Dean Miller
{{short description|American country singer, songwriter and music producer (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image =
| name = Dean Miller
| birth_name = Roger Dean Miller Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|15}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| origin = Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
| genre = Country
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, Music Producer
| years_active = 1997–present
| label = Capitol, Universal South, Koch/Audium
| associated_acts = Trace Adkins, Terri Clark, Roger Miller
| website =
}}
Roger Dean Miller Jr. (born October 15, 1965){{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=609 |title=Dean Miller makes his own path |accessdate=September 5, 2007 |last=Bernstein |first=Joel |work=Country Standard Time}} is an American country singer, songwriter and music producer known professionally as Dean Miller. He is the son of Roger Miller, a country pop artist who had several hit singles from the 1960s through the 1980s. Dean Miller has recorded four studio albums (one of which was not released), in addition to charting four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts and writing singles for Trace Adkins and Terri Clark. His highest-peaking single as a performer was "Nowhere, USA", which reached No. 54 in 1997. He has had many songs recorded by artists including George Jones, Trisha Yearwood, and Jamey Johnson.
Dean has produced music with some of the biggest names in music, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and many more.
Biography
Although born in Los Angeles, California, Miller was also raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico and San Antonio, Texas. He got his musical start in local clubs around Santa Fe, before moving back to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and joining a band called the Sarcastic Hillbillies.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p224399|pure_url=yes}} |title=Dean Miller |accessdate=September 5, 2007 |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |work=AllMusic}} At the same time, he attended college, in addition to briefly pursuing a career in acting. Miller later moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he worked as a staff songwriter for Sony/Tree Publishing, and later various other staff songwriter positions.
By 1995, he was signed to the Nashville division of Capitol Records Nashville. Two years later, his eponymous debut album was released on the Capitol label. The lead-off single "Nowhere, USA" received significant airplay in Chicago even before its release date; however, it and two additional singles failed to reach Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Another single, "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey", was co-written and previously recorded by Brett James, who would later become a popular Nashville songwriter in the 2000s. Miller parted ways with Capitol not long afterward. In 2000, two country artists charted with singles that Miller co-wrote: Terri Clark's "A Little Gasoline" and Trace Adkins's "I'm Gonna Love You Anyway".
In 2002, Miller signed to the newly formed Universal South Records, where he recorded his second album, Just Me. The lead-off single "Love Is a Game" peaked at No. 58, but the album was never released. Universal also released a rendition of "Old Toy Trains", which Roger had written for Dean when he was two years old; this version included Roger's vocals dubbed in on the chorus.{{cite magazine|last=Bessman|first=Jim|date=December 7, 2002|title=Words & Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=49|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Og0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22old+toy+trains%22+%22dean+miller%22&pg=PA68}} Miller later left Universal South's roster as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1509945/20050920/miller_dean.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930062157/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1509945/20050920/miller_dean.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=For Dean Miller, It's Out-of-the-Box Platinum |accessdate=September 5, 2007 |last=Morris |first=Edward |date=September 2, 2005|work=CMT.com}}
Miller signed to the country music division of Koch Entertainment in 2005. His third album, titled Platinum, was released that same year. This album included the track "Right Now", which the band Rushlow had previously recorded as the title track of their 2003 debut album, as well as the non-charting single "Hard Love". Koch Entertainment closed its country division in 2005, however, and Miller was yet again without a record deal.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1511641/20051017/miller_dean.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023904/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1511641/20051017/miller_dean.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=Koch Entertainment Closes Country Division |accessdate=September 5, 2007 |last= |first= |date=October 1, 2005|work=CMT.com}}
Dean has produced music with some of the biggest names in music, including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and many more.
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| style="width:12em;"| Title
! style="width:18em;"| Album details |
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| scope="row"| Dean Miller
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| scope="row"| Platinum
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| scope="row"| 'Til You Stop Getting Up
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=Extended plays=
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| style="width:12em;"| Title
! style="width:18em;"| Album details |
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| scope="row"| Stay EP
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:27em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
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| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="60"| US Country |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
! scope="row"| "Nowhere, USA" | 54 | align="left" rowspan="3"| Dean Miller |
| scope="row"| "My Heart's Broke Down (But My Mind's Made Up)"
| 67 |
| 1998
! scope="row"| "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey" | 57 |
| rowspan=2|2002
! scope="row"| "Love Is a Game" | 58 | align="left"|Just Me |
| scope="row"| "Old Toy Trains" (with Roger Miller)
| — | align="left"|single only |
| 2003
! scope="row"| "The Gun Ain't Loaded (But I Am)" | — | align="left" rowspan=2|Just Me |
| 2004
! scope="row"| "Carry My Kisses" | — |
| 2005
! scope="row"| "Hard Love" | — | align="left"| Platinum |
| rowspan=2|2014
! scope="row"| "Begging for a Bullet" | — | align="left"| 'Til You Stop Getting Up |
| scope="row"| "M Song"
| — | align="left"| |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Music videos=
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! Year ! style="width:14em;"| Video ! Director |
| 1997
! scope="row"| "Nowhere, USA" | |
| 2005
! scope="row"| "Hard Love" | Dale Resteghini |
| 2014
! scope="row"| "Til You Stop Getting Up"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/dean-miller/1003690/til-you-stop-getting-up.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051705/http://www.cmt.com/videos/dean-miller/1003690/til-you-stop-getting-up.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|title=CMT : Videos : Dean Miller : Til You Stop Getting Up|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=February 21, 2014}} | Dean Miller |
| 2018
! scope="row"| "Are You Ready for Some Hanky Panky?" | Jim Phelan |
References
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External links
- [http://www.deanmillerentertainment.com/ Official website]
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Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Singers from Los Angeles
Category:Capitol Records artists
Category:MNRK Music Group artists