In 1964 Roger Miller hit the pop charts with "Dang Me"-the same year the Beatles hit America and began the British Invasion. Roger received five Grammys for that year-and six more in 1965 when he had "King of the Road." Roger Miller was not an overnight success-he was a successful country songwriter since 1958, penning hits for Ray Price ("Invitation to the Blues), Jim Reeves ("Billy Bayou" and "Home") and Ernest Tubb ("Half a Mind"). Later, he wrote the score to the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Big River. In this biography, Don Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why Roger Miller was an American Genius. Don Cusic is one of the premier historians of country music. He has written twenty-five books, including two novels. He is currently Professor of Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Roger Miller: Dang Him!

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Historical novel of Nashville during the Civil War

Dressed in Grey and Blue

Historical novel of Nashville during the Civil War.

Elvis and Nashville

Elvis Presley was strongly connected to Nashville and recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville. He also performed in several concerts in the area and, during his early days, often came to Nashville to confer with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who lived in Nashville.

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Elvis Presley and Nashville were connected from his the earliest days of his career. In 1954 he appeared on the Grand Ole Opry and recorded his first number one hit, "Heartbreak Hotel" in Nashville in 1956. Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, lived in Nashville and Elvis' fan club activities and merchandising were headquartered in Parker's office. Elvis recorded 260 songs in RCA Studio B and performed several concerts in the area. "Elvis and Nashville" documents the connection between Elvis and the city known as "Music City U.S.A."

In 1964 Roger Miller hit the pop charts with “Dang Me”—the same year the Beatles hit America and began the British Invasion. Roger received five Grammys for that year—and six more in 1965 when he had “King of the Road.” Roger Miller was not an overnight success—he was a successful country songwriter since 1958, penning hits for Ray Price (“Invitation to the Blues), Jim Reeves (“Billy Bayou” and “Home”) and Ernest Tubb (“Half a Mind”). Later, he wrote the score to the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Big River. In this biography, Don Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why Roger Miller was an American Genius.

Roger Miller: Dang Him!: A Biography

As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for “Life Every Voice,” which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United States before World War II. He was a diplomat, the author of a novel (The Autobiography of a Colored Man), poet (“God’s Trombones”), Civil Rights leader (the first black Executive Secretary of the NAACP), an active member of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and a distinguished Professor at Fisk University. Most of James Weldon Johnson’s songs have not been heard for over a hundred years because he wrote during the era of sheet music. Now, for the first time, here is a collection of Johnson’s lyrics and an extended biographical essay on him as a songwriter. Don Cusic is Professor of Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and the author of 25 books. Cusic and Mike Curb produced a double album containing 30 of James Weldon Johnson’s songs, recorded by Melinda Doolittle, for Curb Records.

James Weldon Johnson: Songwriter

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Roger Miller: Dang Him!

Sharecropper's Son

Sharecropper's Son

Dressed in Grey and Blue

Dressed in Grey and Blue

Elvis and Nashville

Elvis and Nashville

Roger Miller: Dang Him!

Roger Miller: Dang Him!: A Biography

James Weldon Johnson: Songwriter