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Hace 2 días · Between 1981 and 1985, Haggard scored 12 more top-10 country hits, with nine of them reaching number one, including "My Favorite Memory," "Going Where the Lonely Go," "Someday When Things Are Good," and "Natural High".
Hace 4 días · Tracklist:01. 00:00 - Mama Tried02. 02:08 - The Fightin' Side of Me03. 04:48 - Silver Wings04. 07:50 - Okie from Muskogee05. 10:50 - Okie from Muskogee's Com...
Hace 21 horas · Haggard was indeed sent to San Quentin in 1957, but “instead of life in prison I was doing one-to-15 years,” he told a reporter. “I just couldn’t get that to rhyme.” Oddly upbeat compared to his earlier “Sing Me Back Home,” “Mama Tried” was adopted by perennial band on the run the Grateful Dead, who performed it at Woodstock and on more than 300 subsequent occasions.
Hace 3 días · 1963. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Before there was “White Line Fever,” “Convoy,” or “East Bound and Down,” there was “Six Days on the Road,” the song that forever hitched ...
Hace 21 horas · Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Webb Pierce, and many more showed up in the top half of the collection. Parton’s iconic “Jolene” came in first. Videos by American Songwriter.
Hace 21 horas · Merle Ronald Haggard was a beloved American country singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was born on April 6, 1937, in Oildale, California, to Flossie Mae and James Francis Haggard . The Haggard family had initially lived in Checotah, Oklahoma, but had to move to California during the Great Depression after their barn was destroyed by a fire in 1934.
Hace 21 horas · Merle Haggard Born on April 6, 1937, Haggard’s journey from a troubled youth to a legendary singer-songwriter is a testament to the transformative power of music.
