Chanteur US né le 2 janvier 1936, originaire de Fort Worth (Texas). Roger Miller fit ses débuts vers 1950. Après la guerre de Corée, il monte à Nashville où il compose de nombreuses chansons pour divers chanteurs. En 1961, Roger enregistre pour RCA mais ce n'est qu'en 1964 qu'il s'impose avec "Dang Me" chez "Smash Records". Il enregistra aussi chez Mercury, Columbia, Everest et différents petits labels, sans jamais retrouver le succès. Roger Miller est mort d'un cancer de la gorge dans un hopital de Los Angeles (Californie), le 25 octobre 1992.
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 10/1957 | SP MERCURY 71212x45 (US) | . | My Pillow / Poor Little John |
| 04/1958 | SP STARDAY 45-356 (US) | . | You're Forgettin' Me / Can't Stop Loving You |
| 11/1958 | SP DECCA 9-30763 (US) | . | On This Mountain Top (with Johnny PAYCHECK) / It's Been A Long Long Time For Me (with Johnny PAYCHECK) |
| 12/1958 | SP DECCA 9-30792 (US) | . | Mine Is A Lonely Life (with Justin TUBB) / Almost Lonely (with Justin TUBB) |
| 02/1959 | SP DECCA 9-30838 (US) | . | Wrong Kind Of Girl / Man Like Me |
| 08/1959 | SP DECCA 9-30953 (US) | . | Jason Fleming / Sweet Ramona |
| 09/1960 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7776 (US) | . | You Don't Want My Love / Footprints In The Snow |
| 04/1961 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7878 (US) | . | When Two Worlds Collide / Every Which-A-Way |
| 10/1961 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7958 (US) | . | Fair Swiss Maiden / Burma Shave |
| 04/1962 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8028 (US) | . | Sorry Willie / Hitch-Hiker |
| 09/1962 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8091 (US) | . | Hey Little Star / Trouble In Turnpike |
| 04/1963 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8175 (US) | . | Lock Stock And Teardrops / I Know Who It Is (And I'm Gonna Tell On Him) |
| 04/1964 | SP SMASH S-1881 (US) | . | Dang Me / Got Two Again |
| 1964 | SP PHILIPS BF 1365 (UK) | . | Dang Me / ? |
| 08/1964 | SP SMASH S-1926 (US) | . | Chug-A-Lug / Reincarnation |
| 11/1964 | SP SMASH S-1947 (US) | . | Do-Wacka-Do / Love Is Not For Me |
| 01/1965 | SP SMASH S-1965 (US) | . | King Of The Road / Atta Boy Girl |
| 04/1965 | SP SMASH S-1983 (US) | . | Engine Engine No 9 / Last Word In Lonesome Is Me |
| 06/1965 | SP SMASH S-1994 (US) | . | One Dyin' And A Buryin' / It Happened Just That Way |
| 06/1965 | SP STARDAY 718 (US) | . | Playboy / Poor Little John |
| 06/1965 | SP STARDAY 7029 (US) | . | I Ain't Never / Under Your Spell Ag |
| 06/1965 | SP MUSICOR MU-1102 (US) | . | Can't Stop Lovin' You / You're Forgettin' Me |
| 08/1965 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8651 (US) | . | If You Want Me To / Hey Little Star |
| 08/1965 | SP SMASH S-1998 (US) | . | Kansas City Star / Guess I'll Pick Up My Heart (And Go Home) |
| 10/1965 | SP STARDAY 7032 (US) | . | Country Girl / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy |
| 10/1965 | SP SMASH S-2010 (US) | . | England Swings / Good Old Days |
| 1965 | SP PHILIPS BF 1397 (UK) | . | King Of The Road / ? |
| 1965 | SP PHILIPS BF 1456 (UK) | . | England Swings / ? |
| 1965 | EP PHILIPS 434552 (F) |
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King Of The Road / Dang Me / Chug-A-Lug / Got 2 Again |
| 1965 | EP RCA VICTOR 86446 (F) |
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You Dont Want My Love / Trouble On The Turnpike / Every Which-A-Way / Fait Swiss Maiden |
| 1965 | EP PHILIPS 434554 (F) | . | Engine, Engine N°9 / Private John Q / Do-Wacka-Do / In The Summertime |
| 1965 | EP PHILIPS 434559 (F) | . | One Dyin' And A Buryin' / Kansas City Star / It Happened That Way / Swing Low Swingin' Chariot |
