On This Day in 1966, Merle Haggard Released His First No. 1 Single—a Song With Two Titles That He Almost Never Recorded
Merle Haggard’s Pick for “the Greatest Singer I’ve Ever Heard” Has a Surprising Connection to the Goo Goo Dolls
On This Day in 1968, Merle Haggard Recorded a Tribute to His Mother That Has Been Called One of His Best Songs
On This Day in 1971, a Song About a Blind Dad and His Homeless Family Band Took Merle Haggard to the Top of the Country Charts for a 10th Time
Country Time Machine: Merle Haggard Does a Spot-On Johnny Cash Impression During a Duet with His Wife
On This Day in 1987, This Iconic Outlaw Country Legend Released His Last Ever No. 1—Titled After a Famous Lullaby
Merle Haggard on the Tragedy That Informed His Life and Career: “Things Would Have Been Different, Maybe Better”
On This Day in 1970, Merle Haggard Turned His Anger at Hippies Into a No. 1 Album and Proved He Found the Formula for Success
On This Day in 1968, Merle Haggard Solidified His Country Icon Status With a Defining Album Featuring an Unreleased Dolly Parton Tune
Born on This Day in 1929, Buck Owens Ex-Wife and the Woman Responsible for Some of Merle Haggard’s Most Iconic Hits
On This Day in 1983, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard Were at No. 1 With an Album That Introduced the World to One of the Greatest Songwriters in History
Born on This Day in 1928, the Legendary Pedal Steel Player Who Played for Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, & Merle Haggard—and Helped Redefine Honky Tonk
Sons of Merle Haggard Hint Possible Release of Archived Material: “There’s Stuff That Has Never Been Heard”