Merle Haggard fell deeply in love with Dolly Parton. When he looked back on his behavior, he couldn't help but cringe.

In 1982, Jones and Haggard joined forces for an album of duets titled A Taste of Yesterday’s Wine. The LP went to No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Its first single, “Yesterday’s Wine,” ...

On this day, August 1, 1966, Merle Haggard recorded his first-ever No. 1 hit, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" in Los Angeles, California.

Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up ...

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced the unveiling of a new Oklahoma Music Trail Marker honoring legendary ...

Merle Haggard Paramount Theater SFJAZZ Oakland, CA February 13, 2016 Some consider Merle Haggard to be “The Poet Laureate of California." Certainly, he is the state's most famous singer-songwriter and ...

"Merle wrote his life's story in his songs, and those songs, though specific to him, are also universal to everyone," continues Eliot about the genius that separated Haggard from other singer ...

Country music legend Merle Haggard is synonymous with “Okie From Muskogee,” but that’s only one of his 38 No. 1 songs. “The Running Kind,” a recently revised and expanded Haggard ...

ELIOT: When you listen to Merle Haggard, it is not country music in the way that, say, Willie Nelson's music is country music - you know, bright, sparkly, fun. It's a little bit darker.

Merle Haggard is move by the cheering crowd after he finished a song during the Grand Ole Opry's Saturday night show Sept. 27, 2003 on the Opry House stage.

Merle Haggard’s eternal connection with Muskogee was sealed during an Oct. 10, 1969, concert at Muskogee Civic Center. Haggard and his band, the Strangers, performed “Okie From Muskogee” at ...

Merle Haggard's life, legacy, 'battle for self-reconciliation' explored in new biography Bestselling author Marc Eliot's biography of Merle Haggard dives into his "self-created turmoil" that ...