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Grammy winner Jody Miller, known for her 1965 hit “Queen of the House,” died on Thursday, Oct. 6, in Blanchard, Oklahoma, due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. Miller was 80.
The Oklahoma native signed to Capitol Records as a folk artist in 1962 and released her debut album, Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe, in 1963. She earned her first Billboard Hot 100 entry with “He Walks Like a Man” in 1964. A year later, Miller’s “Queen of the House,” an answer to Roger Miller’s (no relation, though both artists were both raised in Oklahoma) “King of the Road,” became a crossover hit, traversing the country and pop charts, reaching the top five on the Hot Country Singles chart, and No. 12 on Billboard’s Hot 100. “Queen of the House” would earn Miller a Grammy win in the best country & western vocal performance-female category (she was also...
Grammy winner Jody Miller, known for her 1965 hit “Queen of the House,” died on Thursday, Oct. 6, in Blanchard, Oklahoma, due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. Miller was 80.
The Oklahoma native signed to Capitol Records as a folk artist in 1962 and released her debut album, Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe, in 1963. She earned her first Billboard Hot 100 entry with “He Walks Like a Man” in 1964. A year later, Miller’s “Queen of the House,” an answer to Roger Miller’s (no relation, though both artists were both raised in Oklahoma) “King of the Road,” became a crossover hit, traversing the country and pop charts, reaching the top five on the Hot Country Singles chart, and No. 12 on Billboard’s Hot 100. “Queen of the House” would earn Miller a Grammy win in the best country & western vocal performance-female category (she was also...
- 10/7/2022
- by Jessica Nicholson, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Grammy-winning country singer Jody Miller has died. She was 80. The celebrated songstress died at her house in Blanchard, Oklahoma, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Miller’s first big hit came in 1964 with her song, “He Walks Like a Man”, followed by her smash-hit single, “Queen of the House”, which earned Miller a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1966.
Miller is celebrated as a pioneer for crossover female vocalists, moving from the pop/folk genre into the country music sphere, which paved the way for many artists who came after, including Linda Ronstadt, Anne Murray and many others.
“Jody Miller’s talent cannot be overstated. She had this innate, God-given ability to interpret and communicate with the most beautiful tones and inflection,” Miller’s longtime rep, Jennifer McMullen, shared in a statement issued on Thursday. “She made it look and sound so easy that it sometimes...
Miller’s first big hit came in 1964 with her song, “He Walks Like a Man”, followed by her smash-hit single, “Queen of the House”, which earned Miller a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1966.
Miller is celebrated as a pioneer for crossover female vocalists, moving from the pop/folk genre into the country music sphere, which paved the way for many artists who came after, including Linda Ronstadt, Anne Murray and many others.
“Jody Miller’s talent cannot be overstated. She had this innate, God-given ability to interpret and communicate with the most beautiful tones and inflection,” Miller’s longtime rep, Jennifer McMullen, shared in a statement issued on Thursday. “She made it look and sound so easy that it sometimes...
- 10/6/2022
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Jody Miller, who had a run of country hits in the 1960s and ’70s that began with the crossover single “Queen of the House,” died October 6 or Parkinson’s complications in Blanchard, Ok. She was 80.
First signed to Capitol Records as a folk act in 1962, Miller dented the pop charts with “He Walks Like a Man” two years later before hitting it big with “Queen of the House” in 1965. An answer record to Roger Miller’s hit “King of the Road” that used his song’s music, it reached the Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart and hit No. 12 on the Hot 100. The song win her a Grammy for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance – Female, and she also was nomination for Best New Country & Western Artist.
That song would be her biggest crossover hit, but Miller — no relation to Roger — continued to record for Capitol through the 1960s,...
First signed to Capitol Records as a folk act in 1962, Miller dented the pop charts with “He Walks Like a Man” two years later before hitting it big with “Queen of the House” in 1965. An answer record to Roger Miller’s hit “King of the Road” that used his song’s music, it reached the Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart and hit No. 12 on the Hot 100. The song win her a Grammy for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance – Female, and she also was nomination for Best New Country & Western Artist.
That song would be her biggest crossover hit, but Miller — no relation to Roger — continued to record for Capitol through the 1960s,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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