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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.
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.
Labels. Hickory MCA Elektra. 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.)
Merle Haggard Before his rise to fame, Merle Haggard spent some time in and out of prison. He was arrested in 1957 for attempted robbery and was held at the Bakersfield Jail after being convicted.
Merle Haggard chronology. The Way I Am. (1980) Back to the Barrooms. (1980) Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium. (1981) Back to the Barrooms is the thirty-first studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard, released in October 1980. He is backed by Norm Hamlet and Don Markham of The Strangers.
If I Could Only Fly is the 50th studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 2000. The album reached number 26 on the Billboard Country albums chart. [ 1 ] The title song is a cover of a 1979 song written and recorded by Texas songwriter Blaze Foley. Haggard had previously recorded the song as a duet with American country ...
Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was an American country music singer and songwriter, considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Lynn, Wynette helped bring a woman's perspective to the male-dominated country music field that helped other women find ...
A Place to Fall Apart. " A Place to Fall Apart " is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard as a duet with Janie Fricke and backed by The Strangers. It was released in October 1984 as the second single from the album It's All in the Game. The song was the first single where Haggard and Fricke worked together.