Isaac Clinton "Clint" Miller (born May 24, 1939,

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) is an American former

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singer, attorney, and politician. He served twenty-four years as a member of the

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and ten years as a judge on the

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. Miller was raised in

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and began playing country music professionally as a teenager in the 1950s for Washington, DC-area stations such as WTOP and WMAL.Clint Miller
at Rockabilly.nl He signed with

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in 1957, and the label gave him the tune "

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", a recording of which the label had unsuccessfully attempted to license from Johnny Faire. Miller's version of the tune proved more successful on the charts, peaking at #79 on the

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in early 1958. He released a second single on ABC later that year and continued releasing singles into the early 1960s, though none of these charted. He would later record again in 1976 (a single) and 1993 (a three-track EP). Miller was still in

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at the time of his chart success, and he graduated from the Stella Adler Theatre School in New York in 1961. He attended

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and then took a law degree at

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. He served from 1967 to 1971 as

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for

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and was elected to the

in 1972 as a

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. He severed in the House through 1996. He ran for

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in the 1990s, but was not elected. Following this he worked in law until retiring in 2006.

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1939 births Living people Virginia Republicans American University alumni Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni People from Wilkes County, North Carolina {{Virginia-delegate-stub