Merle Haggard discography

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Merle Haggard discography
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Studio albums66
Live albums8
Compilation albums26
Music videos13
Singles84
No.1 Single38

The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes 66 studio albums, five instrumental albums featuring his backing band the Strangers, as well as several live and compilation albums. Haggard recorded for a variety of major and independent record labels through the years, with significant years spent with Capitol Records (where he lived for over a decade), MCA Records, Epic Records and Curb Records, as well as his own label Hag Records.

Contents

Studio albums

1960s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions [1]
US Country US
Strangers
  • Release date: September 27, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
9
Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens and the Strangers)
  • Release date: April 11, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
4
Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: October 17, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
1
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: April 3, 1967
  • Label: Capitol
3165
Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: August 28, 1967
  • Label: Capitol
1167
Sing Me Back Home (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: January 8, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
1
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: April 8, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
6
Mama Tried (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: September 9, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
4
Pride in What I Am (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: February 10, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
11189
Same Train, a Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: May 12, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
167
A Portrait of Merle Haggard (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: September 15, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
399
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions [1]
US Country US CAN Country CAN
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player
in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)
(with the Strangers)
  • Release date: November 16, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
258
Hag (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: March 15, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
16663
Someday We'll Look Back (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: August 16, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
4108
Let Me Tell You About a Song (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: March 6, 1972
  • Label: Capitol
7166
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: November 20, 1972
  • Label: Capitol
1
Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New)
  • Release date: November 1973
  • Label: Capitol
4
If We Make it Through December (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: February 18, 1974
  • Label: Capitol
4190
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: September 17, 1974
  • Label: Capitol
1
Keep Movin' On (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: April 21, 1975
  • Label: Capitol
1129
It's All in the Movies (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: February 16, 1976
  • Label: Capitol
1
My Love Affair with Trains (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: July 5, 1976
  • Label: Capitol
7
The Roots of My Raising (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: November 22, 1976
  • Label: Capitol
8
Ramblin' Fever
  • Release date: May 9, 1977
  • Label: MCA
520
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: September 12, 1977
  • Label: Capitol
28
My Farewell to Elvis
  • Release date: October 24, 1977
  • Label: MCA
6133
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
  • Release date: June 26, 1978
  • Label: MCA
179
Serving 190 Proof
  • Release date: May 14, 1979
  • Label: MCA
171
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
[1]
Certifications [2]
(sales threshold)
US Country US CAN Country
The Way I Am
  • Release date: April 1980
  • Label: MCA
16
Back to the Barrooms
  • Release date: October 10, 1980
  • Label: MCA
8
Songs for the Mama That Tried
  • Release date: September 28, 1981
  • Label: MCA
46
Big City
  • Release date: October 5, 1981
  • Label: Epic
3161
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones)
  • Release date: August 16, 1982
  • Label: Epic
4123
Going Where the Lonely Go
  • Release date: October 18, 1982
  • Label: Epic
3
Goin' Home for Christmas
  • Release date: October 25, 1982
  • Label: Epic
41
Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson)
  • Release date: January 10, 1983
  • Label: Epic
137
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Platinum
Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams)
  • Release date: June 16, 1983
  • Label: Mercury
44
That's the Way Love Goes
  • Release date: August 15, 1983
  • Label: Epic
8
It's All in the Game
  • Release date: May 14, 1984
  • Label: Epic
16
Kern River
  • Release date: March 25, 1985
  • Label: Epic
8
A Friend in California
  • Release date: March 10, 1986
  • Label: Epic
2
Out Among the Stars
  • Release date: October 13, 1986
  • Label: Epic
15
Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson)
  • Release date: September 21, 1987
  • Label: Epic
31
Chill Factor
  • Release date: November 23, 1987
  • Label: Epic
814
5:01 Blues
  • Release date: June 27, 1989
  • Label: Epic
28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
[1]
US Country
Blue Jungle
  • Release date: July 31, 1990
  • Label: Curb
47
1994
  • Release date: March 22, 1994
  • Label: Curb
60
1996
  • Release date: January 23, 1996
  • Label: Curb
Cabin in the Hills
  • Release date: September 9, 1999
  • Label: Relentless Nashville/Hag Records
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Hag Records

2000s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions [1]
US Country US US Indie
If I Could Only Fly
  • Release date: October 10, 2000
  • Label: ANTI-
2610
Roots, Volume 1
  • Release date: November 6, 2001
  • Label: ANTI-
4726
California Blend(with Chester Smith)
  • Release date: May 7, 2002
  • Label: Hag Records
The Peer Sessions
  • Release date: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Audium
Haggard Like Never Before
  • Release date: September 23, 2003
  • Label: Hag
4020
I Wish I Was Santa Claus
  • Release date: October 26, 2004
  • Label: Smith Music
Unforgettable 39
Chicago Wind
  • Release date: October 25, 2005
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
54
Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price)764
Working Man's Journey
The Bluegrass Sessions
  • Release date: October 2, 2007
  • Label: McCoury
4334
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
[1]
US Country US US Indie CA
I Am What I Am 187711
Working in Tennessee
  • Release date: October 4, 2011
  • Label: Vanguard Records
3015525
Django & Jimmie (with Willie Nelson)1716
Timeless(with Mac Wiseman)
  • Release date: June 30, 2015
  • Label: Hag Records/Cracker Barrel

