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 ...

New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

AP File photo by Rick Bowmer -- In this May 28, 2003 file photo, country music legend Merle Haggard smiles during a news conference at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in ...

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 ...