Roger Dean Miller, Jr. (born October 15, 1965, in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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) is an American country music

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 artist, known professionally as Dean Miller. He is the son of Roger Miller

Roger Miller

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, a country pop

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 artist who had several hit singles between the 1960s and 1980s. Dean Miller has recorded three studio albums (one of which was not released), in addition to charting four singles on the Hot Country Songs

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 charts and writing singles for Trace Adkins

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 and Terri Clark

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. His highest-peaking single was "Nowhere, USA", which reached #54 in 1997.
Although born in Los Angeles, Dean Miller was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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.