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"If We Make It Through December" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Merle Haggard and the Strangers.It was released in October 1973 as the lead single from the album Merle Haggard's Christmas Present, and was the title track on a non-Christmas album four months later.
Merle Haggard's Christmas Present is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1973. [2] The single, "If We Make It Through December" spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in December 1973 and January 1974, and cracked the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100.
If We Make It Through December is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1974. It reached number 4 on the Billboard country album charts. [1] The title track was previously released on Haggard's Christmas release of 1973, A Christmas Present.
1973 "The Emptiest Arms in the World" (with the Strangers) 3 — 12 — "Everybody's Had the Blues" (with the Strangers) 1 62 1 — "If We Make It Through December" (with the Strangers) 1 28 1 30 If We Make It Through December: 1974 "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (with the Strangers) 1 — 2 — Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album
The 1973 recession anthem, "If We Make It Through December", furthered Haggard's status as a champion of the working class. "If We Make It Through December" turned out to be Haggard and the Strangers' final crossover pop hit. Haggard appeared on the cover of TIME on May 6, 1974. [60]
All of these—and many more—monumental things happened in 1973, a year that many still reminisce about to this day. ... the picnics with friends, the self-expression through fashion, the fandom ...
1973 "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" 1 — 1 — I Love Dixie Blues "The Emptiest Arms in the World" 3 — 12 — "Everybody's Had the Blues" 1 62 1 — 1974 "If We Make It Through December" 1 28 1 16 If We Make It Through December "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" 1 — 2 — Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album "Old Man from the Mountain" 1 ...
Tanya Tucker had her first chart-topper in 1973 at the age of 14. Hot Country Songs is a record chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1973, 36 different singles topped the chart, at the time published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine.