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King of the Road (song)
For the Fu Manchu song, see King of the Road (album).
1965 single by Roger Miller
"King of the Road" is a song written by country singer Roger Miller, who first recorded it in November 1964.[2] The lyrics tell of the day-to-day life of a traveling hobo who, despite having little money (a "man of means by no means"), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the "king of the road".
It was Miller's fifth single for Smash Records.[3] The song won Miller 5 Grammy Awards in 1966.
History
The crossover record reached No. 1 on the US Country chart,[4] No.
4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the Easy Listening surveys.[5] It was also No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart,[6] and in Norway. Miller recalled that the song was inspired when he was driving and saw a sign on the side of a barn that read, "Trailers for sale or rent".[7] This became the opening line of the song