Singer/songwriter Roger Miller found fame in the ’60s mixing tongue-in-cheek humour and huge hooks with a dash of poetry. It speaks volumes that high-profile covers of his songs include not only killer country reworkings—like Brooks & Dunn’s tender take on the troubled-marriage lament “Husbands and Wives”—but also surprises such as Dean Martin’s swinging, jazzy journey through the carefree classic “King of the Road”.