| 1965 | EP PHILIPS 434563 (F) | . | You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Atta Boy Girl / Good Old Day |
| 01/1966 | SP STARDAY 7038 (US) | . | Tip Of My Fingers / I Wish I Could Fall In Love Today |
| 01/1966 | SP SMASH S-2024 (US) | . | Husbands And Wives / I've Been A Long Time Leavin' |
| 05/1966 | SP SMASH S-2043 (US) | . | You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Train Of Life |
| 08/1966 | SP SMASH S-2055 (US) | . | My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died / You're My Kingdom |
| 10/1966 | SP SMASH S-2066 (US) | . | Heartbreak Hotel / Less And Less |
| 03/1967 | SP SMASH S-2081 (US) | . | Walkin' In The Sunshine / Home |
| 09/1967 | SP SMASH S-2121 (US) | . | Ballad Of Waterhole No 3 (Code of The West) / Rainbow Valley |
| 11/1967 | SP SMASH S-2130 (US) | . | Old Toy Trains / Silent Night |
| 02/1968 | SP SMASH S-2148 (US) | . | Little Green Apples / Our Little Love |
| 07/1968 | SP SMASH S-2183 (US) | . | Tolivar / What'd I Give (To Be The Wind) |
| 11/1968 | SP SMASH S-2197 (US) | . | Vance / Little Children Run And Play |
| 06/1969 | SP SMASH S-2230 (US) | . | Me And Bobby McGee / I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend (Instead Of Break) |
| 09/1969 | SP SMASH S-2246 (US) | . | Where Have All The Average People Gone / Boeing Boeing 707 |
| 01/1970 | SP SMASH S-2258 (US) | . | Tom Green County Fair / I Know Who It Is |
| 08/1970 | SP MERCURY 73102 (US) | . | Don't We All Have The Right / South |
| 1970 | SP MERCURY CC-35015 (US) | . | Chug-A-Lug / Dang Me |
| 1970 | SP MERCURY CC-35016 (US) | . | King Of The Road / England Swings |
| 1970 | SP MERCURY CC-35017 (US) | . | Do-Wack-A-Do / Kansas City Star |
| 1970 | SP MERCURY CC-35018 (US) | . | Engine Engine No 9 / Husbands And Wives |
| 02/1971 | SP MERCURY 73190 (US) | . | Tomorrow Night In Baltimore / Million Years Or So |
| 07/1971 | SP MERCURY 73230 (US) | . | Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) / Qua La Linta |
| 01/1972 | SP MERCURY 73268 (US) | . | Sunny Side Of My Life / We Found It In Each Other's Arms |
| 07/1972 | SP MERCURY 73321 (US) | . | Rings For Sale / Conversation |
| 12/1972 | SP MERCURY 73354 (US) | . | Hoppy's Gone / Day I Jumped From Harvey's Plane |
| 06/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45873 (US) | . | Open Up Your Heart / Qua La Linta |
| 10/1973 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45948 (US) | . | I Believe In Sunshine / Shannon's Song |
| 02/1974 | SP COLUMBIA 4-46000 (US) | . | Whistle Stop / 4th Of July |
| 1974 | SP VISTA 493 (US) | . | Whistle Stop / Not In Nothingham |
| 11/1974 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10052 (US) | . | Our Love / Yester Waltz |
| 03/1975 | SP COLUMBIA 3-10107 (US) | . | I Love A Rodeo / Lovin' You Is Always On My Mind |
| 07/1977 | SP WINDSONG BH-11072 (US) | . | Baby Me Baby / Dark Side Of The Moon |
| 11/1977 | SP WINDSONG BH-11166 (US) | . | Oklahoma Woman /re's Nobody Like You |
| 09/1979 | SP 20TH CENTURY FOX TC-2421 (US) | . | Hat / Pleasing The Crowd |
| 09/1981 | SP ELEKTRA E-47192 (US) | . | Everyone Gets Crazy Now And Then / Aladam Bama |
| 01/1982 | SP COLUMBIA 18-02681 (US) | . | Old Friends (with Willie NELSON) / When A House Is Not A Home (with Willie NELSON) |
| 09/1985 | SP MCA 52663 (US) | . | River In The Rain / Hand For The Hog |
| 06/1986 | SP MCA 52855 (US) | . | Some Hearts Get All The Breaks / Arkansas |
| 1989 | SP SMASH 872858-7 (US) | . | Chug-A-Lug / Dang Me |
Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" RCA CAMDEN CAS 851 (US) |
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ROGER MILLER - In The Summertime / Hitchhiker / Every Which A Way / Sorry Willie / Fair Swiss Maiden / Hey Little Star / When Two Worlds Collide / Trouble On The Turnpike / Lock Stock And Teardrops / Footprints In The Snow |
