Oklahoma Musicians

Musician

Roger Miller

Born in Fort Worth and sent as a child to live near Erick, Oklahoma, where he grew up on a family farm before becoming a country singer-songwriter and Broadway composer

Musical work

singer-songwriter; guitarist; composer. Instruments recorded in the collection: guitar; voice. Genres: country; folk; Broadway.

Evidence and identity

Country Music Hall of Fame supports the Erick upbringing; additional songwriter and regional sources support career context

Roger Miller

Country Music Hall of Fame documents Miller's move at age three to live near Erick, Oklahoma, and his later country and songwriting career.

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Roger Miller

Songwriters Hall of Fame provides supporting career context for Miller's songwriting and performance work.

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Roger Miller and the Great Plains

Reference article provides regional and career context for Miller.

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Sources

  1. www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/roger-miller
  2. nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee
  3. plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.mus.031.html

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.