A private funeral service has been held for Merle Haggard. The Country Music Hall of Fame musician died this week at his home in California after fighting double pneumonia. He passed away on his ...

At this year’s star-studded All for the Hall concert, Vince Gill celebrated his 59th birthday by paying tribute to Merle Haggard, who died just one week earlier, on his 79th birthday. “On my birthday, ...

On Aug. 16, 1969, Merle Haggard’s “Workin’ Man Blues” climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It became the seventh of the genre cornerstone’s 38 leaders, the third-most in the survey ...

Tipping his cowboy hat to one of the greats, Merle Haggard.

Legendary country singer subject of “Working Man’s Poet,” grabs Crystal Milestone Award. By Roy Trakin Merle Haggard Performing 2010 - P 2012 Merle Haggard may be 76 years old, but the accolades ...

When Merle Haggard died Wednesday at the age of 79, country singers Connie Smith and Marty Stuart felt as though they’d lost a member of their family. On Saturday the two will pay tribute to the music ...