Roger Miller...You Can Be Happy!

Meanderer

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Roger Miller - You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd & Chug-a-lug
 

Roger Miller: "Leavins Not The Only Way To Go"
 

KING OF THE ROAD! I don't know how I forgot that one. It was such a big hit. Love that one, too.
Thanks, Aunt Bea.
 
I always did like Roger Miller. He had his problems, though, as unfortunately a lot of great performers had.

My second year in college, I had a small part-time job (one of many...) ushering at the university auditorium. Roger Miller and Red Buttons were the stars of a big show for the annual huge weekend blast at the university, and there were to be two shows that evening. In the first show, Roger Miller came on the stage, obviously drunk and/or high, staggered around, tried to sit on a stool and fell off, would start to sing a song and then stop, wandered off the stage and back on and told a few jokes that Red Buttons had just told in his set previously. Finally, someone came out and escorted him off the stage and someone else performed.

By the second show that evening, he was back in form again and put on a fantastic performance. I really enjoyed that second show.

That was the great part of that job, other than the pittance it paid......getting to see the shows, even if it was just standing at the back of the auditorium.
 
Roger Miller - River in the Rain (repeat post)
One of Roger Miller's most beautiful songs, "River in the Rain" was written for "Big River," a Broadway musical based on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain. "Big River" won seven Tony Awards, including one for Roger Miller's score.
 
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