Instrumental albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak
chart
position [1]
US Country
The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers(with the Strangers)
  • Release date: February 23, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
36
Introducing My Friends, the Strangers(with the Strangers)
  • Release date: April 6, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
34
Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers(with the Strangers)
  • Release date: October 5, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
44
Honky Tonkin'(with the Strangers)
  • Release date: June 21, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
34
Totally Instrumental with One Exception...(with the Strangers)
  • Release date: May 1973
  • Label: Capitol
23
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
[1]
Certifications [2]
US Country US CAN
[3]
Okie from Muskogee (with the Strangers)
  • Release date: February 1969
  • Label: Capitol
14664
  • US: Platinum
The Fightin' Side of Me (with the Strangers and Bonnie Owens)
  • Release date: July 6, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
168
  • US: Gold
The Land of Many Churches (with the Strangers, Bonnie Owens and the Carter Family)
  • Release date: November 8, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
15
I Love Dixie Blues (with the Strangers and the Dixieland Express)
  • Release date: July 1973
  • Label: Capitol
1126
Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
  • Release date: July 1981
  • Label: MCA
20
The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Epic
28
Amber Waves of Grain
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Epic
25
Live from Austin, Texas
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: New West
Live from Austin, Texas '78
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: New West
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions [1]
Certifications [2] /
Sales
US Country US
The Best of Merle Haggard
  • Release date: July 15, 1968
  • Label: Capitol Records
3
  • US: Platinum
Close-Up
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Capitol Records
23
The Best of the Best
  • Release date: September 1972
  • Label: Capitol Records
1137
  • US: Platinum
Songs I'll Always Sing
  • Release date: April 11, 1977
  • Label: Capitol Records
15
Eleven Winners
  • Release date: January 1978
  • Label: Capitol Records
9
The Way It Was in '51
  • Release date: September 11, 1978
  • Label: Capitol Records
30
Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
37
His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...)
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Epic Records
41
  • US: Platinum
His Best
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
38
Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson)
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Epic
39
Greatest Hits of the 80's
  • Release date: October 5, 1990
  • Label: Epic Records
Super Hits
  • Release date: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Epic Records
Super Hits, Vol. 2
  • Release date: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Epic Records
  • US: Gold
Super Hits, Vol. 3
  • Release date: September 5, 1995
  • Label: Epic Records
Down Every Road 1962–1994
  • Release date: April 2, 1996
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: July 14, 1998
  • Label: Epic Records
55167
  • US: Gold
For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits38
  • US: Gold
Cheatin'
  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
Drinkin'
  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
Hurtin'
  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
Prison
  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
20 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: February 26, 2002
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
75
  • US: 332,300 [4]
40 #1's
  • Release date: March 23, 2004
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
60
40 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Rerecorded)88
The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
  • Release date: August 31, 2004
  • Label: Epic Records
139
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
  • Release date: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
59
10 Great Songs
  • Release date: July 3, 2012
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
75
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

YearSongAlbum
2015“The Cost of Living” (with Don Henley) Cass County (album)
2017“The Only Man Wilder Than Me” (with Willie Nelson) Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
“Old Fashioned Love” (with Willie Nelson)

