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HAGGARD Merle
(voc,bg)

Personal Data:

Born: 06.04.1937 (USA)
Died: 06.04.2016 (pneumonia)
HAGGARD Merle (photo)

Appearances:

? Wynn Syewart
1965-? The Strangers

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Hag? ?
2.Strangers1965
3.Merle Haggard1966
4.Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down
& The Strangers		1966 Capitol
5.I'm A Lonesome Fugitive1967
6.Branded Man1967
7.Sing Me Back Home1968
8.Legend Of Bonnie & Clyde1968
9.Best1968
10.Mama Tried1968
11.Pride In What I Am1969
12.Same Train, A Different Time1969
13.Portrait1969
14.Close Up1969
15.Okie From Muskogee
& The Strangers		1969 Capitol
16.Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player1971
17.Sing A Sad Song, High On A Hilltop1971
18.Getting To Know1971
19.Fighting Side Of Me1971
20.Land Of Many Churches1972
21.Someday We'll Look Back1972
22.Best Of The Best1972
23.Let Me Tell You About A Song1972
24.It's Not Love
& The Strangers		1973
25.Totally Instrumental With One Exception1973
26.I Love Dixie Blues1973
27.Merle Haggard's Christmas Present1973 Capitol
28.If We Make It Through December
& The Strangers		1974
29.Songs I'll Always Sing1974
30.Presents 30th Album1974
31.The Very Best Of Merle Haggard5/1974 Capitol
32.Keep Movin' On
& The Strangers		6/1975 Capitol
33.It's All In The Movies4/1976 Capitol
34.Roots Of My Raising12/1976 Capitol
35.Ramblin' Fever
produced by: Hank Cochran/Fuzzy Owen/Ken Nelson		15.07.1977MCA
36.Working Men Can't Get Nowhere Today23.09.1977Capitol
37.My Farewell To Elvis
produced by: Fuzzy Owens		23.11.1977MCA
38.The Way It Was In '511978
39.I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall14.07.1978MCA
40.Serving 190 Proof1979
41.Rainbow Stew1980
42.Back To The Bar-Rooms1/1981 MCA
43.Big City1981
44.Amber Waves Of Grain1982
45.Heart To Heart1983
46.A Taste Of Yesterday's Wine
& George Jones		1983
47.Pancho & Lefty
& Willie Nelson		10/1983 107
48.That's The Way Love Goes1984
49.A Friend In California1986
50.Going Where The Lonely Go1986
51.It's All In The Game1986
52.Kern River1986
53.Out Among The Stars1986
54.The Best Of Merle Haggard1987
55.His Greatest And His Best1987
56.Chill Factor1987
57.The Way I Am1987
58.Walking The Line
& George Jones & Willie Nelson		1987
59.Seashores Of Old Mexico
& Willie Nelson		1987
60.His Epic Hits1988
61.501 Blues1989
62.19941994 Curb
63.Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977)1995 Razor & Tie
64.19961996 Curb
65.Down Every Road4/1996 Capitol
66.16 Biggest Hits14.07.1998Epic
67.Twelve #1 Hits 123.02.1999
68.Twelve #1 Hits 223.02.1999
69.Back To Back
& Conway Twitty		01.06.1999
70.A&E Biography08.06.1999
71.George Jones & Merle Haggard
& George Jones		29.06.1999
72.20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection08.02.2000Chronicles
73.Best Of The '90s15.02.2000Curb
74.The Ultimate Collection16.05.2000Hip-O
75.20 Number One Hits12.09.2000Varese Sarabande
76.New Light Through Old Windows10.10.20007N
77.If I Could Only Fly10.10.2000Epitaph
78.Cabin In The Hills
produced by: Merle Haggard		01.05.2001Hag
79.Two Old Friends
produced by: Merle Haggard		01.05.2001Hag
80.Old Loves Never Die
& Leona Williams		10.07.2001Hepcat
81.Train Whistle Blues - Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 5
& The Strangers		11.09.2001Rounder
82.In Concert09.10.2001Aim
83.Oh Boy Classics Presents ... Again23.10.2001Oh Boy
84.Roots Volume 106.11.2001Epitaph
85.20 Great Hits18.12.2001Platinum Disc
86.20 Greatest Hits26.02.2002Capitol
87.21 Years Of Number 1 Hits09.04.2002Double Play
88.Peer Sessions21.05.2002Audium
89.Best Of Merle Haggard02.07.2002Columbia
90.24 Greatest Hits20.08.2002TeeVee
91.Country Legends03.12.2002Disky
92.Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium25.03.2003Universal Special Products
93.Dac Presents Merle Haggard01.04.2003Coe Pop
94.Today I Started Loving You Again17.06.2003King
95.Fugitive24.06.2003Prism
96.Momma Tried29.07.2003Blu Mountain
97.20 Country Number Ones05.08.2003Music For Pleasure
98.Collection19.08.2003Madacy
99.Goin' Home for Christmas16.09.2003Sony Music
100.Haggard Like Never Before30.09.2003Compendia
101.Hits30.09.2003K-Tel Entertainment
102.Fightin' Side of Me: 15 #1 Hits07.10.2003Dualtone
103.Platinum & Gold Collection09.03.2004BMG Heritage
104.40 #1 Hits23.03.2004Capitol
