Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale...
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The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes 66 studio albums, five instrumental albums featuring his backing band the Strangers...
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California. They mainly served as the backup band for singer-songwriter Merle Haggard, who named them after his first hit single "(My Friends Are Gonna Be)...
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A Portrait of Merle Haggard is the tenth studio album by American recording artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released September 2, 1969. The album...
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Marty Haggard (born June 18, 1958) is an American country music singer. He is the son of singer-songwriter Merle Haggard. Between 1981 and 1987, Haggard charted...
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Bakersfield sound (section Merle Haggard)
pioneered the Bakersfield sound, while performing artists Buck Owens and Merle Haggard became two of the most successful artists of the original Bakersfield...
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Pancho and Lefty (category Merle Haggard songs)
performance by Van Zandt, with a 1983 version by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard reaching number one on the Billboard country chart. In 2021, Van Zandt's...
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Noel Lee Haggard (born September 4, 1963) is an American country music artist. Haggard is the son of country music legend Merle Haggard. He was signed...
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Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1973. The...
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has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers. (She and Haggard were married between 1978 and 1983.) She also charted...
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Scott Joss (section With Merle Haggard)
primarily in the American Country music tradition. He has performed with Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Kris Kristofferson, Pete Anderson, Tiny Moore, Roy Nichols...
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If We Make It Through December (category Merle Haggard songs)
country music singer Merle Haggard and the Strangers. It was released in October 1973 as the lead single from the album Merle Haggard's Christmas Present...
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On" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in May 1975 as the third single and...
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Ralph Mooney (section Merle Haggard)
Guitar Hall of Fame in 1983. He was the original steel guitarist in Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers and the most prominent steel guitarist in Waylon...
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American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard. She was born Bonnie Campbell in Blanchard, Oklahoma, United States...
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by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released on September 27, 1965, by Capitol Records. Haggard had already recorded several sides...
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Mama Tried (song) (category Merle Haggard songs)
Tried" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in July 1968 as the first single...
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his baritone singing voice to other artists such as Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, and George Jones. Since surviving a near-fatal stroke in 2013, which...
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Interview (2006)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2019. Haggard, Merle (May 6, 2013). "Merle Haggard Remembers George Jones". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February...
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Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album is the seventeenth studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1974...
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album by the American country music singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1983. Haggard had loved Lefty Frizzell's "That's the Way...
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appeared alongside Merle Haggard in the documentary The American Epic Sessions directed by Bernard MacMahon. They performed a song Haggard had composed for...
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Okie from Muskogee (song) (category Merle Haggard songs)
is a song recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Edward Burris. "Okie" is a...
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therapy erased much of his long-term memory. In 1983, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered and popularized Van Zandt's song "Pancho and Lefty", reaching...
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Waylon Jennings. The album's style has also been compared to that of Merle Haggard. Erik Ernst of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel also compared it to Jennings...
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Pancho & Lefty (album) (category Merle Haggard albums)
became well-known through a honky tonk album by outlaw country musicians Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson, released in 1983. Original vinyl copies from 1983...
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artists emerged during this period and dominated the genre: Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Porter Wagoner, George Jones, and Sonny James among them...
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Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American country music artist of the same name. It was released in 1982 via MCA Records. "Merle...
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I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (redirect from House of Memories (Merle Haggard song))
studio album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers released on Capitol Records in 1967. The song "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" brought Haggard country stardom...
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song recorded by American country music singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. Co-written by Haggard and Dean Holloway, the song was released in January...
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