Bob Miller

Induction Year: 1970

Birth Name: Bob Miller
Birth Date: September 20, 1895
Place of Birth: Memphis, TN
Deceased: August 26, 1955
Place of Death: New York, NY

Biography

Education:

College--Southern Conservatory of Music
College--Chicago Conservatory of Music

Discography / Career Highlights

Career Milestones:

1905--became a professional pianist
1906--started writing songs; got first song published
1915--led Steamer Idlewild Orchestra on showboats
1922--went to New York
1933--formed own publishing company

Catalog Highlights:

"Twenty-One Years" - Co-writer: Frank Royal

"When the White Azaleas Start Blooming"

"Rockin' Alone (In An Old Rocking Chair)"

"Chime Bells" - Co-writer: Britt Elton

"There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" - Co-writer: Paul Roberts, David L. McEnery

"Leven-Cent Cotton, Forty-Cent Meat" - Co-writer: Emma Dermer

"Seven Years With the Wrong Woman"

"Someday You'll Want Me to Want You"

"The Death of Jimmie Rodgers"

"Cane Bottomed Chair"

"Little Red Caboose Behind the Train"

"My Mother's Tears"

"Free-Wheelin' Hobo"

"Answer to Twenty-One Years"

"In the Blue Hills of Virginia" - Co-writer: Lou Klein

"Conversation With a Mule"

"New River Train"

"Uncle Bud"

"Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight"

"Sweet Pal"

Comments:

Wrote under many pseudonyms