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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.)
She also helped care for Haggard's children from his first marriage and was the maid of honor for Haggard's third marriage. Haggard and Owens divorced in 1978 but remained close friends as Owens continued as his backing vocalist until her death in 2006. [100] In 1978, Haggard married Leona Williams. In 1983, they divorced. [101]
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.
He was married four times and for the last six years of his life lived with his long-time love, Leona Williams (former wife of Merle Haggard). Husky suffered from cardiopathy for many years and was hospitalized several times beginning in the late 1970s, including for heart surgery in 2005 and for blood clots in his legs in 2007.
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 ...
That version, which can be found on the box set Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976, is more lighthearted and whimsical than the one Haggard recorded in 1983. The song topped the Billboard country singles chart, as did "Someday When Things Are Good," a song co-written by Haggard and his wife Leona Williams. It also proved to be prophetic, as ...
Other notable tracks include "(I Don't Have) Any More Love Songs", which is a Hank Williams, Jr. song from his 1979 Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, and "Can't Break the Habit," a song co-authored by Haggard and his third wife Leona Williams. Haggard and Williams, who married in 1978, began having troubles around this time and their divorce would ...
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 ...