Jody Miller
Jody Miller (born Myrna Joy Miller in Phoenix, Arizona, on 29 November 1941… Read Full Bio ↴Jody Miller (born Myrna Joy Miller in Phoenix, Arizona, on 29 November 1941; died 6 October 2022) was an American country music singer.
Raised in Oklahoma, Miller was discovered by actor Dale Robertson and began her career in the early 1960s as a folk/pop singer in the Los Angeles area and appearing on Tom Paxton's television series. She released her first album on Capitol Records in 1964 and had a modest pop hit that year with "He Walks Like a Man". In 1965, she released an answer record to Roger Miller's blockbuster hit "King of the Road," titled "Queen of the House" (which became her signature hit, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 5 on the country singles chart). Miller won the Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song in 1966.[citation needed]
Miller also scored a second top 40 pop hit that year with "Home of the Brave" and became a pioneer crossover female vocalist, opening the doors for Linda Ronstadt, Anne Murray, and Olivia Newton-John, and others as a pop singer recording a strong country influence and finding success in both genres. Miller's pop success petered out by the late 1960s. Tammy Wynette's record producer, Billy Sherrill, was a fan of Miller's and signed her to Epic Records in 1970 to record specifically for the country market. She had two country hits right off the bat in 1970 with "Look At Mine" nearly making the Top 20 and a Top 20 hit with "If You Think I Love You Now (I Just Started)" in early 1971. She recorded a remake of the '60's pop hit (by the Chiffons), "He's So Fine," and it hit the top 5 on the country chart and #55 on the pop chart that summer. She was nominated for another Grammy award.
Several major country hits followed, many of them remakes of pop/rock classics such as "Baby I'm Yours," "Be My Baby," and "To Know Him is to Love Him". Among the new country songs she had hits with were the top tens "There's a Party Goin' On," "Good News," and "Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home." She also continued to have hits with cover versions of pop hits like "House of the Rising Sun," a hit for The Animals, "Reflections," this is not the hit for Diana Ross and the Supremes, and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," a hit for Aretha Franklin.
Miller's last top 30 country hit was 1977's "When the New Wears Off Our Love" and two years later she made her final chart appearance. She went into semi-retirement in the 1980s, at which time she and her husband owned a ranch in Oklahoma.
She later emerged as a Christian music artist, releasing several albums. In 1999, the Country Gospel Music Association inducted Miller into its Hall of Fame, along with Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Andy Griffith, David L. Cook and Lulu Roman. For a short while Jody and her daughter Robin recorded and toured together. Miller continued to perform live and sing her secular hits as well as her gospel material.
Raised in Oklahoma, Miller was discovered by actor Dale Robertson and began her career in the early 1960s as a folk/pop singer in the Los Angeles area and appearing on Tom Paxton's television series. She released her first album on Capitol Records in 1964 and had a modest pop hit that year with "He Walks Like a Man". In 1965, she released an answer record to Roger Miller's blockbuster hit "King of the Road," titled "Queen of the House" (which became her signature hit, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 5 on the country singles chart). Miller won the Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song in 1966.[citation needed]
Miller also scored a second top 40 pop hit that year with "Home of the Brave" and became a pioneer crossover female vocalist, opening the doors for Linda Ronstadt, Anne Murray, and Olivia Newton-John, and others as a pop singer recording a strong country influence and finding success in both genres. Miller's pop success petered out by the late 1960s. Tammy Wynette's record producer, Billy Sherrill, was a fan of Miller's and signed her to Epic Records in 1970 to record specifically for the country market. She had two country hits right off the bat in 1970 with "Look At Mine" nearly making the Top 20 and a Top 20 hit with "If You Think I Love You Now (I Just Started)" in early 1971. She recorded a remake of the '60's pop hit (by the Chiffons), "He's So Fine," and it hit the top 5 on the country chart and #55 on the pop chart that summer. She was nominated for another Grammy award.
Several major country hits followed, many of them remakes of pop/rock classics such as "Baby I'm Yours," "Be My Baby," and "To Know Him is to Love Him". Among the new country songs she had hits with were the top tens "There's a Party Goin' On," "Good News," and "Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home." She also continued to have hits with cover versions of pop hits like "House of the Rising Sun," a hit for The Animals, "Reflections," this is not the hit for Diana Ross and the Supremes, and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," a hit for Aretha Franklin.
Miller's last top 30 country hit was 1977's "When the New Wears Off Our Love" and two years later she made her final chart appearance. She went into semi-retirement in the 1980s, at which time she and her husband owned a ranch in Oklahoma.
She later emerged as a Christian music artist, releasing several albums. In 1999, the Country Gospel Music Association inducted Miller into its Hall of Fame, along with Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Andy Griffith, David L. Cook and Lulu Roman. For a short while Jody and her daughter Robin recorded and toured together. Miller continued to perform live and sing her secular hits as well as her gospel material.
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Jody Miller Lyrics
Ashes of Love Ashes of love cold as ice you made the debt…
Baby I'm Yours Baby I'm yours and I'll be yours until the stars…
Be My Baby Tonight we met I knew I needed you so And if…
Don't Take It Away I been lookin' for you all night long darlin' you've…
Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Everybody's somebody's fool) The tears I've cried for you c…
Good News Sometime I wonder why you do these things to me…
He Walks Like a Man He walks like a man And he talks like a man He…
He's So Fine He's so fine wish he were mine That good looking boy…
Home of the Brave The school board says "he can't come to school, no…
I Remember Loving Someone Don't ask me to trust you I don't know how…
I Walk The Line I keep a close watch on this heart of mine…
I'll Never Love Again I'll never love again you hurt too much when I found…
If You Think I Love You Now It's nothing new for a woman to love her man It's…
Leaving On A Jet Plane Oh my bags are packed I'm ready to go I'm…
Let's All Go Down to the River Let's all go down to the river There's a man…
Long Black Limousine There's a long line of mourners drivin' down our street Thei…
Look at Mine If you think her eyes are brighter look at mine If…
Natural Woman Looking out on the morning rain I used to feel…
odds and ends A photograph that's signed with love old records and one…
Queen Of The House Up every day at six Bacon and eggs to fix Four…
Safe In These Lovin' Arms Of Mine I remember when I gave you the key to my…
Sea Of Heart Break The lights in the harbor don't shine for me I'm…
Snowbird Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean The unborn grass li…
Stand By Your Man Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love…
There Somewhere, a party's goin' on Someone's there that should g…
Things It's been here since you've been gone it's been hanging…
We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll Today's gonna be my lucky day we're gonna let the…
Will You Love Me Tomorrow Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…