King of the Road

E867025
single song

"King of the Road" is a classic country-pop song, originally written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1964, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about a carefree drifter.

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Label Occurrences
King of the Road canonical 2
“King of the Road” 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre country ⓘ
country pop ⓘ
hasCatchyMelody true ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus classic ⓘ
standard ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme carefree drifter ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
hobo life ⓘ
travel ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Boxcar Willie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burl Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Engelbert Humperdinck NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Last NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jim Reeves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jody Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Conniff NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Fabulous Thunderbirds NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Kentucky Headhunters NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Proclaimers NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Proclaimers and R.E.M. (joint version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Reverend Horton Heat NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Statler Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "King of the road" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Trailers for sale or rent" ⓘ
hasTitlePhrase King of the Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
isClassicOf country music ⓘ
country pop ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
originallyRecordedBy Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
originallyWrittenBy Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1964 ⓘ
performer Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingArtist Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter itinerant lifestyle ⓘ
low-cost living ⓘ
wandering worker ⓘ
vocalist Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Roger Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sunshine on Leith → includesSong → King of the Road ⓘ
Roger Miller → notableWork → King of the Road ⓘ
Smash Records → notableRelease → King of the Road ⓘ
this entity surface form: “King of the Road”