Jimmy Miller

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Jimmy Miller (1942-1994) was a Brooklyn-born record producer who produced albums for the Spencer Davis Group (and co-wrote the song "I'm A Man" with Steve Winwood), Traffic, Blind Faith, Bobby Whitlock, Kracker and the Rolling Stones (all albums from Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup), New York City's shock/punk rockers The Plasmatics and Motörhead. Among his last productions were three tracks on the 1992 Wedding Present project, Hit Parade 2.

Himself a percussionist, Miller was known for a distinctive drum sound, especially with the Rolling Stones. He sometimes played percussion on their recordings, including the famous opening cowbell on "Honky Tonk Women" and the drums on "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Happy" and "Shine a Light". The Stones stopped working with Miller after 1973's Goats Head Soup because of his heroin addiction.^{[citation needed]}

His father, Bill Miller, was a Las Vegas entertainment director and the man who booked Elvis Presley into the International Hotel for his 1969 return to live performance. He had a daughter, rock singer Deena Miller, with Gayle Shepherd, a member of the singing group the Shepherd Sisters.