Frankie Miller

Scottish rock singer-songwriter Frankie Miller was born Francis John Miller on November 2, 1949 in Bridgeton, an impoverished district of Glasgow. His education in music came via the rhythm-and-blues classics in his mother’s record collection. After stints with various local groups, and a brief spell in a band named Jude that also included guitarist Robin Trower, Miller struck out as a solo artist in 1972, and over the course of that decade he made his reputation as one of the finest singers and songwriters of his generation.

The only major hit he ever had was Darlin’ in 1978, and, to his chagrin, it was a song he didn’t write.