Fifty-two years ago today, Merle Haggard started a four-week run at the top of the country charts with a future signature song.

Merle Haggard fans are in mourning. The iconic singer and songwriter died on Wednesday at age 79. It was his birthday. It is not exaggeration to describe Haggard's legacy like this: "Merle Haggard was ...

Only Merle Haggard. Never one who was shy or too scared to speak his mind, Merle was good friends with Ray Benson, frontman of Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, who recalled a great story about ...

The three songs below are popular enough, but the truths in their lyrics are hard to hear. Revisit these three brutally ...

Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Nine tracks from ...

When Merle Haggard visited the Alberta Bair Theater last February, tickets sold out in under three hours and he got a standing ovation before he'd even sung a note. The much-deserved praise was fueled ...

Preparing to enter his seventh decade in the music industry, 92-year-old country music and American icon Willie Nelson is releasing his 78th solo album. "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle" arrives on ...

The ACM Awards gave Merle Haggard a birthday he'll never forget. The former Entertainer of the Year and legendary hitmaker received the Crystal Milestone Award, which signifies outstanding achievement ...

Joe Nichols added his own twist to one of Merle Haggard's most powerful songs in the latest installment in a series of classic country covers. Nichols shares why he chose to cover "Sing Me Back Home" ...