Fifty-six years ago, Merle Haggard started a seven-week run at the top of the chart with his second hit live album.

Cash had lost his voice the night before. Haggard was 20 and doing time.

Forty-three years ago today, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson were at No. 1 with their first collaborative album.

Tucker and Haggard went on to be great friends before his 2016 death, and she is still friendly with his family ...

Honky-tonk hero Merle Haggard's death yesterday (April 6) impacted more than just the country-music community. His influence reached deep into the rock realm, too. The boys from Jacksonville, Fla., ...

We're not necessarily recommending it, but ending up in prison does seem like a surprisingly reliable way to become an ...

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 ...

Merle Haggard, the former San Quentin inmate whose resonant baritone, songs about the hardships of ordinary people and devotion to the traditions of country music put him in the pantheon of American ...

Country icon Merle Haggard died Wednesday morning (April 6) on his 79th birthday. Country artists, singer-songwriters and musicians across the nation are reacting online to the news. By Billboard ...

It all came from that evening, in spring 1946. Merle Haggard was nine. He had been at a Church of Christ prayer meeting outside Bakersfield, California, with his mother, Flossie. The young boy didn’t ...