Jody Miller

Jody Miller , born as Myrna Joy Miller (born November 29, 1941 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American country singer who celebrated her greatest success in the 1960s. Their music is counted towards the Nashville Sound .

Musical career

Miller grew up in a musical family in Blanchard, Oklahoma, USA . During her school days, she led a vocal trio that performed country songs in college bars. After graduating from high school, she went to California to pursue her singing career, but a serious traffic accident forced her to return home. From there she made a fresh attempt to get into the music business, and she managed to make herself known nationwide as a country singer through an appearance on the Tom Paxton television show .

Through the agency of actor Dale Robertson , Miller received a recording contract with the Los Angeles- based record company Capitol Records in 1963 . This brought out the first single with her under the name "Jody Miller" in the fall of 1963 , which contained the title He Walks Like a Man on one side . She immediately got into the Hot 100 of the US music magazine Billboard , where she rose to 66th place. With her charm and her good figure, Capitol made her a “pop music princess”. With her seventh single and the title Queen of the House , she achieved the greatest record success of her career in early 1965; the song was an answer to Roger Miller's King of the Road . It was listed by Billboard on both the Hot 100 and the country charts, where it was ranked twelve and five as the best. She also received a Grammy for Best Female Country Presentation for the song . Her image of the “little girl with the big voice” was made public with numerous appearances in US-wide TV shows and tours across the USA. In 1969 Miller left Capitol to take a baby break. For Capitol she had recorded about 22 singles and five long-playing records. In the summer of 1970, their first single was released by the New York record company Epic Records , whose A-side immediately hit the country charts with Look at Mine (21st). While Miller was also able to place himself in the Hot 100 in previous years, Epic Miller primarily focused on country songs, so that from now on she was only listed in the country charts, but 24 times. A total of 26 singles and eight long-playing records with Jody Miller were released by Epic by 1979, and in 1973 Capitol brought out a sixth Miller long-playing record.

Both Capitol and Epic sold Jody Miller records in the UK, France and Germany, among others. Six singles came onto the market in Germany, including two with German-language titles. The 1965 song Jetzt geht'n Our Stars auf was able to place itself in the top 40 of the music magazine Musikmarkt in 33rd place.

