"Kay" of Van Sciver, Darnell & Kay was Bob Miller's first wife: “I don't want no more of army life, gee mom I want to go home; w & melody Charlotte Kackley. © 1c. Apr. 14, 1944; E unp. 371228; Main street songs, inc., New York. 16387” [U.S. Catalog of Copyright Entries, pt.III, GPO, 1944] “Miller also used pseudonyms for his first wife in Memphis. Charlotte Thompson used the names Charlotte Kay and Charlotte Kackley when co-writing “Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Mind Anymore” and “Once” in the 1920s.” [Roberts] Charlotte Miller Charlotte Kay
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