From a Jack to a King

Ned Miller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 1994)
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001AWO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #578,391 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. From a Jack to a King

2. Parade of Broken Hearts

3. Turn Back

4. Lights in the Street

5. Old Mother Nature and Old Father Time

6. Roll O'Rollin' Stone

7. One Among the Many

8. The Man Behind the Gun

9. Another Fool Like Me

10. Magic Moon

11. Sunday Morning Tears

12. Big Love

13. Old Restless Ocean

14. Invisible Tears

15. Do What You Do, Do Well

16. Dusty Guitar

17. Just Before Dawn

18. Go on Back You Fool

19. Dark Moon

20. Cold Gray Bars

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Features the original (and still best) version of From a Jack to a King ; original versions of Dark Moon (later a big pop hit for Bonnie Guitar) and Do What You Do Well , plus Ned's 1961 Capitol sessions, his rare Jackpot single and more-31 tracks in all! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Shy Talented Ned, February 8, 2005

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From a Jack to a King (Audio CD)

Ned Miller was responsible for the composition of "Dark Moon" recorded by the underappreciated Bonnie Guitar and also Gale Storm. Not much later Ferlin Husky (most notably) had a hit with "A Fallen Star". Ned finally got his recognition from the rerelease of "From A Jack to A King" that he had recorded during the same period as when the others had hits with the songs he had penned. Here you get to hear his version of "Dark Moon". His "Invisible Tears" is a cleverly-written, well-performed song also done up instrumentally by Ray Conniff and studio singers the same year. A heart-tugging "One Among the Many" went unappreciated but Ned still would occasionally have a song hit the charts. He did not like public performances however and reportedly was not well-promoted by record companies when he refused to tour. Born in 1925, Ned finally left the public arena and was last known to be living in Las Vegas. This package is well worth having and transcends being simply "country music".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant country singer-songwriter, January 12, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From a Jack to a King (Audio CD)

Ned is best remembered for international pop smash, From a jack to a king, which was a top ten hit in Britain and America. That song rightly opens this collection but closer inspection reveals much of interest to country music fans.

Apart from the opening track here, this set also includes Ned's own recording of Dark moon (a song that was an American top ten hit for both Bonnie Guitar and Gale Storm), Invisible tears (a country hit for Ned and a minor American pop hit for Ray Coniff) and Do what you do do well (a minor pop hit in Britain and America and a top ten country hit).

Among the other tracks here are those that made up his 1963 LP, From a jack to a king. Many of the songs had western themes including Cry of the wild goose, Billy Carino and Stagecoach, but the album also included Just before dawn (one of Ned's best apart from the famous songs) and Ned's cover of Mona Lisa, so the LP was not exclusively a western-themed album.

Based on his two biggest hits, this album had a few surprises in store for me - but they were all nice surprises. If you enjoy traditional country music, Ned 's music is well worth hearing.

5.0 out of 5 stars good, November 30, 2011

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CROSSING JORDON "SIM" (IRELAND) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: From a Jack to a King (Audio CD)

Great to hear the old songs again ,well worth the money .Ned Miller is a legend .From a Jack to a King I bought it for that song alone.Brilliant.