[78-L] Roger Miller

Greg Laxton greg.laxton at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 17:09:39 PST 2011


If you're ever passin' thru Erik Oklahoma, the Roger Miller Museum is worth 
a stop.  Right off US Route 66, the main drag thru town.

Erik is a tiny town and bypassed by the Interstate.

You'll probably be the only ones there.

Greg


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Roger Miller


>
> Decca numbers are:
>
> 9-30763  It's Been a Long, Long Time for Me (Donny Young alone)/On This 
> Mountain Top (Donny Young & Roger Miller)
> 9-30838  The Wrong Kind of Girl/A Man Like Me
> 9-30953  Jason Fleming/Sweet Ramona
>
> The one 45 I have on Mercury/Starday is:
>
> 71212  Poor Little John/My Pillow
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 19:35:38 -0500
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Roger Miller
>>
>> Interesting..the Decca Books Vol. 5 list one session in December 1958 
>> "with ?"
>> and don't cross reference Donny Young. For that to have been issued that 
>> late
>> on 78 in Canada, it would have to have had sales potential. There's a 
>> vague
>> possibility..a better chance for the Mercurys, although Starday went 
>> through a
>> different distributor up here (Sparton).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/2/2011 7:02 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> >
>> > I have 3 that he did for Decca, one is a duet with Johnny Paycheck (aka 
>> > "Donny Young.")
>> >
>> > Cary Ginell
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:54:03 -0500
>> >> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Roger Miller
>> >>
>> >> Never seen ANY early Roger Miller singles, actually! I have one Jerry 
>> >> Wallace
>> >> 78, but that's a differn't kettle o' possum.
>> >>
>> >> dl
>> >>
>> >> On 1/2/2011 6:48 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Roger Miller (1936-1991) would have been 75 today. He recorded early 
>> >>> enough to have been on a 78 but I've never seen one. First records 
>> >>> were for Mercury/Starday in 1957 and Decca in 1958 or '59 so it's 
>> >>> possible they were issued on 78 in Canada. Any of our NOB friends 
>> >>> have any?
>> >>>
>> >>> Cary Ginell
>> >>>
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