Merle Haggard

MERLE HAGGARD d2016. American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist and fiddler. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class. Between the 1960s-1980s he had 38 No1 hits on the US country charts. He continued to release successful albums into the 2000s