820 Roger Miller (1936-1992) “King of the Road” 1965

“The Jimmy Dean show gave Roy Clark, Patsy Cline, and Roger Miller their first big breaks and introduced the world to many country music artists.”
Jimmy Dean: “First of all, I’d have to say that Roger Miller was the most spontaneously creative human being I’ve ever met. I mean just off the top of his head. There was a comedic side of him, but there was also a very serious side. I remember I interviewed him on a syndicated show that I had and I asked, ‘Who is roger Miller?’ And he said, ‘Well, he’s a composite of an awful lot of different people.’ And he was. He was a multifaceted human being. Did you hear about the award he presented me?...Well, we introduced ‘King of the Road’ on our television show, and shortly thereafter he sent us the Golden Doorknob Award. It has a little plaque below the golden doorknob that says, ‘To Jimmy Dean, for a million doors you opened for me’” (Lyle E. Style, Ain’t Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller, 2005).

Roger Miller “King of the Road”