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Occupation. Singer-songwriter. Instrument (s) Vocals, guitar. Years active. 1949–1981. Labels. Tally Capitol. Bonnie Owens (born Bonnie Campbell; October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006) [ 1 ] was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard.
The Strangers were an American country band that formed in 1966 in Bakersfield, California. They mainly served as the backup band for singer-songwriter Merle Haggard, who named them after his first hit single "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers". [1] In addition to serving as his backing band, members of the Strangers also produced many of ...
Janie Fricke. Jane Marie Fricke (/ ˈfrɪki / FRIK-ee; born December 19, 1947 [ 1 ][ 2 ]), known professionally as Janie Fricke, [ a ] is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and clothing designer. She has placed seventeen singles in the top ten of the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Website. merlehaggard.com. 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.
Contents. Leona Williams. Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943, in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers. (She and Haggard were married between 1978 and 1983.)
Just Between the Two of Us hit number 4 on the country albums chart. In a retrospective review by Mark Deming for AllMusic, Deming wrote that the album is for "Haggard completists" and notes, "while Bonnie Owens was a good honky tonk singer, she was hardly a great one like Haggard, who seems to be holding himself back a bit musically as he defers to his spouse."
38. The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes 66 studio albums, five instrumental albums featuring his backing band the Strangers, as well as several live and compilation albums. Haggard recorded for a variety of major and independent record labels through the years, with significant years spent with Capitol ...
Merle Haggard and Leona Williams chronology. Pancho & Lefty (album) (1983) Heart to Heart. (1983) That's the Way Love Goes (Merle Haggard album) (1983) Heart to Heart is a duet album by Merle Haggard and Leona Williams with backing by the Strangers, released in June 1983 on Mercury Records. [1] It reached number 44 on the Billboard Country ...