The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced the unveiling of a new Oklahoma Music Trail Marker honoring legendary ...

In 1982, Jones and Haggard joined forces for an album of duets titled A Taste of Yesterday’s Wine. The LP went to No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Its first single, “Yesterday’s Wine,” ...

On this day, August 1, 1966, Merle Haggard recorded his first-ever No. 1 hit, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" in Los Angeles, California.

Muskogee Civic Center became part of the Oklahoma Music Trail when a marker was unveiled Thursday. The marker, placed next to the Merle Haggard statue, recounts when Haggard made a live recording of ...

Merle Haggard fell deeply in love with Dolly Parton. When he looked back on his behavior, he couldn't help but cringe.

"Merle wrote his life's story in his songs, and those songs, though specific to him, are also universal to everyone," continues Eliot about the genius that separated Haggard from other singer ...

-- Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard passed away today on his 79th birthday, his son Ben confirmed on Facebook. "A week ago dad told us he was gonna pass on his birthday, and he wasn't wrong.

Merle Haggard sang & wrote the very 1st songs that ALABAMA played in public, “Sing Me Back Home” & “Silver Wings” To the group ALABAMA… — ALABAMA (@TheAlabamaBand) April 6, 2016 ...

After Merle Haggard passed away Wednesday at home in Palo Cedro, Calif., country music was pouring its heart out over word of the Golden State native's death from pneumonia at 79.

Merle Haggard dead on birthday, world reacts When they met, Bonnie Owens was the bigger name, but Mr. Haggard’s fame soon eclipsed hers.

Merle Haggard's songs always seemed to channel the people he sang for through his 79 years: blue-collar workers, prison inmates, forlorn lovers and everyday Americans looking for signs of ...

Haggard remembered when Route 66 was "just a narrow two-lane road." That road led Merle Haggard to gold LPs, comparisons with Hank Williams, honors from the Academy of Country and Western Music.