Roger Miller - Awards

Awards

In addition to 11 Grammy Awards, Roger Miller won Broadway's Tony award for writing the music and lyrics for Big River, which won a total of 7 Tonys including best musical in 1985. He was voted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995. Miller's 11 Grammy Awards held the record as the most won by any artist until Michael Jackson's 1982 album Thriller. In Erick, Oklahoma where he grew up, a thoroughfare was renamed "Roger Miller Boulevard" and a museum dedicated to Miller was built on the road in 2004.

Below is a list of awards won by Miller:

• 1964 — Grammy Award: Best Country Song: "Dang Me"
• 1964 — Grammy Award: Best New Country and Western Artist
• 1964 — Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Recording, Single: "Dang Me"
• 1964 — Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Performance, Male: "Dang Me"
• 1964 — Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Album: "Dang Me"/"Chug-a-Lug"
• 1965 — Jukebox Artist of the Year
• 1965 — Grammy Award: Best Country Song: "King of the Road"
• 1965 — Grammy Award: Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: "King of the Road"
• 1965 — Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Recording, Single: "King of the Road"
• 1965 — Grammy Award: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male: "King of the Road"
• 1965 — Grammy Award: Best Contemporary (Rock 'N Roll), Single: "King of the Road"
• 1965 — Grammy Award: Best Country and Western Album: "The Return of Roger Miller"
• 1965 — Academy of Country and Western Music: "Best Songwriter"
• 1965 — Academy of Country and Western Music: "Man of the Year"
• 1973 — Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
• 1985 — Tony Award for Best Score and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics for Big River
• 1988 — Academy of Country Music: Pioneer Award
• 1995 — Country Music Hall of Fame
• 1997 — Grammy Hall of Fame Song : "Dang Me"
• 1998 — Grammy Hall of Fame Song : "King Of The Road"
• 2003 — CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music: Ranked No. 23.