Miller was born in Fort Worth, TX, but raised in the small town of Erick, OK, by his aunt and uncle, following the death of his father and his mother's debilitating sickness. In the '80s, he wrote the songs for the Broadway musical Big River, which ran for over 1,000 performances and won seven Tony Awards. Blending country with jazz, blues, and pop, he utilized unusual harmonic and rhythmic devices in his sophisticated songcraft, creating timeless, widely covered gems ("King of the Road," "Husbands and Wives") that have been tackled by everyone from Dean Martin to Giant Sand. Jim Reeves’ legacy and career continued, with the posthumous UK Official Singles Chart Number 1 Distant Drums in 1966 as well as two UK Official Album Chart Number 1s including 1975’s 40 Golden Greats collection, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during 1967.Though he's known largely as a writer of novelty songs, due to such hits as "Dang Me," "Chug-A-Lug," and "England Swings," Roger Miller was in fact one of the finest country songwriters of the '60s and '70s, and an important influence on the progressive country movement.
Jim Reeves, along with his business partner, died in a plane en route to Nashville, which crashed during a storm on July 31, 1964. Jim Reeves was at one point, a bigger star than Elvis Presley in some parts of the world due to touring military bases, with his ‘Gentleman’ type ways, and eventually made his UK chart debut in 1960 with He’ll Have To Go. Jim Reeves began to have hits in the country charts in the US during the 1950s and also became a hit with American TV viewers during this time. Jim Reeves had a promising career as a baseball player, but hadn’t pursued it properly due to the possibility of being drafted to fight in World War II, however due to a heart irregularity he was spared the draft and so became a radio announcer, occasionally bursting into song instead. Jim Reeves was born James Travis Reeves on Augin Galloway, Texas and was an American country and popular music singer and songwriter.
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