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56 Years Ago Today, Merle Haggard Was at No. 1 With the Album (And Title Track) That Became a Cultural Flashpoint

Merle Haggard's 1969 album 'Okie From Muskogee' topped the country albums chart 56 years ago today on May 22, 1970. The post

Merle Haggard Once Tried to Brag About a No. 1 Record to This Fellow Country Music Legend, and His Response Was Hilariou...

Merle Haggard once tried to brag about a hit record to Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, and the two stars were having none of it. The post Merle Haggard Once Tr...

On the Charts 41 Years Ago, This Underrated Merle Haggard Gem Featuring Harmony Vocals From Janie Fricke Hit No. 1

Singer and musician Merle Haggard performs, Champaign, Illinois, September 22, 1985. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Merle Haggard ruled the charts 41 years ago today with "Nat...

Remember When Merle Haggard Released a Duet With Clint Eastwood in 1980?

UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: WEMBLEY ARENA Photo of Merle HAGGARD (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) This duet between Merle Haggard and actor/director Clint Eastwood surprised ever...

Merle Haggard’s Memory of Dolly Parton’s “Statement” and “Warning” on Their Tour Bus Is a Touching Image of Their Relati...

Merle was enamored with Dolly. The post

Merle Haggard’s Memory of Dolly Parton’s “Statement” and “Warning” on Their Tour Bus Is a Touching Image of Their Relati...

Merle was enamored with Dolly. The post

40 Years Ago: George Jones, Merle Haggard Bail Johnny PayCheck Out of Jail

Johnny PayCheck ended up in the pokey after an altercation. Who showed up with $50,000 to bail him out of the Hillsboro Jail on May 22nd, 1986? George Jones and Merle Haggard. The...

11 Years Ago Today, These Two Legendary Outlaws Were at No. 1 With a Tribute to Their Heroes—and Each Other

Country Fan Gets Roasted On Reddit For Saying Merle Haggard Is Only Good For Drunk Listening

This isn’t the best Merle Haggard take I’ve ever seen… but it is the worst Merle Haggard take I’ve ever seen. When conversations arise of the most important figures in country musi...

25 Years Ago Today, Merle Haggard Lost His Longtime Guitarist and the Man Who “Set the Pace” for His Career

LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 1966: Country musician Merle Haggard (L) and his band "Merle Haggard & the Strangers" pose for a September 1966 portrait in Los Angeles, California. Gui...

62 Years Ago Today, We Lost One Half of the Brother Duo Behind Old-Time Standards Recorded by Merle Haggard and Doc Wats...

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3 Country Songs From the 1960s That Might Have Actually Predicted the Outlaw Movement

LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 1966: Country musician Merle Haggard (C) and his band "Merle Haggard & the Strangers" including Roy Nichols pose for a September 1966 portrait in Los An...

Born to Missouri Sharecroppers 92 Years Ago Today, the Bakersfield Sound Pioneer Who Wrote Merle Haggard’s First Hit

Wynn Stewart, pioneer of the "Bakersfield Sound" and inspiration to Merle Haggard, was born on June 7, 1934. The post

Born 72 Years Ago Today in the Lone Star State, the Hitmaking Sister of a Country Legend and ‘Hee Haw’ Honey Who Recorde...

Louise Mandrell Seventy-two years ago today, the middle sister of an '80s country star and a successful model and TV star was born in Texas. The post Born 72 Years Ago Today in t...

Born in Kentucky on This Day in 1944, the King of Honky Tonk and the Most “Outlaw” Country Singer of the 1970s

On the Charts 49 Years Ago Today, Waylon Jennings Entered His Sixth Week at No. 1 With This Willie Nelson Feature

Waylon Jennings performs onstage at Oakbrook Terrace in Oakbrook, Illinois, November 27, 1977. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Waylon Jennings' biggest crossover hit entered it...

On This Day in 1969, Bill Anderson Topped the Charts With a Song That Beat Out Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard

Bill Anderson topped the charts 57 years ago today with "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)", the top country song of 1969. ...

On The Charts 47 Years Ago, Waylon Jennings Ruled With a Somber Ballad Written as an Apology to Bob McDill’s Wife

American country and western singer and guitarist Waylon Jennings (1937 - 2002) wears a cowboy hat and leather vest as he sings with his eyes closed in front of a microphone, April...

3 Outlaw Country Songs That Have Stood the Test of Time

Waylon Jennings performs onstage at Oakbrook Terrace in Oakbrook, Illinois, November 27, 1977. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) These are three of the best outlaw country songs...

On This Day in 1965, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With an Album Built Around a Song Harlan Howard Asked Him to Scrap

4 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Biological Son of This Country Music Legend Who Carried on His Father’s Legacy

Thomas Bresh, country music jack-of-all-trades and the biological son of Merle Travis, died four years ago today at age 74. The p...

4 Country Songs From 1985 That Every Elder Millennial Can Still Sing Word for Word

The Highwaymen, who released one of the greatest country songs of 1985 These songs topped the country chart in 1985 and elder Millennials have been singing along with them ever sin...

49 Years Ago Today, Waylon Jennings Kicked off a Six-Week Run at No. 1 With One of His Biggest Hits (That He Despised)

Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas" reached the top of the country music ch...

Born in Oklahoma 90 Years Ago, the Bassist Who Took Merle Haggard’s Place Behind Buck Owens and Helped Shape the Bakersf...

Doyle Holly, former drummer for Buck Owens' Buckaroos Ninety years ago today, the bassist who replaced Merle Haggard in Buck Owens' band just before his most successful period was...