Charles Nelson Miller (30 August 1924 – 15 January 2000)[1] was an American singer and pianist who had a US top ten hit in 1955 with his version of "The House of Blue Lights".
By the mid-1940s he was working as a singer and pianist in clubs in Los Angeles, before forming his own trio with bass player Robert Douglass.
He then recorded more upbeat numbers in New York City with producer Hugo Peretti, including "Bright Red Convertible", "Baby Doll", and his second hit, "The Auctioneer", which reached No.
He also recorded an album for Mercury, Songs After Hours,[2] which contained a mixture of swing era covers and more upbeat rock and roll numbers.
[1] He and his trio had a residency in Boise, Idaho for a while, before Douglass left and Miller moved to Anchorage, Alaska, did a stint playing piano in The Sage Room at Harvey's Lake Tahoe, and later to Maui where he played at The Whale's Tale for many years.