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In the early to mid-2000s, there was debate over replacing Where the Columbines Grow with John Denver's Rocky Mountain High or Merle Haggard's rare song Colorado. In 2007, the Colorado legislature named Rocky Mountain High as Colorado's second official state song, paired with Where the Columbines Grow. [5]
"Today I Started Loving You Again" is a 1968 song written by Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens. [1] Haggard first recorded it as a B-side to his number 1 hit, "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde", [1] but it failed to chart. It also appears on his 1968 album, The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde. [2]
"I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" is a song written by Chuck Howard, and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in April 1978 as the first single and title track from the album I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]
On the surface, the track, 2005’s “America First” by country legend Merle Haggard, seems like a solid fit. ... Here are the full lyrics of “America First,” according to Genius.
Co-writer Merle Haggard recorded the song first on his 1981 hit LP Big City but did not release it as a single. According to the Stephen L. Betts Rolling Stone article "George Jones Gets 'Lucky' with Merle Haggard Song" published online on February 13, 2015, Haggard's manager, Tex Whitson, first pitched it to Jones' producer Billy Sherrill because Jones and Haggard were on the outs at the time.
Several of Van Zandt's compositions were recorded by other artists, such as Emmylou Harris who, with Don Williams, had a No. 3 country hit in 1981 with "If I Needed You," and Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, the pair taking "Pancho and Lefty" to No. 1 on the country charts in 1983. Van Zandt had a small cameo appearance in the video for the song.
Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up ...
Blue Jungle is the forty-seventh studio album by American recording artist Merle Haggard, with backing by his band, The Strangers, released in 1990.The album peaked at number 47 on the Billboard country albums chart.