105.40 Greatest Hits24.05.2004Compendia
106.Back 2 Back
& Conway Twitty		06.07.2004Double Play
107.Fightin' Side of Me
& The Strangers		27.07.2004King
108.Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Ol' Country Sin17.08.2004Smith Music Group
109.Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years07.09.2004Sony
110.Merle Haggard / Conway Twitty
& Conway Twitty		28.09.2004Platinum Disc
111.Merle Haggard / Kenny Rogers
& Kenny Rogers		28.09.2004Platinum Disc
112.I Wish I Was Santa Claus25.10.2004Smith Music Group
113.Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
& Willie Nelson, kompilace		07.12.2004Platinum Disc
114.Unforgettable Merle Haggard14.12.2004Capitol
115.11 #1 Hits31.05.2005Artemis Strategic
116.Legends: Merle Haggard05.07.2005Direct Source
117.Best of Merle Haggard12.07.2005St.Clair
118.Country Legends: Merle Haggard Get's Rowdy26.07.2005Brentwood
119.Greatest Hits Collection06.09.2005Direct Source
120.Chicago Wind25.10.2005Capitol
121.Country Hit Parade: Love Songs10.01.2006Direct Source
122.Live from Austin, TX21.02.2006New West
123.Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World
& The Strangers		09.05.2006Beat Goes On
124.Country Music Legends23.05.2006Cbuj Ent
125.Greatest Hits25.07.2006Collectables
126.18 Greatest08.08.2006Direct Source
127.Merle Haggard
(box set)		08.08.2006Direct Source
128.Workin' Man Blues05.09.2006King
129.Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard12.09.2006Capitol
130.Kickin' Out the Footlights ... Again
& George Jones		24.10.2006Bandit
131.10 Top 10s Live07.11.2006Compendia
132.Live in Concert: The Platinum Artist Series30.01.2007St. Clair
133.Definitive Collection13.03.2007MCA Nashville
134.Last Of The Breed
& Willie Nelson & Ray Price
(2LP)
produced by: Fred Foster		20.03.2007Lost Highway 64
135.20 #1 Hits12.06.2007
136.Best of Merle Haggard31.07.2007Direct Source
137.Hag's Christmas18.09.2007Capitol
138.Pure25.09.2007Direct Source
139.The Bluegrass Sessions02.10.2007McCoury Music
140.Merle Haggard16.10.2007St. Clair
141.Legends of American Music: The Original Outlaw06.11.2007Time Life
142.His Epic Hits: First Eleven to Be Continued29.01.2008Sbme Special Mkts
143.Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-197601.04.2008Bear Family
144.Live at the Concord Pavillion
& The Strangers		24.06.2008Country Stars
145.Best of the '90s, Vol. 1 & 215.07.2008Curb
146.Number One Songs05.08.2008Curb
147.Merle Haggard Collector's Edition23.09.2008Curb
148.20 Hits, Vol. 207.10.2008Curb
149.Collector's Edition14.10.2008Madacy Special Mkts
150.Live!21.10.2008Acrobat
151.Live from Austin, TX: 198528.10.2008New West
152.Live from the Last of the Breed Tour
& Willie Nelson & Ray Price		03.03.2009Image
153.Best of Merle Haggard07.04.2009Capitol
154.Country Outlaws
& Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings		09.03.2010Columbia River
155.I Am What I Am20.04.2010Vanguard 77
156.Music of Merle Haggard05.10.2010Epic
157.Working in Tennessee04.10.2011Vanguard 155
158.Poet of the Working Man08.05.2012American Legends
159.10 Great Songs03.07.2012Capitol
160.Icon14.08.2012MCA Nashville
161.The Troubadour
(4CD box set)		18.09.2012Bear Family
162.Capitol Rarities20.11.2012Omnivore
163.Country: Merle Haggard27.11.2012BMG
164.The Complete 60's Capitol Singles12.02.2013Omnivore
165.Live Upclose and Personal25.06.2013TGG Direct
166.Double Trouble / Taste of Yesterday's Wine
& George Jones & Johnny Paycheck		25.06.2013Morello
167.Icon: Hag's Christmas17.09.2013Capitol Nashville
168.5 Classic Albums19.11.2013Capitol
169.The Box Set Series28.01.2014Legacy
170.In Performance11.02.2014MVD
171.Snapshot: Merle Haggard01.04.2014Hickory
172.Django and Jimmie
& Willie Nelson		02.06.2015Legacy66 7
173.Live on the Silver Eagle Radio Show14.08.2015Forced Exposure
174.Swingin Doors: Radio Broadcast, 198414.08.2015Laser Media
175.Country Performances04.09.2015Laser Media
176.Big Hits Live From the Last
& Willie Nelson & Ray Price		11.12.2015Music Video Distribution
177.Merle Haggard: The Best of the Capitol Years08.04.2016EMI
178.The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years4/2016 139
179.40 Greatest Hits V. 14/2016 88
180.20 Greatest Hits4/2016 75
181.16 Biggest Hits4/2016 167
182.Live at Church Street Station09.12.2016Javelin
183.Sings the Great Jimmie Rodgers Songs03.02.2017Teevee

