Dolly Parton said she didn't know Merle Haggard was in love with her. If she had, she said she would have flirted despite being married.

On this day, August 1, 1966, Merle Haggard recorded his first-ever No. 1 hit, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" in Los Angeles, California.

Merle Haggard fell deeply in love with Dolly Parton. When he looked back on his behavior, he couldn't help but cringe.

In 1982, Jones and Haggard joined forces for an album of duets titled A Taste of Yesterday’s Wine. The LP went to No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Its first single, “Yesterday’s Wine,” ...

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced the unveiling of a new Oklahoma Music Trail Marker honoring legendary ...

Tributes poured in on Twitter after news broke of legendary country musician Merle Haggard's death on Wednesday, his 79th birthday. The singer-songwriter died in Palo Cedro, California, 8 miles ...

Throughout The Music of Merle Haggard, Tucker performed "The Farmer's Daughter," Lambert sang an emotion-packed "Misery and Gin," and Haggard's good friend Bobby Bare played "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive." ...

"Merle Haggard was my No. 1 inspiration in my life," Gill says. "The way he led a band, the way he played, the way he sang, the way he wrote songs was the pinnacle in every level to me.

Dubbed Merle's Girls, the name was finalized by the icon's daughter, inspired by a time Haggard sponsored a girls' soccer team in California. She adds that marijuana kept him going in his last 20 ...

Merle Haggard 's son has revealed that his late father warned the family he was going to die on Wednesday – 79 years to the day he was born. "A week ago dad told us he was gonna pass on his ...

After Merle Haggard passed away Wednesday at home in Palo Cedro, Calif., country music was pouring its heart out over word of the Golden State native's death from pneumonia at 79.