Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard Carolyn Song (video and lyrics)

The Merle Haggard Carolyn song was was released in November 1971 as the second single from the album “Someday We’ll Look Back”. The song was Haggard and The Strangers eleventh number one on the Billboard U.S. country singles chart starting January 15, 1972.  .. Read More

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.  While it was initially .. 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

The Story Behind the Merle Haggard Pardon by Ronald Reagan

The Merle Haggard Pardon happened just in time to enable the Country Music legend’s career.  During his youth and into early adulthood Merle Haggard had wracked up quite the rap sheet. The singer-songwriter even served time at San Quentin Prison for attempting to rob a Bakersfield roadhouse and trying .. 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