Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard
Ganwyd	Merle Ronald Haggard  6 Ebrill 1937  Bakersfield
Bu farw	6 Ebrill 2016  Palo Cedro
Label recordio	Capitol Records
Dinasyddiaeth	Unol Daleithiau America
Alma mater	Bakersfield High School
Galwedigaeth	canwr, canwr-gyfansoddwr, gitarydd, cerddor canu gwlad, artist recordio
Arddull	canu gwlad
Plaid Wleidyddol	plaid Ddemocrataidd
Priod	Bonnie Owens
Perthnasau	Buddy Alan
Gwobr/au	Gwobr Grammy am Gyraeddiadau Gydol Oes, Neuadd Enwogion California, Anrhydedd y Kennedy Center, Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
Gwefan	http://merlehaggard.com/

Canwr a cherddor Americanaidd oedd Merle Ronald Haggard (6 Ebrill 1937 – 6 Ebrill 2016). Ymhlith ei ganeuon mwyaf poblogaidd y mae: "Momma Tried", "Okie from Muskogee" a "Silver Wings".

Fe'i ganwyd yn Oildale, California, yn fab i Flossie Mae (Harp) a James Francis Haggard. Bu farw ei dad ym 1945. Threuliodd dwy mlynedd yng Ngharchar San Quentin a cafodd ei ryddhau ym 1960. Ym 1964 recordiodd y gân "Sing a Song Sad" gan Wynn Stewart, a daeth yn llwyddiant cenedlaethol.

1. "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (1966)
2. "Branded Man" (1967)
3. "Sing Me Back Home" (1968)
4. "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" (1968)
5. "Mama Tried" (1968)
6. "Hungry Eyes" (1969)
7. "Workin' Man Blues" (1969)
8. "Okie from Muskogee" (1969)
9. "The Fightin' Side of Me" (1970)
10. "Daddy Frank" (1971)
11. "Carolyn" (1971)
12. "Grandma Harp" (1972)
13. "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (1972)
14. "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" (1972)
15. "Everybody's Had the Blues" (1973)
16. "If We Make It Through December" (1973)
17. "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (1974)
18. "Old Man from the Mountain" (1974)
19. "Kentucky Gambler" (1974)
20. "Always Wanting You" (1975)
21. "Movin' On" (1975)
22. "It's All in the Movies" (1975)
23. "The Roots of My Raising" (1975)
24. "Cherokee Maiden" (1976)
25. "Bar Room Buddies" (gyda Clint Eastwood) (1980)
26. "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (1980)
27. "My Favorite Memory" (1981)
28. "Big City" (1981)
29. "Yesterday's Wine" (gyda George Jones) (1982)
30. "Going Where the Lonely Go" (1982)
31. "You Take Me for Granted" (1982)
32. "Pancho and Lefty" (gyda Willie Nelson) (1983)
33. "That's the Way Love Goes" (1983)
34. "Someday When Things Are Good" (1984)
35. "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" (1984)
36. "A Place to Fall Apart" (gyda Janie Frickie) (1984)
37. "Natural High" (1985)
38. "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" (1987)

• Di Salvatore, Bryan. (1998). "Merle Haggard". Yn The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury (ed.), Efrog Newydd: Oxford University Press. pp. 222–24
• Di Salvatore, Bryan. "Ornery", The New Yorker, Chwefror 12, 1990, pp. 39–77
• Fox, Aaron A. "White Trash Alchemies of the Abject Sublime: Country as 'Bad' Music", in Christopher J. Washburne and Maiken Derno (eds.), Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate, Efrog Newydd: Routledge, 2004 (ISBN 0-415-94366-3)
• Haggard, Merle, gyda Tom Carter. My House of Memories: For the Record. Efrog Newydd: HarperEntertainment, 1999
• Haggard, Merle, and Peggy Russell. Sing Me Back Home. Efrog Newydd: Times Books, 1981

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