| 1964 | LP 12" SMASH SL 7002 (US) |
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ROGER AND OUT - Chug-A-Lug / Moon Is High / Smile Of Me / Private John Q / Lou's Got The Flu / It Takes All Kinds To Make A World / Dang Me / Got Two Again / I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight / That's Why I Love You Like I Do / Squares Make The World Go Round / If You Want Me To |
| 1964 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67049 (US) |
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DANG ME - Chug-a-Lug / Moon Is High / Private John Q / Lou's Got The Flu / It Takes All Kinds To Make A World / Dang Me / Got Two Again / I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight / That's Why I Love You Like I Do / Squares Make The World Go Round / If You Want Me To (reedition of 1st Smash LP without one song) |
| 1965 | LP 12" RCA CAMDEN CAS 903 (US) |
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THE ONE AND ONLY - It Happened Just That Way / I Know Who It Is / But I Love You More / You're Part Of Me / Burma Shave / You Can't Do Me This Way / I Catch Myself Crying / I Get Up In The Early Morning / I'll Be Somewhere / If You Want Me To |
| 1965 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67061 (US) |
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RETURN - Do-Wacka-Do / Atta Boy Girl / Reincarnation / That's The Way It's Always Been / As Long As There's A Shadow / Hard Headed Me / Ain't That Fine / King Of The Road / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Our Hearts Will Play / Love Is Not For Me / In The Summertime / There I Go Dreamin' |
| 1965 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67068 (US) |
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THE 3RD TIME AROUND - Engine Engine N° 9 / This Town / Last Word In Lonesome Is Me / Water Dog / I'll Pick Up My Heart And Go Home / Swiss Maid / It Happened Just That Way / Good Old Days / One Dyin' And A Buryin' / Kansas City Star / Big Harlan Taylor / Swing Low Swingin' Chariot |
| 1965 | LP 12" STARDAY SLP 318 (US) |
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WILD CHILD - Under Your Spell Again / Poor Little John / Playboy / I Wish That I Could Fall In Love Today / I Ain't Never / I Can't Stop Loving You / My Pillow / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / You're Forgetting Me / Who Shot Sam / Country Girls / Tip Of My Fingers |
| 1966 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67073 (US) |
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GOLDEN HITS - King Of The Road / Dang Me / Engine Engine N° 9 / In The Summertime / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Do-Wacka-Do / England Swing / Chug-A-Lug / One Dyin' And A Buryin' / Kansas City Star / Atta Boy Girl / It Happened Just That Way |
| 1966 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67075 (US) |
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WORDS AND MUSIC - My Uncle Used To Love But She Died / Husbands And Wives / Every Which A Way / Train Of Life / Billy Bayou / Less And Less / Heartbreak Hotel / Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit / I've Been A Long Time Leaving / Working Girl / You're My Kingdom / Home |
| 1966 | LP 12" PHILIPS P 14566 L (F) |
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COUNTRY AND WESTERN HITS - King Of The Road / Dang Me / Engine, Engine N°9 / In The Summertime / Water Dog / Do Wacka-Do / England Swings / Chug-A-Lug / One Dyin' And A Buryin' / Kansas City Star / Good Old Days / It Happened Just That Way |
| 1967 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67092 (US) |
