MUSICIAN

Roger Miller

1936 - 1992

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Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Miller has received more than 2,842,325 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Roger Miller is the 2,030th most popular musician (down from 1,834th in 2019), the 10,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,355th in 2019) and the 798th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roger Miller ranks 2,030 out of 3,175. Before him are Graeme Revell, Julia Fischer, Luca Turilli, Philip Selway, Jule Styne, and Roger Taylor. After him are Salil Chowdhury, Tony Thompson, David Gates, Hiromi Uehara, Jimmy Webb, and Hiro Yamamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Roger Miller ranks 527. Before him are Paula Marosi, Edward C. Stone, Taisia Chenchik, Reginald Hill, Nicolas Alfonsi, and Barbara Mikulski. After him are Dave Allen, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Hans Grodotzki, Johanna Lüttge, Roger Staub, and Isaac Berger. Among people deceased in 1992, Roger Miller ranks 257. Before him are Severino Rigoni, Klaes Karppinen, Dionizije Dvornić, Alexander Almetov, Antoni Zygmund, and John Anderson. After him are Lona Andre, Max Stiepl, Al Parker, Chingiz Mustafayev, Robert Reed, and George Murphy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Miller ranks 10,545 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Roethke (1908), Tom Shadyac (1958), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Kelli McCarty (1969), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), and Macdonald Carey (1913). After him are George M. Cohan (1878), Anson Mount (1973), Jon Hall (1950), Tommy Kirk (1941), 6ix9ine (1996), and Alice Ghostley (1923).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roger Miller ranks 798. Before him are Robert Gordon (1947), Reb Beach (1963), Dwight Yoakam (1956), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Slim Whitman (1923), and David Lindley (1944). After him are Tony Thompson (1954), David Gates (1940), Jimmy Webb (1946), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Paul Winter (1939), and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964).

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