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Apr 6, 2016 · Merle Haggard, who over six decades composed and performed one of the greatest repertoires in country music, capturing the American condition with his stories of the poor, the lost, the working...
Apr 6, 2016 · Inventive singer-songwriter who gave common people a forthright voice. Merle Haggard, who has died aged 79, was one of the most resonant figures in country music for almost half a century.
Apr 2, 2024 · Merle Haggard (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
April 6, 1937. Died. April 6, 2016. Birthplace. Bakersfield, California. Merle Haggard stands, with the arguable exception of Hank Williams, as the single most influential singer-songwriter in country music history. He was one of country music’s most versatile artists, stylistically mining honky-tonk, blues, jazz, pop, and folk.
Apr 7, 2016 · April 6, 2016. Merle Haggard, one of the most successful singers in the history of country music, a contrarian populist whose songs about his scuffling early life and his time in prison made...
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Oct 21, 2009 · When Merle Haggard died on his 79th birthday, April 6th, the world lost one country music's greatest performers and writers. Haggard originally began learning to play guitar at the age of 11,...
Apr 6, 2016 · Merle Haggard, the country music legend who was born during the Depression, came of age in prison and whose songs have earned him the title, “ poet of the common man ,” died Wednesday at...
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