Merle Haggard

**Merle Ronald Haggard** (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was known for his song "Okie from Muskogee". He was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. He was involved with the growing outlaw country movement in the 1970s. Haggard won three Grammy Awards.

On April 6, 2016, Haggard died at his home in Palo Cedro, California from complications from pneumonia. He was 79 years old.

### Singles

- "Okie from Muskogee" (1969)

### Studio albums

- _Strangers_ (1965)
- _Just Between the Two of Us_  (1966)
- _Swinging Doors_  (1966)
- _I'm a Lonesome Fugitive_  (1967)
- _Branded Man_  (1967)
- _Sing Me Back Home_  (1968)
- _The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde_  (1968)
- _Mama Tried_  (1968)
- _Pride in What I Am_  (1969)
- _Same Train, A Different Time_   (1969)
- _A Portrait of Merle Haggard_  (1969)
- _A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)_   (1970)
- _Hag_  (1971)
- _Someday We'll Look Back_  (1971)
- _Let Me Tell You About a Song_  (1972)
- _It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)_  (1972)
- _Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New)_ (1973)
- _If We Make It Through December_  (1974)
- _Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album_  (1974)
- _Keep Movin' On_  (1975)
- _It's All in the Movies_  (1976)
- _My Love Affair with Trains_  (1976)
- _The Roots of My Raising_  (1976)
- _Ramblin' Fever_ (1977)
- _A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today_  (1977)
- _My Farewell to Elvis_ (1977)
- _I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall_ (1978)
- _Serving 190 Proof_ (1979)
- _The Way I Am_ (1980)
- _Back to the Barrooms_ (1980)
- _Songs for the Mama That Tried_ (1981)
- _Big City_ (1981)
- _A Taste of Yesterday's Wine_  (1982)
- _Going Where the Lonely Go_ (1982)
- _Goin' Home for Christmas_ (1982)
- _Pancho & Lefty_  (1983)
- _Heart to Heart_  (1983)
- _That's the Way Love Goes_ (1983)
- _It's All in the Game_ (1984)
- _Kern River_ (1985)
- _A Friend in California_ (1986)
- _Out Among the Stars_ (1986)
- _Seashores of Old Mexico_  (1987)
- _Chill Factor_ (1987)
- _5:01 Blues_ (1989)
- _Blue Jungle_ (1990)
- _1994_ (1994)
- _1996_ (1996)
- _Two Old Friends_  (1999)
- _If I Could Only Fly_ (2000)
- _Cabin in the Hills_ (2001)
- _Roots, Volume 1_ (2001)
- _The Peer Sessions_ (2002)
- _Like Never Before_ (2003)
- _I Wish I Was Santa Claus_ (2004)
- _Unforgettable_ (2004)
- _Chicago Wind_ (2005)
- _Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again_  (2006)
- _Last of the Breed_  (2007)
- _The Bluegrass Sessions_ (2007)
- _I Am What I Am_ (2010)
- _Working in Tennessee_ (2011)
- _Django and Jimmie_  (2015)
- _Timeless_  (2015)

## Related pages

- List of country musicians from California

## Other websites

- Merle Haggard's Official website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Merle Haggard
- **img**: MerleHaggardJun09.jpg
- **img capt**: Haggard performing in 2009.
- **img size**: 250px
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Merle Ronald Haggard
- **alias**: The Hag
- **birth place**: Oildale, California, Oildale, California, United States
- **death place**: Palo Cedro, California, Palo Cedro, California, United States
- **instrument**: Guitar, fiddle
- **genre**: country music, Country
- **occupation**: Musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter
- **years active**: 1963–2016
- **label**: Capitol Records, Capitol, MCA Records, MCA, Epic Records, Epic, Curb Records, Curb, ANTI, Vanguard Records, Vanguard
- **url**: [http://www.merlehaggard.com/ Official website]