Myrna Joy "Jody" Miller (November 29, 1941 – October 6, 2022)[1] was an American singer, who had commercial success in the genres of country, folk and pop.

She was the second female artist to win a country music accolade from the Grammy Awards, which came off the success of her 1965 song "Queen of the House".

She had top ten country singles with covers of "He's So Fine" (1971), "Baby I'm Yours" (1971) and original songs like "There's a Party Goin' On" (1972).

The Epic label released a series of singles and albums that made the North American country music charts through the end of the 1970s.

She was nominated for another Grammy for Epic material and appeared on several popular country television programs during the decade.

She spent time with her domestic duties and to assist her husband's new business raising quarter horses in Oklahoma.

In 1988, she returned with a pair of new studio albums including a project of patriotic music called My Country.

It attracted the attention of George H. W. Bush, who had Miller perform at his campaign rallies and other presidential events.

Myrna Joy Miller was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1941 while her family was on their way to start a new life in Oakland, California.

[2][1] Her parents discovered their daughter's unique singing ability and entered her in talent contests during her early childhood.

Shortly after her wedding, Miller and husband moved to Los Angeles, California in hopes of launching her music career.

Since the festival was created as a composers' competition, Miller and Donaggio presented differently arranged versions of the entry "Io che non vivo (senza te)".

Douglas was given a song recently written in response to Roger Miller's (no relation) cross-genre hit "King of the Road".

[1] Douglas believed the song to be a hit and had [Jody] Miller cut the track while "King of the Road" was still on the charts.

Capitol Records paired Miller alongside The Rolling Stones for television appearances including Shindig!

[19] Producer Steve Douglas attempted to embed country into Miller's Capitol recordings, but his formula was not successful.

Although Elvis Presley recorded its most notable version, Miller's cover made the Billboard country chart in 1968.

[22] Miller briefly retired from her music career due to limited commercial success and a lack of well-run management.

[25] Both of the LP's singles (the title track and "If You Think I Love You Now") reached the top 40 of the American and Canadian country charts.

His idea instead was to pair Miller's voice with older pop songs and rework them for the country market.

"We were pioneers of sorts putting pop music into country and we sold a lot of records," she recalled in 1990.

[25] Miller's next pair of singles were also original recordings: "Good News" and "Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home".

[28] The Epic label continued releasing Miller's material regularly despite reaching progressively lower chart positions.

[37] Following Miller's death in 2022, the Heart of Texas label released an extended play of her final recordings titled Wayfaring Stranger.

In reviewing her 1970 Look at Mine album, Greg Adams of AllMusic commented, "The wide variety of songs she recorded and her chameleonic vocals prevented Miller from establishing a signature sound.

Greg Adams commented that Miller's voice resembled that of Bobbie Gentry's but with more "technical ability".

[40] In a separate AllMusic review, Adams commented that Miller's also drew similarities to that of sixties pop singer Vicki Carr and found that it lacks any "rural or working-class character" in comparison to country performers.

"[29] Greg Adams commented that Miller, along with Jan Howard and Jeannie Seely "pioneered pop-oriented country music in the '60s, and their sound has since come to dominate the field.

In 1999, the Country Gospel Music Association inducted Miller into its Hall of Fame, along with Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Andy Griffith, David L. Cook and Lulu Roman.

For many years, Brooks and Miller operated a quarter horse breeding and training business on their Blanchard ranch.