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Singer Merle Haggard was the father of Dana, Marty, Kelli, Noel, Jenessa and Ben before his death in 2016. Here's everything ...
Forty-three years ago today, George Jones and Merle Haggard released a Willie Nelson-penned duet that later went to No. 1.
Merle Haggard was head over heels for Dolly Parton. He said one awkward studio session finally 'freed' him of his crush.
Merle Haggard was in love with Dolly Parton, a feeling she did not return. Still, she said she would've flirted with him if she knew.
On this day, August 1, 1966, Merle Haggard recorded his first-ever No. 1 hit, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" in Los Angeles, California.
Crosby thought of my dad as his “guitar guru,” and like many of the performers that night, he praised my father for his ...
Muskogee Civic Center became part of the Oklahoma Music Trail when a marker was unveiled Thursday. The marker, placed next to the Merle Haggard statue, recounts when Haggard made a live recording of ...
As Merle Haggard’s song says, “Big City turn me loose and set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana.” Our i3G Media ...
The name ‘Petty’ commands respect and love unlike any other. One of the first people whom people think of when it is ...
Fifty years ago, a Texas-born country singer had his first big hit: a tune named “Love in the Hot Afternoon.” It reached the ...
Daniel Donato’s renown growing organically originally appeared on Goldmine.