Merle Haggard was one of the greatest country singer/songwriters to walk the earth. He was also one of the only (reformed) criminals in the Outlaw Country movement. Haggard also helped to bring the ...
On Aug. 16, 1969, Merle Haggard’s “Workin’ Man Blues” climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It became the seventh of the genre cornerstone’s 38 leaders, the third-most in the survey ...
2025 marks 100 years of Nashville's iconic Grand Ole Opry. Country music's most beloved radio program is an unquestionable American pop cultural institution. To celebrate, the Opry is slowly revealing ...