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WALKIN' IN THE SUNSHINE - Walkin' In The Sunshine / Million Years Or So / Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town / You Didn't Have To Be So Nice / Green Green Grass Of Home / I'd Come Back To Me / Absence / Our Little Love / Pardon This Coffin / Hey Good Lookin' / Riddle |
| 1967 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67096 (US) |
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WATERHOLE # 3 - Ballad Of Waterhole N° 3 / Prologue / Lewton Cole The Doc The Map And The Gun Fight / Cole Meets Billie / Desert Chase / Cole Finds The Gold / Everybody Gets A Crack At The Gold / Finale / Rainbow Valley (soundtrack recordings) |
| 1967 | LP 12" NASHVILLE NLP 2046 (US) |
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THE AMAZING - I Ain't Never / My Pillow / Playboy / Wabash Cannonball (Jackie PHElLBS) / Country Girl / Jimmy Brown The Newsboy / Poor Little John / Annette (Little Roy WIGGINS) / Who Shot Sam / Flower Of The Flock |
| 1968 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67103 (US) |
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A TENDER LOOK AT LOVE - Tolivar / By The Time I Get To Phoenix / What I'd Give To Be The Wind / My Elusive Dreams / Less Of Me / Little Green Apples / Gentle On My Mind / Honey / With Pen In Hand / Dear Heart / 12th Of Never |
| 1969 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67123 (US) |
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ROGER MILLER - Me And Bobby McGee / Darby's Castle / Colonel Maggie / Boeing Boeing 707 / Meanwhile Back In Abilene / Swiss Cottage Place / Where Have All The Average People Gone / Best Of All Possible Worlds / I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend / Shame Bird / Vance |
| 1970 | LP 12" SMASH SRS 67129 (US) |
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1970 - Tom Green County Fair / Precious Baby / Man Who Stayed In Monterey / Jody And The Kid / Mystery Train / I Know Who It Is / All Fall Down / Everybody's Talkin' / Fool / TJ's Last Ride / Crystal Day |
| 1970 | LP 12" MERCURY 61297 (US) |
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TRIP IN THE COUNTRY - Tall Tall Trees / World I Can't Live In / Nothing Can Stop My Love / When Two Worlds Collide / My Ears Should Burn / World So Full Of Love / Don't We All Have The Right / That's The Way I Feel / Half A Mind / When A House Is Not A Home / Invitation To The Blues |
| 1971 | LP 12" HILLTOP JS 6109 (US) |
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KING OF THE ROAD - King Of The Road / Do-Wacka-Do / In The Summertime / Dear Heart / My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Heartbreak Hotel / I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight / If You Want Me To |
| 1972 | LP 12" MERCURY 61361 (US) |
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THE BEST OF ROGER MILLER - Little Green Apples / Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town / Husbands And Wives / I've Been A Long Time Leaving / Tom Green County Fair / Tomorrow Night In Baltimore / Loving Her Was Easier / Walkin' In The Sunshine / Me And Bobby McGee / My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died / South |
| 1973 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 32449 (US) |
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DEAR FOLKS SORRY I WOULDN'T WRITTEN LATELY - Open Up Your Heart / Whistle Stop / Mama Used To Love Me But She Died / Qua La Linta / I Believe In The Sunshine / Animal Of Man / Shannon's Song / What Would My Mama Say / Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey's Plane / 4th Of July |
| 1973 | LP 12" HILLTOP JS 6131 (US) |
