Sixty years ago today, Merle Haggard released what would be his first No. 1 album, powered by a pair of hits that have stood ...

We're not necessarily recommending it, but ending up in prison does seem like a surprisingly reliable way to become an ...

Tucker and Haggard went on to be great friends before his 2016 death, and she is still friendly with his family ...

This song spent two weeks atop the country charts.

Forty-three years ago today, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson were at No. 1 with their first collaborative album.

Merle Haggard, a.k.a “The Hag,” proved this 1973 country classic “If We Make It Through December,” has lost none of its ...

Honky-tonk hero Merle Haggard's death yesterday (April 6) impacted more than just the country-music community. His influence reached deep into the rock realm, too. The boys from Jacksonville, Fla., ...

Merle Haggard, the former San Quentin inmate whose resonant baritone, songs about the hardships of ordinary people and devotion to the traditions of country music put him in the pantheon of American ...

In a strange turn of events, the top-selling Merle Haggard album on iTunes in the days immediately following his death is a collection of re-recorded versions of his best-known songs -- not the… By Ed ...

Before “Okie From Muskogee” became his signature song and before “If We Make It Through December” became his biggest crossover hit, Merle Haggard’s best-known song was the one where he came clean ...

Country music legend Merle Haggard died on Wednesday — his 79th birthday. He'd been fighting various health problems for a long time, but he kept on performing and releasing new albums. Many a veteran ...

It all came from that evening, in spring 1946. Merle Haggard was nine. He had been at a Church of Christ prayer meeting outside Bakersfield, California, with his mother, Flossie. The young boy didn’t ...