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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class; these occasionally contained themes contrary to the anti–Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s. He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010); a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006); a BMI Icon Award (2006); and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977); Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
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Faith, Hope & Country [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Precious Memories | 3:15 |
Country Music of Your Life [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Today I Started Loving You Again | 2:21 |
Merle Haggard: The Best of the Capitol Years [2016]
5 Classic Albums [2013]
Legends of Country [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
Legends of Country: Lookin' For Love [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
Country's Got Heart [Box Set] [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Always Wanting You | 3:08 |
The Golden Age of Country [Time-Life] [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:10 |
...Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record 1961-2008 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:45 |
The Fightin' Side of Me | 2:55 |
Country's Got Heart: Together Again [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Always Wanting You | 3:08 |
Golden Age of Country [CD Baby] [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:10 |
Best of Merle Haggard [Capitol 2009] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
Carolyn | 2:34 |
The Fightin' Side of Me | 2:53 |
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) | 3:21 |
Workin' Man Blues | 2:34 |
Everybody's Had the Blues | 2:56 |
Golden Age of Country: Hillbilly Heaven [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:10 |
Country's 20 Classic Songs of the Century [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
Patriotic Country, Vol. 3 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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The Fightin' Side of Me | 2:51 |
Hag: Concepts, Live & the Strangers -- The Capitol Recordings 1968-1976 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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San Antonio Rose | 2:07 |
Mama Tried | 2:14 |
Workin' Man Blues | 1:45 |
Stumbling | 3:27 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 3:11 |
Watchin' Scotty Grow | 2:48 |
Legends of American Music: The Original Outlaw [2007]
Superstars of Country [Time Life] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
Very Best of Merle Haggard [EMI Gold] [2007]
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World/It's All in the Movies [2006]
Song | Duration |
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It's All in the Movies | 3:18 |
Living with the Shades Pulled Down | 2:58 |
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man [2006]
Mama Tried/Pride in What I Am [2006]
Sing Me Back Home/Bonnie & Clyde [2006]
Strangers/Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down [Capitol] [2006]
Country Legends Live, Vol. 2 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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That's the Way Love Goes [DVD] |
Go Country [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Okie From Muskogee | |
Fightin' Side of Me |
Portrait of Merle Haggard/Keep Movin' On [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Workin' Man's Blues | 2:37 |
Silver Wings | 2:45 |
Who Do I Know in Dallas | 2:28 |
She Thinks I Still Care | 2:39 |
Hungry Eyes | 3:29 |
I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day | 3:04 |
Every Fool Has a Rainbow | 2:29 |
I Came So Close to Living Alone | 2:51 |
Montego Bay | 2:55 |
Movin' On | 2:16 |
Always Wanting You | 3:08 |
Kentucky Gambler | 2:42 |
Here in Frisco | 2:30 |
I've Got a Yearning | 3:34 |
Superstars of Country: Party Time [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
The Kings and Queens of Country [Sony] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:43 |
Trucker's Jukebox [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Movin' On | 2:16 |
White Line Fever | 3:09 |
#1 Country Hits [Fuel 2000] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Okie From Muskogee | 2:43 |
40 #1 Hits [2004]
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)/If We Make It Through December [2004]
The Kings of Classic Country [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:43 |
20 Country No 1's [2002]
20 Greatest Hits [2002]
Capitol Records 1942-2002 [Deluxe Box Set] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Okie from Muskogee | 2:44 |
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde/Pride in What I Am [2002]
Cheatin' [2001]
Drinkin' [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Drink Up and Be Somebody | 2:28 |
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me | 2:37 |
I Can't Hold Myself in Line | 2:53 |
No Reason to Quit | 2:35 |
Hurtin' [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Sing a Sad Song | 2:34 |
Silver Wings | 2:42 |
House of Memories | 2:45 |
Everybody's Had the Blues | 2:51 |
Things Aren't Funny Anymore | 2:42 |
What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana | 3:07 |
Making Believe | 3:01 |
Always Wanting You | 3:05 |
Every Fool Has a Rainbow | 2:26 |
Prison [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:11 |
Sing Me Back Home | 2:49 |
Huntsville | 3:07 |
Folsom Prison Blues | 2:47 |
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive | 2:55 |
Will You Visit Me on Sundays | 2:51 |
The Ultimate Collection [2000]
Song | Duration |
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The I'm a Lonesome Fugitive | 2:59 |
Mama Tried [The Ballad from Killers Three] | 2:13 |
Okie from Muskogee | 2:45 |
A&E Biography [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Movin' On | 2:15 |
Classic Country [Time-Life Box Set] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:13 |
Classic Country: 1975-1979 [2 CD 1999 #1] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Always Wanting You | 3:08 |
