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Ned Miller

“FROM A JACK TO A KING”

(NED MILLER)

Fabor 114

No. 6    February 16, 1963

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Most would have bet that it was not in the cards for Ned Miller.   His voice was rough, sad, and old-timey,

even to country ears.    His “From A Jack To A King” had been recorded in 1957, and had sold poorly when

released by Dot Records that year.    Who could have figured that nine years later, this very same flop

would bere issued and sell more than 2,000,000 copies?

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Ned was born Henry Miller in Rains, Utah, on April 12, 1925, and raised in Salt Lake City.   His mother taught

him how to play guitar, and by his teenage years, he was writing  songs.   Ned served three years  in the

Marines, and on his return, he studied two years under the G. I. Bill to become a pipefitter.

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A pipefitter Ned may have remained, had BONNIE GUITAR not taken one of his tunes, “Dark Moon,” to the

top 10 in 1957.   Dot Records, Bonnie’s label, was interested in just who this Ned Miller might be, and

recorded his “From A Jack To A King.”   It bombed, and Ned returned to writing songs and pipefitting.

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In 1962, Fabor Robinson, the owner of Fabor Records (where Ned had recorded the “Jack” track), decided

to give the Dot disk another spin, and reissued the very same recording on his own label.   To the surprise

of all parties involved, even Robinson, the record sold its way into the top 10.

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Nothing that Ned ever recorded could match the success of his eerie incantation.   In 1964, “Do What You Do

Do Well” reached number 52 on the Hot 100, but Miller’s big-name days were over.   Ned tried throughout

the remainder of the ’60s to attain renown 1n the country field, but to little avail.

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Ned Miller’s current activities and where-abouts are not known.