MILLER, EMMETT
(1903–1962)
MILLER, EMMETT (b. E. Dewey M., Macon, Ga., February 2 1903–March 29, 1962) Miller was a blackface singer and vaudevillian whose recordings were highly influential on country singers, most notably HANK WILLIAMS. Miller began his performing career as a teenager, performing with a traveling MINSTREL troupe led by Dan Fitch; he later would tour with the A. J. Fields troupe, another traveling show that at one time had been quite popular but was now suffering from the popularity of more modern…