Merle Haggard

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country musician guitarist human recording artist singer-songwriter

Merle Haggard was an influential American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for helping define the Bakersfield sound with hits like "Okie from Muskogee" and "Mama Tried."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Merle Haggard canonical	79
Merle Ronald Haggard	2
Johnny Darrell	1
Merle Haggard discography	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country musician ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct	The Strangers ⓘ
awardReceived	Country Music Hall of Fame induction ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ surface form: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1937-04-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2016-04-06 ⓘ
familyName	Haggard ⓘ
fullName	Merle Haggard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Merle Ronald Haggard
gender	male ⓘ
genre	Bakersfield sound ⓘ country music ⓘ
givenName	Merle ⓘ
influenced	country music ⓘ outlaw country ⓘ
inspiredBy	Jimmie Rodgers ⓘ Lefty Frizzell ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
memberOf	The Strangers ⓘ
movement	Bakersfield sound ⓘ
notableEvent	San Quentin State Prison ⓘ surface form: served time in San Quentin State Prison
notableWork	Branded Man ⓘ If We Make It Through December ⓘ Mama Tried ⓘ Okie from Muskogee ⓘ Sing Me Back Home ⓘ The Bottle Let Me Down ⓘ The Fightin' Side of Me ⓘ Today I Started Loving You Again ⓘ Workin' Man Blues ⓘ
numberOfChildren	6 ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Oildale ⓘ surface form: Oildale, California, United States
placeOfDeath	Redding ⓘ surface form: Redding, California, United States
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ Epic Records ⓘ MCA Records ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ
spouse	Bonnie Owens ⓘ Leona Williams ⓘ Theresa Ann Lane ⓘ

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Willie Nelson → associatedAct → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → notablePerformer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johnny Darrell

Silver Bells → coveredBy → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Bakersfield → associatedWithMusician → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Willie → collaboratedWith → Merle Haggard ⓘ

subject surface form: Willie Nelson

Merle Haggard → fullName → Merle Haggard self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merle Ronald Haggard

Country Music Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Muskogee → songArtist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Alan Jackson → influencedBy → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Jimmie Rodgers → influenced → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Little Foxes → composer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Hank Williams → influenced → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Cain’s Ballroom → hostedArtist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame → hasInductee → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Outlaw Country (radio channel concept) → typicalArtistsIncluded → Merle Haggard ⓘ

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Bakersfield sound → notableArtist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Country Music Capital of the West Coast → hasNotableArtistAssociated → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Why Me → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Merle → hasNotableBearer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Haggard → hasNotableBearer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Strangers → associatedWith → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Strangers → backedArtist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Okie from Muskogee → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Okie from Muskogee → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Okie from Muskogee → signatureSongOf → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Mama Tried → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Mama Tried → performer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Mama Tried → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Mama Tried → lyricist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Mama Tried → composer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Merle Haggard discography

The Fightin' Side of Me → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Fightin' Side of Me → performer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Fightin' Side of Me → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

The Fightin' Side of Me → liveAlbumBy → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Sing Me Back Home → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Sing Me Back Home → performer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Sing Me Back Home → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Workin' Man Blues → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Workin' Man Blues → performer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Workin' Man Blues → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Workin' Man Blues → lyricist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Workin' Man Blues → composer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

If We Make It Through December → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

If We Make It Through December → performer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

If We Make It Through December → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Branded Man → artist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Branded Man → performer → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Branded Man → vocalist → Merle Haggard ⓘ

Branded Man → writer → Merle Haggard ⓘ