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<\/p>\nGrammy winner Jody Miller, known for her 1965 hit \u201cQueen of the House,\u201d died on Thursday in Blanchard, Oklahoma, due to complications from Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Miller was 80.<\/p>\n
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The Oklahoma native signed to Capitol Records as a folk artist in 1962 and released her debut album, Wednesday\u2019s Child is Full of Woe, in 1963. She earned her first Billboard Hot 100 entry with \u201cHe Walks Like a Man\u201d in 1964. A year later, Miller\u2019s \u201cQueen of the House,\u201d an answer to Roger Miller\u2019s (no relation, though both artists were both raised in Oklahoma) \u201cKing of the Road,\u201d became a crossover hit, traversing the country and pop charts, reaching the top five on the Hot Country Singles chart, and No. 12 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100. \u201cQueen of the House\u201d would earn Miller a Grammy win in the best country & western vocal performance-female category (she was also nominated for best new country & western artist that year) in 1966 (during that same ceremony, Roger Miller earned six Grammy wins for \u201cKing of the Road\u201d and his album The Return of Roger Miller).<\/p>\n
In the 1960s and 1970s, she ultimately placed 27 entries on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart, including five top 5 hits such as \u201cBaby I\u2019m Yours,\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s a Party Goin\u2019 On\u201d and \u201cDarling, You Can Always Come Back Home.\u201d In the 1970s, Miller began recording for Epic Records in Nashville, working with renowned producer Billy Sherrill (George Jones, Tammy Wynette). Miller also earned another crossover hit with a cover of The Chiffons\u2019 \u201cHe\u2019s So Fine\u201d (which netted Miller a Grammy nomination for best country vocal performance-female).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grammy winner Jody Miller, known for her 1965 hit \u201cQueen of the House,\u201d died on Thursday in Blanchard, Oklahoma, due to complications from Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Miller was 80. The Oklahoma native signed to Capitol Records as a folk artist in 1962 and released her debut album, Wednesday\u2019s Child is Full of Woe, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial"],"yoast_head":"\n