One afternoon in a Hollywood studio produced a song that would change his career—and country music—with almost no one ...

A decade ago, Merle Haggard died on the same day he turned 79 after sharing a premonition that his final moments would coincide with his birthday. The country music singer fell ill with pneumonia in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Willie Nelson, 92, has a history of making entire albums that revive and reimagine the works of single songwriters. And he's done ...

Country icon Merle Haggard has been as much of an inspiration to the mainstream music world as he has been to the scrappy indie scene bubbling beneath it, and two tribute albums that came out in the ...

This isn't the best Merle Haggard take I've ever seen... but it is the worst Merle Haggard take I've ever seen. When ...

Johnny Cash’s unprecedented January 1958 performance at San Quentin Prison did more than offer up a slice of normalcy for the more than 1,000 inmates in attendance. It also set the wheels in motion ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Country music icon Merle Haggard (1937-2016), had 38 of his albums appear on Billboard's country-music top 10 charts (more ...