Merle Haggard is one of the most influential country music Singer-Songwriters since Hank Williams. His career began when he snuck backstage to meet country legend Lefty Frizzell as a teen. Impressed by his songs, Frizzell refused to go back on stage until Haggard went up and sang a song -- to a warm audience response. Along with Buck Owens and Wynn Stewart, he was a pioneer of the Bakersfield country music scene in the 1960s, a working-class legend who sang torn and frayed narratives. Haggard's deep and throaty vocal style was influenced by Stewart's phrasing, his music touched by a subtle mix of blues, jazz, folk and Western Swing. Haggard's quality of songwriting has remained consistently ahead of the rest; country music wouldn't be the same without him.

1 HITS	12 #1 HITS	20 NUMBER ONE HITS	24 AT NO. 1
40 #1 HITS	5:01 BLUES	ALWAYS WANTING YOU	AND BONNIE OWENS,THAT MAKES TWO OF
AND THE STRANGERS,SONGS I'LL ALWAYS	AWARD-WINNING GOSPELS HITS	BACK TO BARROOMS	BACK TO THE BARROOMS -/
BEST OF ..	BIG CITY -/	BIG CITY-I THINK I'M GONNA LIVE FOREVER	COUNTRY LIVE
COUNTRY SUPERSTARS	DRINKIN	EPIC COLLECTION	EPIC HITS
FIGHTIN SIDE OF ME	GENTLEMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC - CHRISTMAS VOLUME 2	GOIN HOME FOR CHRISTMAS	GOING WHERE THE LONELY GO / TH
GOLDEN ERA OF CAPITIL COUNTRY	GREAT MERLE HAGGARD SINGS	GREAT SOUND OF COUNTRY - VOLUME 4	GREATEST NO. 1 HITS
HAGGARD,MERLE	HIS EPIC HITS	HIS GREATEST AND HIS BEST	HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC PRESENTS
I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN-THE LEGEND OF BONNIE AND CLYDE	I THINK I'LL JUST STAY HERE AND DRIN	I'M A LONESOME FUGITIVE 24 GREATEST	IF WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER-BOBBY WANTS A PUPPY DOG FOR CHRISTMAS
IFWEMAKE IT THROUGH DECEM	IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON	IT'S NOT LOVE	LEGEND OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
LET S PLAY	LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S:OL' COUNRT	LIVE-HITS AND MORE	MAMA TRIED/PRIDE IN WHAT I AM
MERLE HAGGARD 1996	MISERY AND GIN	MORE GREAT NO. 1 HITS	MORE OF BEST
OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE/DADDY FRANK	RAMBLIN FEVER	ROOTS - VOLUME 1	ROOTS VOLUME ONE
SALOON COUNTRY	SALUTES THE GREATS	SING A SAD SONG	SING ME BACK HOME/BONNIE AND CLY
SONGS FOR THE MAMA THAT TRIED	SONGS I'LL ALWAYS SING	STRANGER/SWINGING DOORS	SUPER HITS V.2
VOL. 5-TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES-CLA	WAY I AM/I THINK I'LL JUST STAY	WE NEVER TOUCH AT ALL/MAN FROM ANOTH	WHAT A FRIEND IN JESUS
WHAT AM I GONNA DO/WHAT AM I GONNA D	WORKIN' MAN BLUES	WORKING MAN CANT GET NOWHERE TODAY	Mama Tried / Pride in What I Am
Down Every Road (disc 4)	Down Every Road (disc 3)	Down Every Road (disc 1)	Down Every Road (disc 2)
Roots, Volume 1	Okie From Muskogee: Recorded Live in Muskogee, Oklahoma	Hag / Someday We'll Look Back	Kern River
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard	My Love Affair With Trains & The Roots of My Raising	Train Whistle Blues: Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 5
The Best Of Merle Haggard	The Essential Merle Haggard - The Epic Years	The Bluegrass Sessions	Drinkin'
Sing Me Back Home/Legend of Bonnie & Clyde	I'm a Lonesome Fugitive / Mama Tried	Things Aren't Funny Anymore / Honky Tonk Night Time Man	Back to the Barrooms
#1 Hits	A Portrait of Merle Haggard	Best Of Country Blues	If We Make It Through December
A Christmas Present	Same Train, a Different Time	Blue Jungle	Back to the Barrooms/The Way I Am
For The Record (43 Legendary Hits)	Merle Haggard Love Songs	Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (disc 2)	Merle Haggard: Legendary Country Singers
The Fightin' Side of Me: 15 #1 Hits	The Peer Sessions	Hag & Let Me Tell You About a Song	Chicago Wind
The Fightin' Side of Me	His Epic Hits (The First 11)	20 Country No.1's	Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium
Legend of Bonnie & Clyde / Pride in What I Am	A Country Christmas With Merle Haggard	Live: The Hits and More	Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (disc 3)
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World	Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (disc 4)	Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (disc 1)	The Very Best of Merle Haggard
For the Record (disc 2)	24 at No.1	Merle Haggard Collector's Edition	18 Rare Classics
A&E Biography: A (Musical) Anthology	The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard	21 Years of #1 Hits 1967-1987	20 Hits Special Collection (disc 1)
Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas	Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (disc 5)	Working in Tennessee