In the early 1980s, Miller retired from the music business and began breeding horses on a 1,000 acre ranch. She returned to the music scene in 1987 with her 1987 album My Country . The patriotic lyrics contained in the album helped her in 1988 to an invitation to the introductory ball of President Bush Sr. In the 1990s, Miller released a number of gospel albums that earned her induction into the Hall of Fame of the International Country Gospel Music Association. The Country Gospel Music Guild named Miller Entertainer of the Year in 1999.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
1965	Queen of the House	US124 (6 weeks) US	Country17 (3 weeks) Country
1968	The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller	-	Country42 (2 weeks) Country
1971	He's so fine	US117 (8 weeks) US	Country12 (19 weeks) Country
1971	Look at mine	-	Country20 (16 weeks) Country
1972	There's a party goin 'on	-	Country29 (6 weeks) Country
1973	The Best of Jody Miller	-	Country41 (2 weeks) Country
1973	Good news!	-	Country18 (10 weeks) Country
1974	House of the Rising Sun	-	Country30 (8 weeks) Country
1975	Country girl	-	Country49 (2 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	US	Country	Remarks
1964	He Walks Like a Man Queen of the House	US66 (6 weeks) US	-
1965	Queen of the House Queen of the House	US12 (9 weeks) US	Country5 (11 weeks) Country
	Silver Threads and Golden Needles Queen of the House	US54 (6 weeks) US	-
	Home of the Brave Home of the Brave	US25 (9 weeks) US	-
1968	Long Black Limousine The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller	-	Country73 (2 weeks) Country
1970	If You Think I Love You Now (I've Just Started) Look at Mine	-	Country19 (13 weeks) Country
1970	Look at Mine Look at Mine	-	Country21 (13 weeks) Country
1971	He's So Fine. He’s So Fine	US53 (9 weeks) US	Country5 (15 weeks) Country
1971	Baby I'm Yours He’s So Fine	US91 (4 weeks) US	Country5 (14 weeks) Country
1972	Be My Baby There's a Party Goin 'On	-	Country15 (13 weeks) Country
	Let's Go All Down to the River There's a Party Goin 'On	-	Country13 (11 weeks) Country
	To Know Him Is to Love Him There's a Party Goin 'On	-	Country18 (11 weeks) Country
	There's a Party Goin 'On There's a Party Goin' On	-	Country4 (14 weeks) Country
1973	Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home Good News!	-	Country5 (13 weeks) Country
	Good News Good News!	-	Country9 (12 weeks) Country
	House of the Rising Sun House of the Rising Sun	-	Country29 (13 weeks) Country	already on previous album Good News! published
1974	A Natural Woman House of the Rising Sun	-	Country46 (11 weeks) Country
	Reflections House of the Rising Sun	-	Country55 (9 weeks) Country
	Country Girl Country Girl	-	Country41 (10 weeks) Country
1975	Best in Me Country Girl	-	Country78 (9 weeks) Country
	Don't Take It Away Will You Love Me Tomorrow	-	Country67 (9 weeks) Country
	Will You Love Me Tomorrow Will You Love Me Tomorrow	-	Country69 (8 weeks) Country
1976	Ashes of Love Will You Love Me Tomorrow	-	Country48 (9 weeks) Country
1977	Another lonely night	-	Country76 (5 weeks) Country
	Spread a Little Love Around Here’s Jody	-	Country71 (7 weeks) Country
	When the New Wears Off Our Love Here’s Jody	-	Country25 (12 weeks) Country
1978	I Wanna Love My Life Away Complete Epic Hits	-	Country67 (6 weeks) Country
	Kiss Away Complete Epic Hits	-	Country65 (4 weeks) Country
	Soft Lights and Slow Sexy Music Complete Epic Hits	-	Country97 (2 weeks) Country
1979	Lay a Little Lovin 'on Me Complete Epic Hits	-	Country97 (2 weeks) Country	Cover version of the title of the same name by Robin McNamara from 1970

US discography

LPs

title	Catalog no.	published
Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe	Capitol 1913	1963
Queen of the House	Capitol 2349	1965
Home of the Brave	Capitol 2412	1965
The Great Hits of Buck Owens	Capitol 2446	1966
The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller	Capitol 2996	1969
Look at mine	Epic 30282	1971
He's so fine	Epic 30659	1972
There's a party goin 'on	Epic 31706	1972
Good news!	Epic 32386	1973
The Best of Jody Miller	Capitol 11169	1973
House of the Rising Sun	Epic 32569	1974
Country girl	Epic 33349	1975
Will You Love Me Tomorrow	Epic 33934	1976
Here's Jody	Epic 34446	1977

Compact discs

title	Label	published
Complete Epic Hits	Real Gone Music	1990
Anthology	Renaissance	2000
Higher love	Compendia	2004
Home of the Brave	Marginal	2009
Story of 29 cuts	Traditions Alive	2014

