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On This Day in 1969, Merle Haggard Released a Signature Song He Would Later Come To Regret

Even as time marched on from the song’s September 29, 1969, release, “Okie from Muskogee” followed Haggard through the decades. In a 2012 interview with GQ, Haggard lamented that his signature song, ...
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Chart Rewind: In 1969, Merle Haggard Worked His Way to No. 1 on Hot Country Songs

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 ...
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On This Day in 1969, Merle Haggard Made It to No. 1 With an Ode to the Blue-Collar Worker

Merle Haggard enjoyed plenty of hits back in the 1960s. The country crooner already had a string of No. 1 hits on the US and Canadian country music charts by the time he got to “Workin’ Man Blues” in ...
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Rocker Uses Merle Haggard Song To Tribute Charlie Kirk

Rocker Sammy Hagar picked a Merle Haggard song to ponder life after the death of Charlie Kirk. The Red Rocker took to social media to sing a slightly adjusted version of the chorus of Haggard’s “Are ...