June 11, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee

3-16 June 12, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee

3-17 June 12, 1970; Nashville, Tennessee

3-18 November 10, 1972; Nashville, Tennessee

3-19 June 18, 1973; Nashville, Tennessee

3-20 November 1978; Reno, Nevada (Live at Harrah's, unissued)

3-21 November 24, 1981; Spicewood, Texas

3-22 1985; Nashville, Tennessee

3-23 1985; Nashville, Tennessee

3-24 Unknown