April 6 marked 10 years since we lost country music giant Merle Haggard on his 79th birthday. With a career lasting more than five decades, Haggard brought the Bakersfield, California country sound to ...

Released in early 1975, "Always Wanting You" became the 20th No. 1 hit for Merle Haggard, spending two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and continuing his dominant run during the ...

Merle Haggard’s feelings toward Dolly Parton were rather unextraordinary when one considers just how many people are enamored with the bubbly, vivacious, and witty country music star. But what made ...