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Merle Haggard

04/06/1937 in Bakersfield, CA

Genres

  • Outlaw Country
  • Honky Tonk
  • Traditional Country
  • Country

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Biography

Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era. ... (see more)


Albums by Release Date

Django And Jimmie album cover
Django And Jimmie
by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson
Working In Tennessee album cover
Working In Tennessee
by Merle Haggard
I Am What I Am album cover
I Am What I Am
by Merle Haggard
Best Of Merle Haggard album cover
Best Of Merle Haggard
by Merle Haggard
20 Hits Vol 2 album cover
20 Hits Vol 2
by Merle Haggard
Legends Of American Music: The Original Outlaw album cover
Legends Of American Music: The Original Outlaw
by Merle Haggard
Last Of The Breed album cover
Last Of The Breed
by Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Willie Nelson
Live At Billy Bob's Texas album cover
Live At Billy Bob's Texas
by Merle Haggard
The Roots Of My Raising album cover
The Roots Of My Raising
by Merle Haggard
Mama Tried album cover
Mama Tried
by Merle Haggard
Okie From Muskogee (Capitol) album cover
Okie From Muskogee (Capitol)
by Merle Haggard
Hurtin' album cover
Hurtin'
by Merle Haggard
Drinkin' album cover
Drinkin'
by Merle Haggard
Prison album cover
Prison
by Merle Haggard
Roots Vol.1 album cover
Roots Vol.1
by Merle Haggard
The Millennium Collection: The Best Of album cover
The Millennium Collection: The Best Of
by Merle Haggard
If I Could Only Fly album cover
If I Could Only Fly
by Merle Haggard
Strangers-Swinging Doors album cover
Strangers-Swinging Doors
by Merle Haggard
Pancho And Lefty album cover
Pancho And Lefty
by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson

Featured on

Mean Old Man (Deluxe Edition) album cover
Mean Old Man (Deluxe Edition)
by Jerry Lee Lewis
Midnight Souvenirs album cover
Midnight Souvenirs
by Peter Wolf
Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program album cover
Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Greatest Hits album cover
Greatest Hits
by Gretchen Wilson
Moneyland album cover
Moneyland
by Del McCoury
One Hell Of A Ride album cover
One Hell Of A Ride
by Willie Nelson
Easy Money album cover
Easy Money
by John Anderson
Sinners Like Me album cover
Sinners Like Me
by Eric Church
Off To Join The World album cover
Off To Join The World
by Blaine Larsen
All Jacked Up album cover
All Jacked Up
by Gretchen Wilson
My Very Special Guests (Legacy Edition) album cover
My Very Special Guests (Legacy Edition)
by George Jones
Honkytonk University album cover
Honkytonk University
by Toby Keith
Ride With Bob album cover
Ride With Bob
by Asleep At The Wheel

Compilations

The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (The Soundtrack) album cover
The Vietnam War: A Film By Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (The Soundtrack)
by Various Artists
Promo Only: Country Radio November '13 album cover
Promo Only: Country Radio November '13
by Various Artists
Promo Only: Country Radio December '12 album cover
Promo Only: Country Radio December '12
by Various Artists
Now That's What I Call A Country Christmas album cover
Now That's What I Call A Country Christmas
by Various Artists
Boots, Buckles & Spurs: 50 Songs Celebrate 50 Years Of Cowboy Tradition album cover
Boots, Buckles & Spurs: 50 Songs Celebrate 50 Years Of Cowboy Tradition
by Various Artists
Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers album cover
Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
by Various Artists
Life's Highway album cover
Life's Highway
by Various Artists
Super Hits Of The '80s album cover
Super Hits Of The '80s
by Various Artists
Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.6: Remote Control album cover
Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.6: Remote Control
by Various Artists
Hillbilly Fever Vol.4: Legends Of The West Coast album cover
Hillbilly Fever Vol.4: Legends Of The West Coast
by Various Artists
Two Steppin' Country Vol.2 album cover
Two Steppin' Country Vol.2
by Various Artists
Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys (Dance Version) album cover
Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys (Dance Version)
by Various Artists

Playlists

Genre Mixup
Genre Mixup
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music of our lives
music of our lives
dj: careheaven
Truck Stop Tunes
Truck Stop Tunes
dj: jemaloha
Phoneman02golfer
Phoneman02golfer
dj: phoneman02
big 80s country 2
big 80s country 2
dj: coreylssgn600
80's Country
80's Country
dj: BlueBeatTimeMachine
Country Road
Country Road
dj: djbeebo
Sixxy-10 PERFECTION. Happy Birthday Angel!
Sixxy-10 PERFECTION. Happy Birthday Angel!
dj: ted8tt

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