Roger Dean Miller was born in Fort Worth, Texas on January 2, 1936. He was singer, songwriter, musician (guitar), film and TV actor. After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the U.S. Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as "Billy Bayou" and "Home" for Jim Reeves and "Invitation to the Blues" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and reached the peak of his fame in the mid-1960s, continuing to record and tour into the 1990s, charting his final top 20 country hit "Old Friends" with Price and Willie Nelson in 1982. He also wrote and performed several of the songs for the 1973 Disney animated film “Robin Hood”. Later in his life, he wrote the music and lyrics for the 1985 Tony Award−winning Broadway musical “Big River”, in which he played Pap Finn in 1986.
Miller died from lung cancer on October 25, 1992, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame three years later.
Miller wrote and sang “Lucky Luke Rides Again” for the Terence Hill TV series ‘Lucky Luke’ (1990-1991) and it also was used in the film with the same name in 1991. Miller was also the dubbed voice of Luke’s horse Jolly Jumper.
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MILLER, Roger (Roger Dean
Miller, Sr.) [1/2/1936, Fort
Worth, Texas, U.S.A. - 10/25/1992, Century City, California, U.S.A. (lung
cancer)] – singer, songwriter, musician (guitar), actor, married to Barbara
Louise Crow [1938-1984] (1957-19??) father of Michael Miller [1958-1958], Alan
Miller, Rhonda Miller, Shari Miller, married to Leah Kendrick [1941-2013]
(1964-1976) father of Shannon [1964-
], singer, songwriter, musician Dean Miller (Roger Dean Miller, Jr.)
[1965- ], married to singer Mary
Arnold (1977-1992) adopted children Taylor Miller, Adam Miller, member of the Country Music Hall of
Fame [1995].
Lucky Luke (TV) – 1990-1991
[sings: “Lucky Luke Rides Again”]
Lucky Luke (TV) –
1991 [sings: “Lucky Luke Rides Again”]
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