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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.
The Way I Am (Merle Haggard song) We Never Touch at All; What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life) When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again; Workin' Man Blues; A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (song)
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 .
Pages in category "Songs written by Merle Haggard" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The song "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" brought Haggard country stardom. Although it sounds autobiographical (Haggard had done time at San Quentin), David Cantwell states in his book The Running Kind that it was actually written by Liz Anderson and her husband Casey while driving cross country and was inspired by the popular television show The Fugitive starring David Janssen as Richard Kimble.
The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart, where it remained for three weeks. [3] It also charted in the lower regions of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to the studio version of the song, a live version of "The Fightin' Side of Me" was issued as part of Haggard's live album of the same name.
"Sing a Sad Song" was released as a single on Capitol Records in November 1963. It was Haggard's debut single release for the label and became successful. [3] The single spent three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at number 19 in January 1964. [4] The song became Haggard's first major hit as a music artist. [3]
Haggard had recorded "Sing a Sad Song" for Tally, first hearing the Wynn Stewart composition when he played bass for Stewart in 1962. The song made it to number 19 on the Billboard country singles chart in 1963, but Haggard's first Top 10 hit was the Liz Anderson-penned "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers."