On May 2, 1976, Merle Haggard scored his third consecutive No. 1 album with 'It's All in the Movies', featuring his eighth ...

The track’s origins tell a much different story than its chart success suggests, adding to its fascinating legacy.

A decade ago, Merle Haggard died on the same day he turned 79 after sharing a premonition that his final moments would coincide with his birthday. The country music singer fell ill with pneumonia in ...

Country legend Merle Haggard went to play at the great honky-tonk in the sky 10 years ago. He died April 6, 2016, during a ...

I met Merle Haggard in 2008. He had just written a song about Hillary Clinton and wanted to sing it for me. So I went up to his home, in view of Mount Shasta, in northern California, and we spent the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Willie Nelson, 92, has a history of making entire albums that revive and reimagine the works of single songwriters. And he's done ...

Seven years ago today, the songwriter who penned hits for some of the biggest names in country music in the 1970s died.

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Country music icon Merle Haggard (1937-2016), had 38 of his albums appear on Billboard's country-music top 10 charts (more ...