Frankie Miller

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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.

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.

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]