"I think Merle is a great singer and songwriter, and probably he was in as bad a shape as I was, but we’ve never been close since that night.” ...

The list includes songs dating back to the 1930s, and they are only halfway through.  Songs are released in different eras, mostly broken down by decades. So far, no Oklahoma natives have ...

Leading the movement, Buck Owens ... times, Merle Haggard found himself turning 21 inside San Quentin State Prison. “Somebody was always after me, it seemed like,” he said. “Bonnie and ...

Merle Haggard countrified the story with co-writer Bonnie Owens and, like Fame, scored a No.1 with it. “The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde” led the country charts for two weeks, Haggard’s fourth ...

Theresa Haggard thinks her husband, Merle Haggard, would be in disbelief if he were alive to see "Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard," the all-star concert in celebration of his life ...

Host Reba McEntire launched into Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee," followed by Clint Black with Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Wynonna Judd with The Judds' "Why Not Me." LeAnn Rimes ...

Age 87, passed away May 9, 2025. He was born August 27, 1937, to Merle and Rose (Popoff) Barnhart. Merle was raised in Lansing, MI and graduated from Resurrection High School in 1956. Following ...

Geoffrey Owens is opening up about how his life has changed since being job-shamed last year for working at Trader Joe's. On the Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet Sunday, the 57-year-old ...

With much sadness and a heavy heart, the family of Merle Belz Backer announces her recent passing. Merle was a devoted and caring mother, loving wife, beloved family member, and cherished friend.

Merle Vincent Lashey, Jr., age 101 years young, passed away on May 13, 2024, at his residence in Marion, OH. Merle was born in Marion, Ohio on May 01,1924, to the late Merle V. and Dorothy (Conkle ...

Anyone with an interest in Bakersfield, music or great stories will love this fast-paced history of the movement that turned laborers like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names ...