Bob Miller
Bob Miller (September 20, 1895 – August 26, 1955) was an American songwriter, recording artist, A&R representative, and publisher. He claimed to have written over 7,000 songs. His career began in the 1920s, during which time he likely travelled back and forth between Memphis and New York in order to establish himself as a songwriter. In 1928, he moved to New York permanently; and in 1933, he started up his publishing company, Bob Miller Inc. That same year, he became a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Over the course of his career, he wrote songs such as "Sweet Pal," "War Horse Mama," "Twenty-One Years," "Eleven Cent Cotton, Forty Cent Meat," "The Poor, Forgotten Man," "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere," "Seven Years With the Wrong Woman," and many others. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 20, 1895 (Memphis), Died August 27, 1955 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1957
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, vocalist, session supervisor, piano, songwriter, leader, speaker, tenor vocal, celeste, guitar, author
Notes: Songwriter, folk singer, music publisher; performed sometimes under own name but more often under various pseudonyms for different recording companies. Member of musical group, Norsemen.
See Also: Norsemen
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Recordings (Results 301-325 of 448 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W150472 | 10-in. | 4/16/1930 | Dangerous Nan McGrew | Bob Ferguson ; Charlotte Miller | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental trio and talking | vocalist, lyricist, speaker, instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Columbia | W150473 | 10-in. | 4/16/1930 | They're hanging old Jonesy tomorrow | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo and talking, with instrumental trio | composer, vocalist, leader | |
Columbia | W150474 | 10-in. | 4/16/1930 | Prisoner's letter to the governor | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo and talking, with instrumental ensemble | composer, vocalist, leader | |
Columbia | W151351 | 10-in. | 2/25/1931 | 1930 drought | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, composer, lyricist, leader | |
Columbia | W151352 | 10-in. | 2/25/1931 | Bank failures | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, lyricist, leader, composer | |
Columbia | W151409 | 10-in. | 3/9/1931 | Corn pone and pot likker (Crumbled or dunked) | Bob Miller ; Charlotte Miller | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar | vocalist, lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W151410 | 10-in. | 3/9/1931 | Corn pone and pot likker (Crumbled and dunked) | Bob Miller ; Charlotte Miller | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar | lyricist, vocalist, composer | |
Columbia | W151557 | 10-in. | 5/20/1931 | The strawberry roan | Bob Ferguson | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | W151620 | 10-in. | 6/19/1931 | Lonesome cowboy | Bob Brooks | Male vocal solo, with guitar and whistling | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W151653 | 10-in. | 6/26/1931 | Wish I had my first wife back | Charles B. Smith | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W151678 | 10-in. | 7/13/1931 | Rider needs a fast horse | Ora Alexander | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W151686 | 10-in. | 7/15/1931 | Clover blossoms | Bob Ferguson | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | W151687 | 10-in. | 7/15/1931 | Anna-May | Bob Ferguson | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | W151895 | 10-in. | 12/1/1931 | The pardon of Tom Mooney | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), piano, and guitar | vocalist, composer, leader | |
Columbia | W151896 | 10-in. | 12/1/1931 | Sweet pal | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and piano | vocalist, lyricist, leader, composer | |
Columbia | W151897 | 10-in. | 12/1/1931 | The crime of Harry Powers | Bob Ferguson and his Scalawaggers | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and piano | vocalist, leader | |
Columbia | W151980 | 10-in. | 10/29/1931 | Twenty-one years | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W151981 | 10-in. | 10/29/1931 | All bound down in prison | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W152013 | 10-in. | 11/2/1931 | You preachers stay out of widows' houses | Rev. W. M. Mosley and his Congregation | Male vocal solo and talking, with mixed vocal ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W152014 | 10-in. | 11/2/1931 | Go home and tend to your own business | Rev. W. M. Mosley and his Congregation | Male vocal solo and sermon, with mixed vocal ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W152039 | 10-in. | 12/10/1931 | The unmarked grave | Bob Ferguson | Male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W152055 | 10-in. | 12/31/1931 | Little Marion McLean | Memphis Bob | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and piano | instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist | |
Columbia | W152056 | 10-in. | 12/31/1931 | Beyond prison walls | Memphis Bob | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and piano | lyricist, instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist | |
Columbia | W152067 | 10-in. | 1/15/1932 | New twenty-one years | Ernest Hare | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
Columbia | W152068 | 10-in. | 1/15/1932 | Fifty years repentin' | Ernest Hare | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Miller, Bob," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110414.
Miller, Bob. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110414.
"Miller, Bob." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Miller, Bob, 1895-1955 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96067244
Wikidata: Bob Miller - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56679208
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/36516159
MusicBrainz: Bob Miller - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7cb681ad-1158-47ef-867d-9f87782c18d7
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