Merle Haggard
The Secret Songwriters Behind The Biggest Hits
You may know every lyric to your favorite songs, but do you know who wrote them?
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News2 weeks agoNew Biography ‘The Hag’ Plots Life, Times, And Music of Merle Haggard
Marc Eliot's book tells the extraordinary story of one of the genre's true originals.
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Features4 weeks ago‘Sing A Sad Song’: At 26, A Country Chart Debut For Merle Haggard
On December 28, 1963, signed to the small Tally label, Haggard entered the country countdown for the first time.
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Features2 months ago‘Swinging Doors’: Merle Haggard Goes No.1 Country
Released when Merle was 29, the ‘Swinging Doors’ album was his second studio release with his band the Strangers.
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Features2 months ago‘Rated X’: More Lyrical Fearlessness From Loretta Lynn
Country trailblazer Lynn's self-composed song eloquently exposed the hypocrisy often shown to divorced women.
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Features3 months ago‘There Is Rock. And There Is Rooooooll’: Chuck Berry In 20 Quotes
A selection of pithy and poignant quotations from the career of a founding father of rock’n’roll.
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Features4 months ago‘Mama Tried’ Album: Merle Haggard’s Outlaw Country Classic
The album was released in October 1968, when the man from Bakersfield was enjoying an extraordinary run of success.
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Features4 months ago‘Okie From Muskogee’: The Story Behind Merle Haggard’s Country Classic
In the 1969 single that became a career landmark, the peerless and fearless country artist was protesting about protesters.
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News4 months agoAlan Jackson Reveals Degenerative, Hereditary Nerve Condition In New Interview
The country superstar says he has inherited a rare condition known as CMT (Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder).
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Features5 months ago53 Mother’s Day Songs: A Playlist Of Classic Songs About Moms
Time to celebrate mothers and the songs that have celebrated them with a playlist of the best songs about moms for Mother’s Day.
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Features6 months agoThe Pure Country Magic of Patsy Cline’s ‘Sentimentally Yours’
Released on August 7, 1962, 'Sentimentally Yours' was the final album Patsy Cline issued during her lifetime. It's pure country magic.
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Features7 months ago‘Old Man From The Mountain’: Merle Haggard’s No.1s Kept On Coming
'It’s unmistakably Haggard, which always connotes greatness,' wrote Billboard of the 1974 release.
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Features8 months agoFiddler Of Choice: Remembering Western Swing Giant Johnny Gimble
The master of the country fiddle played with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys and many others.
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Features8 months agoFrom Merle Haggard To Eminem: The Musical Legend Of Bonnie & Clyde
The best musical interpretations of the lawless couple, in country, hip-hop and more.
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Features8 months ago‘Workin’ Man Blues’: Merle Haggard’s Blue Collar Hymn
The Hag's seventh No.1 featured such great players as James Burton and Jim Gordon.
