Merle Haggard followed his patriotic hit "Okie From Muskogee" with "The Fightin' Side of Me", which hit NO. 1 o 1970.

On March 14, 1972, then-California Governor Ronald Reagan changed everything for country music legend Merle Haggard.

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 ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Nine tracks from ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Suzy Bogguss. Photo by Amy Dickerson In the 1990s, Suzy Bogguss scored a number of high-charting country hits, including ...

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 was about to take the stage in England one night in the late 1980s when a song came to him. He quickly dictated parts of it to four people standing in the wings before going out to play.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Preparing to enter his seventh decade in the music industry, 92-year-old country music and American icon Willie Nelson is ...