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Ron Miller (songwriter)
Ronald Norman Miller (October 5, 1932 – July 23, 2007) was an American popular songwriter and record producer who wrote for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s and attained many Top 10 hits. Some of his songs, such as "For Once in My Life", have become pop standards.
Ron Miller was described by his daughter Lisa Dawn Miller-Hackett as "a young, Jewish songwriter with a very Rodgers & Hammerstein musical theater writing style" who "wrote of peace and hope for a better tomorrow during a time of war and the Civil Rights Movement. He didn't just write about it. He lived it."
Born as Ronald Norman Gould in Chicago, Ron Miller was the only son of Sue and Harry Gould. Harry died when Miller and his sisters were still very young; and after his mother remarried Joe Miller, Miller adopted his stepfather's surname. Ron Miller served in the U.S. Marines and then sold washing machines and worked odd jobs before he was discovered by Motown founder Berry Gordy.
After his discovery by Gordy and Motown executive Mickey Stevenson in Chicago in the early 1960s, Miller was invited to write songs for Gordy's new company, Motown, and become its first white staff writer. The night Miller's daughter Angel was born, Miller penned the lyrics to "For Once in My Life", to music by Orlando Murden. "For Once in My Life" was first recorded at Motown by Barbara McNair before being redone in a more upbeat style by Stevie Wonder. The number ended up being a huge and enduring hit. It is one of the most covered songs in pop history with more than 270 recorded versions. A rendition by Tony Bennett and Wonder won a Grammy Award in 2007.
Miller collaborated with composer Bryan Wells on some other Stevie Wonder hit songs, such as "A Place in the Sun", "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" and the holiday anthem "Someday at Christmas", which was later covered by many other artists, including Justin Bieber. In 2015, Wonder did a duet version of "Someday at Christmas" with Andra Day; portions of this rendition appeared in a commercial for Apple TV.
Miller wrote and composed Stevie Wonder's 1970 hit single "Heaven Help Us All". A version of "Heaven Help Us All" by Ray Charles and Gladys Knight later won a Grammy Award for best gospel performance in 2005.
Miller also co-wrote Diana Ross' 1973 hit "Touch Me in the Morning" and Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me".
Miller created the title track for Walter Jackson's 1977 album I Want to Come Back As a Song.
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Ron Miller (songwriter)
Ronald Norman Miller (October 5, 1932 – July 23, 2007) was an American popular songwriter and record producer who wrote for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s and attained many Top 10 hits. Some of his songs, such as "For Once in My Life", have become pop standards.
Ron Miller was described by his daughter Lisa Dawn Miller-Hackett as "a young, Jewish songwriter with a very Rodgers & Hammerstein musical theater writing style" who "wrote of peace and hope for a better tomorrow during a time of war and the Civil Rights Movement. He didn't just write about it. He lived it."
Born as Ronald Norman Gould in Chicago, Ron Miller was the only son of Sue and Harry Gould. Harry died when Miller and his sisters were still very young; and after his mother remarried Joe Miller, Miller adopted his stepfather's surname. Ron Miller served in the U.S. Marines and then sold washing machines and worked odd jobs before he was discovered by Motown founder Berry Gordy.
After his discovery by Gordy and Motown executive Mickey Stevenson in Chicago in the early 1960s, Miller was invited to write songs for Gordy's new company, Motown, and become its first white staff writer. The night Miller's daughter Angel was born, Miller penned the lyrics to "For Once in My Life", to music by Orlando Murden. "For Once in My Life" was first recorded at Motown by Barbara McNair before being redone in a more upbeat style by Stevie Wonder. The number ended up being a huge and enduring hit. It is one of the most covered songs in pop history with more than 270 recorded versions. A rendition by Tony Bennett and Wonder won a Grammy Award in 2007.
Miller collaborated with composer Bryan Wells on some other Stevie Wonder hit songs, such as "A Place in the Sun", "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" and the holiday anthem "Someday at Christmas", which was later covered by many other artists, including Justin Bieber. In 2015, Wonder did a duet version of "Someday at Christmas" with Andra Day; portions of this rendition appeared in a commercial for Apple TV.
Miller wrote and composed Stevie Wonder's 1970 hit single "Heaven Help Us All". A version of "Heaven Help Us All" by Ray Charles and Gladys Knight later won a Grammy Award for best gospel performance in 2005.
Miller also co-wrote Diana Ross' 1973 hit "Touch Me in the Morning" and Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me".
Miller created the title track for Walter Jackson's 1977 album I Want to Come Back As a Song.