Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 3—Muskogee celebrates Merle Haggard with a statue and songs Thursday — the 55th anniversary of Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" ...

On this day (December 9) in 1968, Merle Haggard stepped into Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles to cut a handful of songs for his next album. Among the list of cuts for the day was “Hungry Eyes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Music from Merle Haggard returns next month to the Grand Ole Opry when the long-running Nashville radio program hosts a night in ...

The Top 10 list of country music singers will always be changing, but for most – few can compete with the legacy of Merle Haggard. With his career spanning an impressive five decades, Haggard scored ...

California native Merle Haggard may not have actually been an "Okie from Muskogee," but that very city will soon award the influential singer-songwriter with a special honor. On Wednesday (March 29), ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Country musician Merle Haggard was honored with a statue and tribute band at the same venue where he recorded his live album, 'Okie from Muskogee.' Tony Corbell, the director for the ...

“Even if your politics were left of center, chances are you sang ‘Okie from Muskogee’ at some point in your life,” says Chip Robinson of the Merle Haggard hit. “It’s just a great song from a man who ...

Given their druthers, a typical 9-year-old might want to go to the aquarium, or Disneyworld. It’s not every school kid who pleads with his parents to take him to the Grand Ole Opry. But that was Eli ...

Music from Merle Haggard returns next month to the Grand Ole Opry when the long-running Nashville radio program hosts a night in tribute to the late outlaw legend. Texas hitmaker Cody Johnson, ACM ...