Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance ...

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Merle Haggard's 1969 album 'Okie From Muskogee' topped the country albums chart 56 years ago today on May 22, 1970.

In December, Merle Haggard postponed some tour dates after entering the hospital due to a bout of pneumonia, and he continued to cancel shows throughout January, February, March and April, as he ...

Merle Haggard’s songs always seemed to channel the people he sang for through his 79 years: blue-collar workers, prison inmates, forlorn lovers and everyday Americans looking for signs of reassurance ...

Merle Haggard has passed away, but his musical legacy remains in the form of some of the most important songs in country music history. The legendary musician was not only instrumental in creating the ...

New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The ...

Merle Haggard worked the stage right up until the end of his life, performing his final shows just two months before he passed away. In a new interview, Toby Keith recalls how he was able to step up ...

PALO CEDRO, Calif. — Several fans lined Silver Bridge Road in Palo Cedro on Saturday to say one last goodbye to Merle Haggard, who died at home Wednesday from pneumonia at age 79. The private funeral ...

Prior to his death on April 6, Merle Haggard postponed numerous tour dates as he struggled to recover from a bout of pneumonia. However, on Feb. 6, Haggard played what would be one of his final shows, ...

Tributes poured in on Twitter after news broke of legendary country musician Merle Haggard's death on Wednesday, his 79th birthday. The singer-songwriter died in Palo Cedro, California, 8 miles east ...

It all came from that evening, in spring 1946. Merle Haggard was nine. He had been at a Church of Christ prayer meeting outside Bakersfield, California, with his mother, Flossie. The young boy didn’t ...