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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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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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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Pancho and Lefty (category Merle Haggard songs)
composition and performance by Van Zandt, with the Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard version selling the most copies and reaching number one on the Billboard...
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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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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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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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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 Waylon Jennings's band, The Waylors. A native...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sing Me Back Home (song) (category Merle Haggard songs)
Home" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in November 1967 as the first single...
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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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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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City is the thirty-third studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by the Strangers, released in 1981. It was his debut on the Epic...
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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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Workin' Man Blues (category Merle Haggard songs)
music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in May 1969 as the second single from the album A Portrait of Merle Haggard. The song was...
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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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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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Connie Francis, Ray Charles, Anita Carter, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, The Kendalls, Ernest Tubb, Skeeter Davis, The Haden Triplets, Social...
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Okie from Muskogee (category Merle Haggard live albums)
Okie from Muskogee is the first live album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers released in October 1969 on Capitol Records. The album was a recorded performance...
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music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in February 1969 as the first single from the album A Portrait of Merle Haggard. The song was...
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