Vinyl singles

From page	Catalog no.	published
	Capitol
Looking at the World Through a Tear / He Walks Like a Man	5090	11.1963
They Call My Guy a Tiger / Wonderful Round of Indifference	5162	4.1964
In My Room / The Fever	5192	5.1964
Warm Is the Love / My Baby's Gone	5269	9.1964
This Is the Life / Look for Small Pleasures	5298	10.1964
Never Let Him Go / Be My Man	5353	1.1965
Queen of the House / The Greatest Actor	5402	4.1965
Silver Threads and Golden Needles / Melody for Robin	5429	6.1965
Home of the Brave / This Is the Life	5483	8.1965
Magic Town / A Lonely Queen	5541	11.1965
I Don't Care / We're Gonna Let the Good Times Roll	5594	2.1966
I Remember Mama / Something in My Eye	5671	6.1966
Things / Quite a Long, Long, Time	5743	8.1966
If You Were a Carpenter / Let Me Walk with You	5768	10.1966
How Do You Say Goodbye / Crazy	5846	2.1967
Kiss Me / Shutters and Boards	5911	5.1967
To Sir, with Love / Only When You're Lonely	2005	9.1967
I Knew You Well / I'm Into Lookin 'for Someone to Love Me	2066	12.1967
It's My Time / Over the Edge	2187	5.1968
Long Black Limousine / Back in the Race	2290	1968
Bon Soir Cher / All the Crying in the World	2398	1.1969
My Daddy's Thousand Dollars / The Times to Come	2558	7.1969
	Epic
Look at Mine / Safe in These Lovin 'Arms	10641	7.1970
If You Think I Love You Now / Looking out My Back Door	10692	11.1970
He's So Fine / You Number Two	10734	5.1971
Baby, I'm Yours / Good Lovin '	10785	9.1971
Be My Baby / Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming	10835	2.1972
Let's All Go Down / In the Garden (with Johnny Paycheck)	10863	3.1972
There's a Party Goin 'On / Love's the Answer	10878	5.1972
To Know Him Is to Love Him / Make Me Your Kind of Woman	10916	9.1972
Soul Song / Good News	10960	2.1973
Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home / We'll Sing Our Song Together	11016	6.1973
The House of the Rising Sun / In the Name of Love	11056	10.1973
Silent Night / O Holy Night	11076	12.1976
Reflections / One More Chance	11094	1.1974
Natural Woman / Jimmy's Roses	11134	5.1974
Country Girl / Safe in These Lovin 'Arms	50042	10.1974
The Best in Me / I'm Alright 'Til I See	50079	1.1975
Don't Take It Away / Long, Long Time	50117	6.1975
Will You Love Me Tomorrow / Love, You Never Had It So Good	50158	11.1975
Ashes of Love / She Call Me Baby	50203	2.1976
When the New Wears Off Our Love / Silver and Gold	50304	11.1976
Spread a Little Love Around / Montana Cowboy	50360	3.1977
All Night Long / Another Lonely Night	50432	7.1977
Soft Lights and Slow Sexy Music / Home	50512	2.1978
Love My Life Away / I'm Gonna Write a Song	50568	7.1978
Kiss Away / Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me	50612	10.1978
I Don't Want Nobody (Mono) / I Don't Want Nobody (Stereo)	50673	2.1979
Lay a Little Lovin 'on Me (Mono) / Lay a Little Lovin' on Me (Stereo)	50734	7.1979

Discography Germany

From page	Catalog no.	published
	Capitol
The Fever / He Walks Like a Man	22748	1964
What a day / love affair makes no sense	22896	1965
Be my husband / Now our stars are rising	22900	1965
Queen of the House / The Greatest Actor	22989	1965
Home of the Brave / If I	23105	1965
It's My Time / Over the Edge	23859	1968
	Epic
He's So Fine / You Number Two	7375	1971

literature

Paul Kingsbury: The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music. Oxford University Press 1998, ISBN 0-199-84044-X .
Julia Edenhofer : The Great Oldie Lexicon. Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .
Martin Popoff : Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991 , Krause Publications, Iola 2010, ISBN 978-1-4402-1131-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon. Bastei-Lübbe 1991, p. 420.
↑ ^a ^b
chart sources:
- Jody Miller on the US Billboard Hot 100
- Jody Miller on the US Billboard 200
- Jody Miller on the US Hot Country Singles Chart
- Jody Miller in the US Top Country Albums chart

personal data
SURNAME	Miller, Jody
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Miller, Myrna Joy (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Phoenix , Arizona , United States

[1] Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon. Bastei-Lübbe 1991, p. 420.

[charts-2] rt sources:

Jody Miller on the US Billboard Hot 100

Jody Miller on the US Billboard 200

Jody Miller on the US Hot Country Singles Chart

Jody Miller in the US Top Country Albums chart

[3] Jody Miller on the US Billboard Hot 100

[4] Jody Miller on the US Billboard 200

[5] Jody Miller on the US Hot Country Singles Chart

[6] Jody Miller in the US Top Country Albums chart