Reba McEntire revealed why she avoided meeting Merle Haggard for years, sharing how the country legend exceeded every ...

A chart-topping country song told the touching story of a family whose determination helped them overcome extraordinary challenges.

One of the year’s best albums is a Merle Haggard tribute called “Best Troubador”—the odd spelling is deliberate—from the singer-songwriter Will Oldham, working under his stage name, Bonnie “Prince” ...

Before “Okie From Muskogee” became his signature song and before “If We Make It Through December” became his biggest crossover hit, Merle Haggard’s best-known song was the one where he came clean ...

One afternoon in a Hollywood studio produced a song that would change his career—and country music—with almost no one ...

Merle Haggard enjoyed plenty of hits back in the 1960s. The country crooner already had a string of No. 1 hits on the US and Canadian country music charts by the time he got to “Workin’ Man Blues” in ...

On this day (December 22) in 1973, Merle Haggard topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “If We Make It Through December.” The song spent four weeks at No. 1, making it the final No. 1 of ...

Author David Ritz recalls when Merle Haggard invited him to his ranch to discuss collaborating on an autobiography that was never realized. By David Ritz Last summer Merle Haggard invited me to his ...

Country music legend Merle Haggard died on Wednesday — his 79th birthday. He'd been fighting various health problems for a long time, but he kept on performing and releasing new albums. Many a veteran ...