Merle Haggard

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10.18.25

Willie Nelson Pays Tribute to an Old Friend and Fellow Outlaw Country Legend With New Single

By Erinn Callahan
On This Day

10.10.25

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

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

10.03.25

On This Day in 1968, Merle Haggard Solidified His Country Icon Status With a Defining Album Featuring an Unreleased Dolly Parton Tune

By Melanie Davis
On This Day

10.01.25

Born on This Day in 1929, Buck Owens Ex-Wife and the Woman Responsible for Some of Merle Haggard’s Most Iconic Hits

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

10.01.25

The Only Song Dolly Parton Wrote for Merle Haggard About One of His Lifelong Loves

By Tina Benitez-Eves
On This Day

09.29.25

On This Day in 1969, Merle Haggard Released a Signature Song He Would Later Come To Regret

By Melanie Davis
On This Day

09.16.25

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

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

09.16.25

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

By Clayton Edwards
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09.03.25

Sons of Merle Haggard Hint Possible Release of Archived Material: “There’s Stuff That Has Never Been Heard”

By Peter Burditt
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08.19.25

Watch Merle Haggard Perform One of His Biggest Hits on ‘The Porter Wagoner Show’

By Clayton Edwards
On This Day

08.16.25

On This Day in 1969, Merle Haggard Made It to No. 1 With an Ode to the Blue-Collar Worker

By Em Casalena
Behind The Song

08.11.25

Without This Woman, Merle Haggard Might Have Never Released Hits Like “Mama Tried” and “Working Man”

By Melanie Davis

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