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Okie From Muskogee
& The Strangers		10/1969 Capitol 41
2.The Fighting Side Of Me
& The Strangers		1/1970 Capitol 92
3.Street Singer
& The Strangers		4/1970 Capitol 124
4.Jesus, Take A Hold
& The Strangers		6/1970 Capitol 107
5.I Can't Be Myself / Sidewalks Of Chicago
& The Strangers		10/1970 Capitol 106
6.Soldier's Last Letter
& The Strangers		3/1971 Capitol 90
7.Carolyn
& The Strangers		11/1971 Capitol 58
8.Everybody's Had The Blues
& The Strangers		8/1973 Capitol 62
9.If We Make It Through December11/1973 Capitol 28
10.If We Make It Through December29.11.1974Capitol
11.It's All In The Movies10/1975 Capitol
12.The Roots Of My Rising2/1976 Capitol
13.Here Comes The Freedom Train6/1976 Capitol
14.Cherokee Maiden / What Have You Got Planned For Tonight Diana9/1976 Capitol
15.The Roots Of My Raising25.02.1977Capitol
16.If We're Not Back In Love By Monday4/1977 MCA
17.Ramblin' Fever7/1977 MCA
18.From Graceland To The Promised Land10/1977 MCA 58
19.A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today10/1977 Capitol
20.I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall10.03.1978MCA
21.It's Been A Great Afternoon8/1978 MCA
22.Red Bandana5/1979 MCA
23.My Own Kind Of Hat10/1979 MCA
24.Bar Room Buddies
& Clint Eastwood		5/1980 Elektra
25.Misery And Gin7/1980 MCA
26.I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink11/1980 MCA
27.Rainbow Stew7/1981 MCA
28.My Favourite Memory11/1981 Epic
29.Pancho And Lefty
& Willie Nelson		1982
30.That's The Way Love Goes1984 Epic
31.Two Old Cats Like Us / Little Hotel Room
& Ray Charles & Hank Williams		1985 Columbia

Awards:

1970 Country Music Association Awards - Country Entertainer Of The Year
1984 Grammy Awards - Best Country Vocal Performance, Male (SP "That's The Way Love Goes")
1996 Country Music Hall Of Fame
1998 Grammy Awards - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (track "Same Old Train", & various)
1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Mama Tried")
2006 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2010 Kennedy Center Honor
2017 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Okie From Muskogee", 1969)
2020 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Pancho And Lefty", 1982, & Willie Nelson)

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Leon Redbone: Whistling in the Wind (1994, Private Music)
Johnny Cash: Solitary Man (17.10.00, Columbia)
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws And Angels (21.9.04, Lost Highway)
Peter Wolf: Midnight Souvenirs (6.4.10, Verve)
Willie Nelson: Heroes (14.5.12)
Jamey Johnson: Livin' For a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cocgamen (16.10.12)
Mary Sarah: Bridges (8.7.14)
Don Henley: Cass County (2015, Capitol)

Compilation Appearances:
"The Sermon On The Mount" on compilation "The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams" (3.10.11)

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19773130.07.197718Albumsalbum review
19774108.10.197732Albumsalbum review
19781408.04.197838interview
19781408.04.197864Caught In The Actgig review
19811404.04.198120Albums - Country Piealbum review
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1974004.05.197442Americana
1974001.06.197437Country
1974008.06.197418Albumsalbum review
1975006.09.197519Plattersalbum review
1976024.04.197618Plattersalbum review