Born on This Day in 1944, the Songwriter Who Worked Closely With Buck Owens and Played Bass on One of Merle Haggard’s Biggest Albums
Born on This Day in 1935, the Man Who Made Barbara Mandrell a Pedal Steel Expert and Played With Merle Haggard for Nearly Five Decades
Merle Haggard’s Son Proved the Apple Didn’t Fall Far From the Tree With This Clever Way of Sneaking on Tour
On This Day in 1969, Merle Haggard Released a Song That Arguably Was a Better Tribute to Oklahomans Than “Okie From Muskogee”
Merle Haggard Was Sitting on Unreleased Poetry at the Time of His Death, According to an Unearthed Interview From 2010
On This Day in 1984, Merle Haggard Became the Second Star To Take This Lefty Frizzell-Penned Classic to the Top of the Country Chart
1 Comment On This Day in 1973, Merle Haggard Topped the Charts With an Album Whose Title Track Also Hit No. 1
On This Day in 1970, Merle Haggard Released the Signature Song That Doubled Down on His Divisive “Okie” Reputation
On This Day in 1968, Merle Haggard Topped the Country Charts With This Heartbreaking Tribute to His Prison Buddies
On This Day in 1981, Merle Haggard Hit No. 1 With One of the Last Songs He’d Ever Perform at the Grand Ole Opry
Born on This Day in 1943, the Country Singer Who Wrote a Pair of No. 1 Songs for Her Then-Husband, Merle Haggard
On This Day in 1958, Johnny Cash Played His First-Ever Prison Concert and Changed One Inmate’s Life (and the Country Music World) Forever
