Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard If We Make It Through December (Video and Lyrics)

The Merle Haggard If We Make It Through December song was released on his 1973 Christmas album Merle Haggard’s Christmas Present.  Merle Haggard topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart for four weeks starting December 23, 1973 with this hit Christmas hardship tune. This heartfelt ballad, blending .. Read More

Merle Haggard Sing Me Back Home Song (Video and Lyrics)

The Merle Haggard Sing Me Back Home song was released in November 1967 as the first single and title track for the album of the same name. The song was Merle Haggard and The Strangers third number one hit and spent two weeks at .. Read More

Merle Haggard I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink (Video and Lyrics)

The Merle Haggard I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink song was was released in October 1980 as the second single from his album “Back to the Barrooms”. This song was Haggard’s twenty-sixth number one country hit and stayed at number one .. Read More

A Look Back at Country Music Icon Merle Haggard's Marriages

Merle Haggard’s marriages each played a part in shaping the man behind the legendary country music career.  Country music icon Merle Haggard married four times before deciding his last wife, Theresa Ann Lane, was the perfect one. In fact, he said marrying her was the best .. Read More

Merle Haggard Place To Fall Apart (Live Performance and Lyrics)

The Merle Haggard Place To Fall Apart song was was released in October 1984 as the second single from the album It’s All in the Game. This song was the first single where both Haggard and Fricke worked together. The single went to .. Read More

Top Country Artists & Their Home States

When you think of country music, you probably think of the South. However, country singers have come from all over the United States, even Canada (Shania Twain) and Australia (Keith Urban). We’ve put together a list of some top country artists and their home .. Read More

The Country Music Alabama Band: A Comprehensive Overview

True to their namesake, the Country Alabama Band was formed by Randy Owen and his cousins Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry during the late 1960s in Fort Payne, Alabama.   Alabama is a legendary country music band that has left an lasting mark on the genre. .. Read More

George Jones and Merle Haggard: Yesterday's Wine Song (music video and lyrics)

The Yesterday’s Wine song is the title track of the 1971 album of the same name by Willie Nelson.  This song later became a #1 duet for George Jones and Merle Haggard reaching the top of the Billboard Country Singles Music chart on .. Read More

The Story Behind Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard's Pancho and Lefty Song

Pancho and Lefty was penned by country music artist Townes Van Zandt who first recorded it for his 1972 The Late Great Townes Van Zandt album. Country icons Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered the song in 1983 and used it as the title track of their .. Read More

Merle Haggard Lonesome Fugitive (Live Performance Video and Song Details)

The Merle Haggard Lonesome Fugitive song was released in December 1966 as the first single and title track from the album I’m a Lonesome Fugitive. The song was Haggard and The Strangers first number one hit on the U.S. country singles chart, spending .. Read More