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LITTLE GREEN APPLES - Little Green Apples / 12th Of Never / Chug-A-Lug / Dang Me / Walkin' In The Sunshine / Honey / With Pen In Hand / Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town / Green Green Grass Of Home |
| 1975 | LP 12" COLUMBIA KC 33472 (US) |
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SUPERSONGS - Lady America / Won't Come Be My Friend / Lovin' You Is Always On My Mind / Our Love / Husbands And Wives / I Love A Rodeo / Yester Waltz, Wanda Iguana / Somewhere There's Lady / All I Love Is You |
| 1977 | LP 12" WINDSONG BHL1 2337 (US) |
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OFF THE WALL - Oklahoma Woman / There's Nobody Like You / Baby Me Baby / Dark Side Of The Moon / Stephen Foster / Some People Make It / I've Gotten Used To The Cryin' / Roll Away / Ain't Gonna Work No More / Na-Nominee |
| 1979 | LP 12" 20TH CENTURY FOX T 592 (US) |
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MAKING A NAME FOR MYSELF - Oklahoma Woman / There's Nobody Like You / Baby Me Baby / Dark Side Of The Moon / Stephen Foster / Some People Make It / I've Gotten Used To Do Cryin' / Roll Away / Ain't Gonna Work No More / Na-Mominee |
| 1982 | LP 12" COLUMBIA FC 38013 (US) |
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OLD FRIENDS - (Roger MILLER & Willie NELSON) - Old Friends / Husbands And Wives / Half A Heart / Best I Can Give Her / Sorry Willie / When A House Is Not A Home / Aladambama / Invitation Of The Blues / When Two Worlds Collide / I'll Pick Up My Heart And Go Home |
| 1986 | LP 12" MCA MCA 5722 (US) |
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ROGER MILLER - River In The Rain / Hand For The Hog / Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go / Guv'ment / You Oughta Be Here With Me / Some Hearts Get All The Breaks / Arkansas / Indian Giver / Days Of Our Wives / Muddy Water |
| 1990 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15477 (D) |
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KING OF THE ROAD - You're Part Of Me, Fair Swiss Maiden / Every Which A Way / It Happened Just That Way / I Get Up Early In The Morning / I Catch Myself Crying / I'll Be Somewhere / Little Green Apples / I Know Who It Is / But I Love You More / If You Want Me To / Burma Shave / In The Summertime / Sorry Willie / You Can't Do Me This Way / When Two Worlds Collide / Lock Stock And Teardrops / Trouble On The Turnpike / Hey Little Star / Footprints In The Snow / Hitchhiker / Dang Me / King Of The Road / Chug-A-Lug / Engine Engine No 9 / Kansas City Star / England Swing / Do-Wacka-Do / One Dyin' And A Buryin'. |
| 1991 | CD CURB 75511 (US) |
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BEST OF ROGER MILLER - HIS GREATEST HITS - King Of The Road / Dang Me / Chug-A-Lug / Engine Engine No 9 / England Swing / Do-Wacka-Do / Husbands And Wives / In The Summertime / Me And Bobby McGee / When Two Worlds Collide / Kansas City Star / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd |
| 1991 | CD MERCURY M1 848977 (US) |
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THE BEST OF ROGER MILLER, VOL. ONE - My Pillow / Can't Stop Loving You / You're Forgetting Me / Tall Tall Trees / Nothing Can Stop My Love / That's The Way I Feel / My Ears Should Burn / Invitation To The Blues / Guess I'll Pick Up My Heart / When A House Is Not A Home / Half A Mind / When Two Worlds Collide / World I Can't Live In / World So Full Of Love / Don't We All Have The Right / Last Word In Lonesome Is Me / Million Years Or So / Less And Less / Husbands And Wives / Train Of Life / Old Toy Trains |
| 1992 | CD EPIC EK 53017 (US) |
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KING OF THE ROAD - THE BEST OF ROGER MILLER - King Of The Road / Dang Me / Husbands And Wive / Chug-A-Lug / Release Me / England Swing / Me And Bobby McGee / Don't We All Have The Right / In The Summertime |
