Country music star Merle Haggard dies at 79; served time before going big time LOS ANGELES - Country legend Merle Haggard, often called "the Poet of the Common Man," whose music reflected his ...

Merle Haggard and Jenessa Haggard backstage during the second annual ACM Honors at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on September 22, 2009 in Nashville ; Merle Haggard with wife Theresa and son Ben arrives ...

Merle Haggard's 1969 album 'Okie From Muskogee' topped the country albums chart 56 years ago today on May 22, 1970.

Merle Haggard was one of the greatest country singer/songwriters to walk the earth. He was also one of the only (reformed) criminals in the Outlaw Country movement. Haggard also helped to bring the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Released in early 1975, "Always Wanting You" became the 20th No. 1 hit for Merle Haggard, spending two weeks atop the Billboard ...

The lines in his face look like a road map to hard times. The lines in his songs speak of hard times for common folks like him. I made those observations talking to Merle Haggard back when he was only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance ...

Not that one really needs a reason to listen to Merle Haggard. But with the opening of the new Bakersfield Sound exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, that's exactly what I've been ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Country musician Merle Haggard was honored with a statue and tribute band at the same venue where he recorded his live album, 'Okie from Muskogee.' Tony Corbell, the director for the ...

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Garth Brooks went to great lengths to give Trisha Yearwood a proposal she would never forget. In the country music star's newly released book, "The Anthology Part IV: Going Home," Brooks shared that ...