Flournoy E. Miller

Flournoy Eakin Miller (14 April 1885 – 6 June 1971), sometimes credited as F. E. Miller, was an American entertainer, actor, lyricist, producer and playwright. Between about 1905 and 1932 he formed a popular comic duo, Miller and Lyles, with Aubrey Lyles. Described as "an innovator who advanced black comedy and entertainment significantly," and as "one of the seminal figures in the development of African American musical theater on Broadway", he wrote many successful vaudeville and Broadway shows, including the influential Shuffle Along (1921), as well as working on several all-black movies between the 1930s and 1950s.

Birth and Death Data: Born Nashville (capital and largest city of Tennessee, United States) , Died June 6, 1971 (Hollywood (neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker, author, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-071198	10-in.	10/22/1941	Uncle Sammy here I am	Clarence Williams’ Blue Five	Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance quartet	lyricist
Columbia	HCO3863	10-in.	8/9/1949	You can't lose a broken heart	Ebonaires ; Johnnie Lee ; Phil Moore Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with orchestra and vocal chorus	lyricist
Columbia	HCO3864	10-in.	8/9/1949	Peace, sister, peace	Ebonaires ; Monette Moore ; Phil Moore Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with orchestra and vocal chorus	lyricist
Columbia	HCO3865	10-in.	8/9/1949	My sweet hunk o' trash	Dolores Parker ; Phil Moore Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with orchestra and vocal chorus	lyricist
Columbia	HCO3866	10-in.	8/9/1949	Keep 'em guessing	Monette Moore	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
OKeh	S-70123	10-in.	August 1921	You can't come in	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-70124	Not documented	August 1921	[Unknown title(s)]	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
OKeh	S-70902	10-in.	Oct. 1922	Can't do it	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-70903	10-in.	Oct. 1922	Fourth of July in Jim Town	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
OKeh	S-70925	10-in.	Oct. 1922	Election Day in Jim Town	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
OKeh	S-70926	10-in.	Oct. 1922	United Order of Possum Catchers Lodge	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-72516	10-in.	5/12/1924	The raid	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-72523	10-in.	5/14/1924	Traveling	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-72648	10-in.	July 1924	The fight	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-72732	10-in.	Aug. 1924	Sam and Steve	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
OKeh	S-73318	10-in.	Apr. 1925	Forty below	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
OKeh	S-73319	10-in.	Apr. 1925	The three halves	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
Plaza	7575	10-in.	10/18/1927	Evolution	Miller and Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
Plaza	7576	10-in.	10/18/1927	The lost aviators	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker
Plaza	7599	10-in.	11/3/1927	Gwine to Africa	Miller & Lyles	Comic dialogue	speaker, author
Plaza	7600	10-in.	11/4/1927	Moneyless debts	Aubrey L. Lyles ; Flournoy E. Miller	Comic dialogue	speaker

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Miller, Flournoy E.," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104927.

Miller, Flournoy E.. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104927.

"Miller, Flournoy E.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/210622 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/210622

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