Ned Miller

Henry Ned Miller (April 12, 1925 – March 18, 2016) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Active as a recording artist from 1956 to 1970, he is known primarily for his hit single "From a Jack to a King", a crossover hit in 1962 which reached the Top 10 on the country music, adult contemporary, and Billboard Hot 100 chart, No. 1 for five weeks in Canada, as well as reaching No. 2 in the UK singles chart. He had several more chart singles in his career, although none matched the success of "From a Jack to a King". He also composed and recorded "Invisible Tears".

Biography Miller's start as a songwriter came when he was sixteen years old. He later joined the United States Marine Corps, from which he was later discharged.

In 1956, both Gale Storm and Bonnie Guitar had Top Five hits with different versions of the song "Dark Moon", which Miller co-wrote. Notable is also his uptempo song "Cave In", which in 1960 was the flip side of Warren Smith's No. 5 country hit "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today", recorded for the Liberty Records label. He also wrote and recorded the song "From a Jack to a King", which was released on Fabor Records but saw little success on the charts. After being briefly signed to Capitol Records, Miller returned to Fabor and persuaded them to re-release "From a Jack to a King". It was a big hit also in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 2 on the singles chart (spending four consecutive weeks there) and became the ninth best-selling single of 1963 in the UK in the process (making Miller the only American artist to reach the Top Ten best-sellers of the year in the UK that year).

Miller was not particularly interested in his singing career, and rarely toured owing to stage fright.

Album

"Roll O' Rollin' Stone"

"From a Jack to a King"

"Lights in the Street"

1958 "Gypsy"

1959 "Ring the Bell for Johnny"

"Cold Grey Bars"

"Dark Moon"

1962 "From a Jack to a King" (re-release)

"One Among the Many"

"Another Fool Like Me"

"Big Love"

"Magic Moon"

1964 "Invisible Tears"

"Do What You Do Do Well"

"Two Voices, Two Shadows, Two Faces"

"Whistle Walkin

"Down the Street"

"Lovin' Pains"

The Best "Summer Roses"

"Teardrop Lane"

"Echo of the Pines"

"Hobo"

1968 "Only a Fool"

In the Name of Love 1969 "Autumn Winds"

"Breakin

"Lover's Song"

"Back to Oklahoma"