| 1993 | CD MERCURY 2 512646 (US) |
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THE BEST OF ROGER MILLER, VOL. TWO - Poor Little John / Billy Bayou / Big Harlan Taylor / Home / Dang Me / Chug-A-Lug / King Of The Road / Do-Wacka-Do / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Reincarnation / Engine Engine No 9 / Kansas City Star / It Happened Just That Way / My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died / England Swing / Little Green Apples / Me And Bobby McGee / Where Have All The Average People Gone / Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey's Plane / Hoppy's Gone |
| 1995 | 3 CD MERCURY 52699 (US) |
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THE GENIUS OF ROGER MILLER - My Pillow / Poor Little John / Man Like Me / Wrong Kind Of Girl / Jason Fleming / World So Full Of Love / When A House Is Not A Home / In The Summertime / When Two Worlds Collide / Sorry Willie / So Saith He The Lord / Lock Stock And Teardrops / Ain't That Fine / Less And Less / Chug-A-Lug / Lou's Got The Flu / Moon Is High / Dang Me / Reincarnation / Hard Headed Me / Do-Wacka-Do / Atta Boy Girl / Our Hearts Will Play The Music / King Of The Road / As Long As There's A Shadow / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Heartbreak Hotel / Big Harlan Taylor / One Dyin' And A Buryin' / Last Word In Lonesome Is Me / It Happened Just That Way / Engine Engine No 9 / Kansas City Star / England Swing / I've Been A Long Time Leaving / Husbands And Wives / Train Of Life / Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit / You're My Kingdom / My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died / Home / Absence / Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town / Walkin' In The Sunshine / Million Years Or So / Pardon This Coffin / Ballad Of Waterhole No 3 / Old Toy Trains / Little Green Apples / What I'd Give To Be The Wind / Boeing Boeing 707 / Treat Me Like A Human / What Are Those Things With Big Black Wings / Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line / Swiss Cottage Place / Me And Bobby McGee / Where Have All The Average People Gone / Best Of All Possible Worlds / Invitation To The Blues / Tall Tall Trees / Don't We All Have The Right / That's The Way I Feel / Half A Mind / Hoppy's Gone / What Would My Mama Say / Orange Blossom Special / Old Friends / Guv'ment, River In The Rain |
| 1997 | CD BMG 61774 (US) |
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LIVE ! - Me And Bobby McGee / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Chug-A-Lug / England Swing / That's When The Loving's Done / Husbands And Wives / In The Summertime / Dang Me / Engine Engine No 9 / Old Friends / Fraulein / King Of The Road |
| 1999 | CD MCA 70105 (US) |
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MILLENNIUM COLLECTION - King Of The Road / Dang Me / Chug-A-Lug / You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd / Engine Engine No 9 / England Swing / Do-Wacka-Do / In The Summertime / Kansas City Star / One Dyin' And A Buryin' / Atta Boy Girl / Husbands And Wives |
| 2006 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16760 (D) |
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A MAN LIKE ME - THE EARLY YEARS - You're Forgetting Me / My Pillow / Can't Stop Loving You / Poor Little John / A Man Like Me / The Wrong Kind Of Girl / Sweet Ramona / Jason Fleming / Country Girl / I Ain't Never / Under Your Spell Again / Jimmie Brown The Newsboy / Who Shot Sam / Playboy / Hot Rod Lincoln / I Wish I Could Fall In Love Today / The Tip Of My Fingers |
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