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Merle Haggard

Haggard performing live in 1971 Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.

Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class; these occasionally contained themes contrary to the anti–Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the ''Billboard'' all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.

He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010); a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006); a BMI Icon Award (2006); and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977); Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. 40 #1 hits
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    by Haggard, Merle
    Published 2004
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  2. by Haggard, Merle
    Published 2017
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  3. Sing me back home
    the music of Merle Haggard
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    by Haggard, Merle
    Published 2020
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  4. by Nelson, Willie, 1933-
    Published 2007
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  5. Last of the breed
    live in concert
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    Published 2023
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  6. American III
    solitary man
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    by Cash, Johnny
    Published 2000
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  7. by Nelson, Willie, 1933-
    Published 2023
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  8. by Williams, Hank, 1923-1953
    Published 2011
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  9. Living for a song
    a tribute to Hank Cochran
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    by Johnson, Jamey
    Published 2012
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  10. Still the king
    celebrating the music of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
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    by Wills, Bob, 1905-1975
    Published 2015
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  11. by Lewis, Jerry Lee
    Published 2006
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  12. Country music
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    Published 2019
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