Classic Country: Country Tradition [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:13 |
Classic Country: The '70s Treasures [1999]
Song | Duration |
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It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) | 3:22 |
Down Every Road [1996]
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Mama Tried [1996]
The Roots of My Raising [1976]
Song | Duration |
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What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana | 3:11 |
Cherokee Maiden | 2:59 |
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album [1974]
Song | Duration |
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Old Man from the Mountain | 2:23 |
Totally Instrumental with One Exception... [1973]
Song | Duration |
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Sittin' on Top of the World | |
Over the Rainbow |
Let Me Tell You About a Song [1972]
Song | Duration |
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Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) | 3:23 |
Grandma Harp | 3:11 |
Irma Jackson | 2:56 |
Hag [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Soldier's Last Letter | 2:11 |
Shelly's Winter Love | 3:22 |
Jesus, Take a Hold | 2:16 |
I Can't Be Myself | 2:51 |
I'm a Good Loser | 2:38 |
The Sidewalks of Chicago | 2:29 |
No Reason To Quit | 2:35 |
If You've Got Time (To Say Goodbye) | 2:52 |
The Farmer's Daughter | 2:55 |
I've Done It All | 2:15 |
Honky Tonkin' [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 3:11 |
Stumbling | 3:25 |
Watchin' Scotty Grow | 2:45 |
Someday We'll Look Back [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Someday We'll Look Back | 2:31 |
Train of Life | 2:42 |
One Sweet Hello | 2:47 |
One Row At a Time | 3:06 |
I'd Rather Be Gone | 2:35 |
California Cottonfields | 2:46 |
Carolyn | 2:33 |
Tulare Dust | 1:47 |
Huntsville | 3:06 |
The Only Trouble With Me | 3:11 |
The Land of Many Churches [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Amazing Grace | 3:33 |
The Old Rugged Cross | 4:03 |
The Family Bible | 3:38 |
Just a Closer | 3:19 |
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or, My Salute to Bob Wills) [1970]
Song | Duration |
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San Antonio Rose | 2:26 |
Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Every Fool Has a Rainbow | 2:46 |
Introducing My Friends the Strangers [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Workin' Man Blues |
Introducing My Friends, the Strangers [1970]
Song | Duration |
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Star |
A Portrait of Merle Haggard [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Workin' Man Blues | 2:37 |
Silver Wings | 2:52 |
Who Do I Know in Dallas | 2:28 |
She Thinks I Still Care | 2:39 |
Hungry Eyes | 3:29 |
I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day | 3:04 |
Every Fool Has a Rainbow | 2:29 |
I Came So Close to Living Alone | 2:51 |
Montego Bay | 2:55 |
Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried |
Pride in What I Am [1969]
Same Train, a Different Time [1969]
The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers [1969]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried |
Legend of Bonnie & Clyde [1968]
Mama Tried [1968]
Sing Me Back Home [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Sing Me Back Home | 2:48 |
Look Over Me | 2:55 |
Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp | 2:57 |
Wine Take Me Away | 2:45 |
If You See My Baby | 2:28 |
Where Does the Good Times Go | 2:03 |
My Past Is Present | 1:55 |
Home Is Where a Kid Grows Up | 2:24 |
Mom and Dad's Waltz | 2:55 |
Good Times | 2:39 |
Seeing Eye Dog | 1:58 |
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde [1968]
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive [1967]
Song | Duration |
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I'm a Lonesome Fugitive | 2:56 |
All of Me Belongs to You | 2:40 |
House of Memories | 2:47 |
Whatever Happened to Me | 2:57 |
Drink up and Be Somebody | 2:30 |
Mary's Mine | 2:56 |
My Rough and Rowdy Ways | 2:23 |
Mixed up Mess of a Heart | 2:07 |
Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down [1966]
Song | Duration |
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Swinging Doors | 2:51 |
I'll Look Over You | 2:13 |
The Bottle Let Me Down | 2:49 |
High on a Hilltop | 3:01 |
Branded Man
Song | Duration |
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Branded Man | 3:06 |
Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive | 2:34 |
Don't Get Married | 2:29 |
Somewhere Between | 3:04 |
Gone Crazy | 2:02 |
I Threw Away The Rose | 3:20 |
My Hands Are Tied | 2:16 |
Some Of Us Never Learn | 2:40 |
Long Black Limousine | 3:13 |
Go Home | 2:33 |
I Made The Prison Band | 2:30 |
Golden Age of Country
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 3:00 |
Keep Movin' On
Song | Duration |
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Always Wanting You | 3:08 |
Here in Frisco | 2:30 |
The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard [Capitol]
Song | Duration |
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Okie From Muskogee | 3:29 |
Hungry Eyes | 3:27 |
The Farmer's Daughter | 2:54 |
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) | 3:09 |
Today I Started Loving You Again | 2:20 |
Mama Tried | 2:12 |
Silver Wings | 2:43 |
No Reason to Quit | 2:31 |
Every Fool Has a Rainbow | 2:29 |
The Fightin' Side of Me | 2:57 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Kentucky Gambler | |
Longer You Wait | 2:18 |
Honky Tonk Night Time Man | |
No More You and Me | 2:18 |
Vintage Collections
Song | Duration |
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Mama Tried | 2:14 |
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive | 3:01 |
Branded Man | 3:07 |
Sing Me Back Home | 2:48 |
Someday We'll Look Back | 2:32 |
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) | 3:20 |
Swinging Doors | 2:52 |
The Family Bible | 3:23 |
Hungry Eyes | 3:27 |
Okie From Muskogee | 3:29 |
The Fightin' Side of Me | 3:38 |
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