Singer. She was best known to country music fans for her Grammy Award-winning hit song "Queen of the House" in 1966. Born Myrna Joy Miller, she was introduced to Capitol Records in the early 1960s by actor Dale Robertson. She released her first album in 1964 and had a modest pop hit that year in "He Walks Like a Man." The next year, she released an answer record to Roger Miller's popular hit "King of the Road" titled "Queen of the House." The song peaked at number 12 in the Billboard Hot 100, number five in the country singles charts, and earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance in 1966. She continued releasing numerous singles for the rest of the 1960s and 1970s including hit songs "Home of the Brave," "Silver Threads and Golden Needles," He's So Fine," "Baby I'm Yours," "There's a Party Goin' On" and "Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home." She also appeared on TV shows including "Hee Haw" and "Pop! Goes the Country." She retired from touring in the early 1980s, helping to run her husband Monty Brooks' quarterhorse breeding and training business in Blanchard. She turned to recording gospel music in the 1990s and began performing in the 2010s with her daughter Robin Brooks Sullivan and two grandchildren as Jody Miller and Three Generations. She released her final album in 2020. She passed away of complications of Parkinson's Disease.
Singer. She was best known to country music fans for her Grammy Award-winning hit song "Queen of the House" in 1966. Born Myrna Joy Miller, she was introduced to Capitol Records in the early 1960s by actor Dale Robertson. She released her first album in 1964 and had a modest pop hit that year in "He Walks Like a Man." The next year, she released an answer record to Roger Miller's popular hit "King of the Road" titled "Queen of the House." The song peaked at number 12 in the Billboard Hot 100, number five in the country singles charts, and earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance in 1966. She continued releasing numerous singles for the rest of the 1960s and 1970s including hit songs "Home of the Brave," "Silver Threads and Golden Needles," He's So Fine," "Baby I'm Yours," "There's a Party Goin' On" and "Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home." She also appeared on TV shows including "Hee Haw" and "Pop! Goes the Country." She retired from touring in the early 1980s, helping to run her husband Monty Brooks' quarterhorse breeding and training business in Blanchard. She turned to recording gospel music in the 1990s and began performing in the 2010s with her daughter Robin Brooks Sullivan and two grandchildren as Jody Miller and Three Generations. She released her final album in 2020. She passed away of complications of Parkinson's Disease.
Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
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