THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW – "History of Country Music" – Airdate: January 21, 1971. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) MERLE HAGGARD
Merle Haggard performing in 1979 (Photo by Kent/Mediapunch/Shutterstock)
CIRCA 1964: Country musician Merle Haggard poses for a mid 1960's portrait. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard during Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard in concert at Rosemont Theater – March 25, 2007 at Rosemont Theater in Chicago, Il, United States. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)
CIRCA LATE 1960s: Country musician Merle Haggard poses for a late 1960's portrait. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Merle Haggard performs at the Headliner Room at Harrah's in Reno. The back-up singer is Haggard's ex-wife Bonnie Owens. (Photo by © Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS/VCG via Getty Images)
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Celine Dion performs the song "Tell Him" from the motion picture "Titanic" during the 40th Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York 25 February. Dion was nominated along with Barbra Streisand in the Best Pop Collaboration with vocals categor.(ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO Timothy A. CLARY (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY and VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Cheap Trick group shot at a hotel, Tokyo, April 1978. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
The Beatles rehearse at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool for the group's bill-topping appearance on ABC TV's Blackpool Night Out, 1 August 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Rock and roll band "America" featuring David Dickey (bass), Willie Leacox (drums), Gerry Beckley (guitar), Michael Woods (lead guitar), Dewey Bunnell (guitar), Jim Calire (keyboards), and Tom Walsh (percussion) perform on "Midnight Special" TV show in October 1980 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Eisenberg/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
