| "King of the Road" | ||||
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| Single by Roger Miller | ||||
| from the album The Return of Roger Miller | ||||
| B-side | "Atta Boy Girl" | |||
| Released | January 1965 | |||
| Recorded | November 3, 1964 [1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:28 | |||
| Label | Smash[2] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roger Miller[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Kennedy[2] | |||
| Roger Miller singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "King of the Road" on YouTube | ||||
"King of the Road" is a song written by country singer Roger Miller, who first recorded it in November 1964.[2] The lyrics tell of the day-to-day life of a traveling hobo who, despite having little money (a "man of means by no means"), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the "king of the road". It was Miller's fifth single for Smash Records.[3] The song won Miller 5 Grammy Awards in 1966.
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- ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 92. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Mike Callahan; David Edwards; Patrice Eyries; Randy Watts. "Smash Records Story". Bsnpubs.com. Retrieved December 20, 2009.