Merle Haggard was known for a lot of things, his influence on honky tonk being one. Here are a few songs that give that same ...

On May 2, 1976, Merle Haggard scored his third consecutive No. 1 album with 'It's All in the Movies', featuring his eighth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A powerful country song that captured the tensions of its time climbed to the top of the charts on this day in 1970. Merle Haggard ...

Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" was ranked No. 9 on Rolling Stone's most recent listing of the 200 Greatest Country Songs of All ...

All three American Idol judges served high praise for Hannah Harper’s sweeping cover of a great Merle Haggard ballad. Carrie ...

In 1983, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard recorded the hit album "Pancho & Lefty," the cover of which shows the two country legends against a desert backdrop, Nelson smiling and Haggard working his ...

Willie Nelson is releasing "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," his 78th solo album, as a tribute to Merle Haggard. The new album features 11 covers of Haggard's songs, including "Workin’ Man Blues" and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Merle Haggard didn’t just write great country songs, he lived them. His real life experiences of poverty as the son of Oklahoma migrants, an early stint in prison and a life ...

Merle Haggard, the working man’s poet, an architect of the Bakersfield Sound and a fiercely independent artist who influenced country music like few others, died Wednesday in California, surrounded by ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Merle Haggard didn’t just write great country songs, he lived them. His real-life experiences of poverty as the son of Oklahoma migrants, an early stint in prison and a life lived ...