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Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard 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; a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; a BMI Icon Award; and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame; Country Music Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Okie from Muskogee
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I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
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Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
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Pancho and Lefty
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Mama Tried

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American Country Legend

Album2024
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Swinging Doors

Album2014
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Sing His Best

Album2009
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Fightin' Side Of Me

Album2020
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Working In Tennessee

Album2011
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Workin' Man Blues

Album2009
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Merle Haggard - Branded Man

Album2016
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I Am What I Am

Album2010
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Django and Jimmie

Album2015
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Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player

Album2010

Singles

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Okie from Muskogee

2012
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That's the Way Baseball Go"

2011

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Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)

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Merle Haggard - Branded Man (Live)

Merle Haggard128K views
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Merle Haggard - The Roots Of My Raising (Live)

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Classic Country

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Classic Country Christmas

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Songs About Mama

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Hello Hangover

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Country Jukebox

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Country Duets

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Real Country: '80s and '90s

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Country Gold

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Presenting Willie Nelson

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Outlaw Country

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