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Merle Ronald Haggard, född 6 april 1937 i Bakersfield, Kalifornien, USA, är en amerikansk countrysångare, gitarrist och låtskrivare. Han har skrivit låtar som "Branded Man", "Hungry Eyes", "Okie from Muskogee" och "Working Man Blues".

Haggard var ungdomsbrottsling och fånge på San Quentin-anstalten där han fick se countrylegendaren Johnny Cash uppträda, vilket inspirerade honom att ta upp en egen musikkarriär. Han slog igenom 1964 med sången "Sing a Sad Song". Han kom att bli en förgrundsfigur inom Bakersfieldsoundet som växte fram under 1960-talet, och senare under 1970-talet inom outlaw country-rörelsen. Totalt har han haft 38 singlar på förstaplatsen på Billboards countrylista.

Diskografi

• 1965 – Strangers

• 1966 – Just Between the Two of Us

• 1966 – Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down

• 1967 – Branded Man

• 1967 – I'm a Lonesome Fugitive

• 1968 – Legend of Bonnie & Clyde

• 1968 – Mama Tried

• 1968 – Sing Me Back Home

• 1969 – A Portrait of Merle Haggard

• 1969 – Okie from Muskogee

• 1969 – Pride in What I Am

• 1969 – Same Train, Different Time

• 1969 – The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers

• 1970 – A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or My Salute to Bob Wills)

• 1970 – Fightin' Side of Me

• 1970 – Gettin' to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers

• 1970 – Introducing My Friends, the Strangers

• 1971 – Hag

• 1971 – High on a Hilltop

• 1971 – Honky Tonkin'

• 1971 – Sing a Sad Song

• 1971 – Someday We'll Look Back

• 1971 – The Land of Many Churches

• 1972 – It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)

• 1972 – Let Me Tell You About a Song

• 1973 – A Christmas Present

• 1973 – I Love Dixie Blues... So I Recorded Live in New Orleans

• 1973 – Totally Instrumental... With One Exception

• 1974 – If We Make It through December

• 1974 – Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album

• 1975 – It's All in the Movies

• 1975 – Keep Movin' On

• 1976 – My Love Affair With Trains

• 1976 – The Roots of My Raising

• 1977 – A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today

• 1977 – My Farewell to Elvis

• 1977 – Ramblin' Fever

• 1977 – Walking the Line

• 1978 – Goin' Home for Christmas

• 1978 – I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall

• 1978 – The Way It Was in '51

• 1979 – Serving 190 Proof

• 1980 – Back to the Barrooms

• 1980 – The Way I Am

• 1981 – Big City

• 1981 – Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium

• 1982 – A Taste of Yesterday's Wine

• 1982 – Going Where the Lonely Go

• 1983 – Heart to Heart

• 1983 – Pancho & Lefty

• 1983 – That's the Way Love Goes

• 1984 – It's All in the Game

• 1985 – Amber Waves of Grain

• 1985 – Kern River

• 1986 – Friend in California

• 1986 – Out Among the Stars

• 1987 – Chill Factor

• 1987 – Seashores of Old Mexico

• 1989 – 5:01 Blues

• 1990 – Blue Jungle

• 1991 – All Night Long

• 1994 – 1994

• 1996 – 1996

• 1999 – Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motercycle Cowboy

• 2000 – If I Could Only Fly

• 2001 – Cabin in the Hills

• 2001 – Two Old Friends

• 2001 – Roots, Vol. 1

• 2003 – Like Never Before

• 2004 – Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Ol' Country Singer

• 2004 – I Wish I Was Santa Claus

• 2004 – Unforgettable Merle Haggard

• 2004 – Ol' Country Singer

• 2005 – Chicago Wind

• 2006 – Live from Austin, TX

• 2007 – Hag's Christmas

• 2007 – The Bluegrass Sessions