Frankie Miller

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Frank John 'Frankie' Miller (born 2 November 1949, in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish rock singer/songwriter, who had moderate success in the 1970s with a gritty voice similar to Rod Stewart or Joe Cocker. Bob Seger has remarked on the influence Van Morrison had on Miller, in an article published in 1978, in Rolling Stone magazine.

He introduced fellow Glaswegian bassist and vocalist James Dewar to Robin Trower and the three of them along with ex-Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker formed the short-lived band Jude in the early 1970s. He co-wrote I Can't Wait Much Longer with Trower, which appeared on Trower's first solo album Twice Removed From Yesterday.

His 1974 album High Life was written and produced by Allen Toussaint.

He had several lowly placed hits in the UK Singles Chart in the 1970s and 1980s with "Be Good To Yourself" and "Caledonia". However, he reached his highest ever position of number six on the 14 October 1978 with a song entitled "Darlin'", but never really made the big time.

He diversified into acting and, in 1979, starred in Peter McDougall's TV film Just a Boy's Game to critical acclaim.

His songs were covered by the likes of The Bellamy Brothers, Kim Carnes, Waylon Jennings, Bob Seger, Bonnie Tyler and Joe Walsh. He is also referenced by the Counting Crows in the title of one of the tracks on their 2002 Hard Candy album.

"I Can't Change It" from Miller's "Once In A Blue Moon" album replaced Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones during a particularly emotional scene in episode four of British television drama Life on Mars (TV show) in the DVD release of the first season.

Miller suffered a massive brain haemorrhage in New York on 25 August 1994, which led to a five-month coma. He has since been in rehabilitation, re-learning how to walk and talk.[1]