Production

YearAlbumArtist
2020Introducing Amy Jack [5] Amy Jack

Singles

1960s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions [6]
Album
US Country CAN Country
1962"Singin' My Heart Out"Non-album single
1963"Sing a Sad Song"19Strangers
1964"Sam Hill"45
"(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers"10
1965"I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can"42
1966"Swinging Doors" (with the Strangers)5Swinging Doors
"The Bottle Let Me Down" (with the Strangers)3
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (with the Strangers)1I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
1967"I Threw Away the Rose" (with the Strangers)2Branded Man
"Branded Man" (with the Strangers)1
"Sing Me Back Home" (with the Strangers)17Sing Me Back Home
1968"The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" (with the Strangers)13The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
"Mama Tried" (with the Strangers)11Mama Tried
"I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" (with the Strangers)31Pride in What I Am
1969"Hungry Eyes" (with the Strangers)12A Portrait of Merle Haggard
"Workin' Man Blues" (with the Strangers)11
"Okie from Muskogee" [A] (with the Strangers)13Okie from Muskogee
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak chart positions [6] Album
US Country US CAN Country CAN
1970"The Fightin' Side of Me" (with The Strangers)1921The Fightin' Side of Me
"Jesus, Take a Hold" (with the Strangers)31073Hag
"I Can't Be Myself" (with the Strangers)31062
1971"Soldier's Last Letter" (with the Strangers)390
"Someday We'll Look Back" (with the Strangers)21192Someday We'll Look Back
"Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" (with the Strangers)12Let Me Tell You About a Song
"Carolyn" (with the Strangers)1582Someday We'll Look Back
1972"Grandma Harp" (with the Strangers)15Let Me Tell You About a Song
"It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (with the Strangers)11It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
"I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" (with the Strangers)11I Love Dixie Blues
1973"The Emptiest Arms in the World" (with the Strangers)312
"Everybody's Had the Blues" (with the Strangers)1621
"If We Make It Through December" [B] (with the Strangers)128130If We Make It Through December
1974"Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (with the Strangers)12Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album
"Old Man from the Mountain" (with the Strangers)11
"Kentucky Gambler" (with the Strangers)11Keep Movin' On
"Santa Claus and Popcorn"Merle Haggard's Christmas Present
(Something Old, Something New)
1975"Always Wanting You" (with the Strangers)13Keep Movin' On
"Movin' On" (with the Strangers)115
"It's All in the Movies" (with the Strangers)111It's All in the Movies
1976"The Roots of My Raising" (with the Strangers)17The Roots of My Raising
"Here Comes the Freedom Train" (with the Strangers)101My Love Affair with Trains
"Cherokee Maiden" (with the Strangers)11The Roots of My Raising
1977"If We're Not Back in Love by Monday"22Ramblin' Fever
"Ramblin' Fever"23
"A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" (with the Strangers)168A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
"From Graceland to the Promised Land"458355My Farewell to Elvis
"Running Kind" (with the Strangers)1210A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
1978"I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall"22I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
"It's Been a Great Afternoon"21
"The Way It Was in '51" (with the Strangers)8258The Way It Was in '51
"The Bull and The Beaver" (with Leona Williams)825Non-album single
1979"Red Bandana"42Serving 190 Proof
"My Own Kind of Hat"44
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s—2010s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions [6]
Album
US Country CAN Country
1980"The Way I Am"21The Way I Am
"Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood)11Bronco Billy (soundtrack)
"Misery and Gin"34Back to the Barrooms
"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink"129
1981"Leonard"97
"Rainbow Stew" (live)417Rainbow Stew
"My Favorite Memory"13Big City
1982"Big City"11
"Dealing with the Devil" (live)49Rainbow Stew
"Are the Good Times Really Over
(I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
"
21Big City
"Going Where the Lonely Go"11Going Where the Lonely Go
1983"You Take Me for Granted"19
"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)"32That's the Way Love Goes
"It's All in the Game"54It's All in the Game
"That's the Way Love Goes"11That's the Way Love Goes
1984"Someday When Things Are Good"11
"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room"19It's All in the Game
"A Place to Fall Apart" (featuring Janie Fricke) 11
1985"Natural High"12
"Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans"5549His Best
"Kern River"1010Kern River
"Amber Waves of Grain"3638Amber Waves of Grain
"American Waltz"6041
1986"I Had a Beautiful Time"54A Friend in California
"A Friend in California"912
"Out Among the Stars"2122Out Among the Stars
1987"Almost Persuaded"5854
"Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star"11Chill Factor
1988"Chill Factor"912
"We Never Touch at All"2226
"You Babe"2321
1989"5:01 Blues"18145:01 Blues
"A Better Love Next Time"410
"If You Want to Be My Woman"2315
1990"Broken Friend" [C] 78
"When It Rains It Pours"60Blue Jungle
"Blue Jungle" [7]
1991"A Bar in Bakersfield" [8]
1994"In My Next Life"581994
1996"Truck Driver's Blues" [9] 1996
1999"That's the Way Love Goes" (re-recording with Jewel)5671For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits
2000"Motorcycle Cowboy" [10] (live)Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motorcycle Cowboy
2001"If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)"Roots, Volume 1
2011"Working in Tennessee"Working in Tennessee
2016"Kern River Blues"Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
* denotes unknown peak positions

Other singles

Singles from collaboration albums

YearSingleArtistPeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country US AC CAN Country
1964"Just Between the Two of Us" (with The Strangers) Bonnie Owens 28Just Between the Two of Uswith The Strangers
1982"Yesterday's Wine" George Jones 15A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
"C.C. Waterback"1018
"Reasons to Quit" Willie Nelson 67 Pancho & Lefty
1983"Pancho and Lefty"1211
"We're Strangers Again"Leona Williams42Heart to Heart
1987"If I Could Only Fly"Willie Nelson5850Seashores of Old Mexico
2000"Wreck on the Highway"Chester SmithCalifornia Blend
2015"It's All Going to Pot"Willie Nelson48 Django & Jimmie
— denotes releases that did not chart.

Guest singles

YearSingleArtistPeak chart
positions
Album
US Country CAN Country
1978"Willie" Hank Cochran 91With a Little Help from My Friends
1979"Walking the Floor Over You" Ernest Tubb 3118 The Legend and the Legacy
1981"I Can't Hold Myself in Line" Johnny Paycheck 4141Mr. Hag Told My Story
"Lefty" David Frizzell 45Carryin' on the Family Names
1998"Same Old Train"Various artists59 Tribute to Tradition
2005"Politically Uncorrect" Gretchen Wilson 23 All Jacked Up
2013"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" Hank Williams, Jr. Old School New Rules
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Charted B-sides

YearSinglePeak chart positionsA-Side
US Country US CAN Country
1966"Someone Told My Story" (with The Strangers)32"The Fugitive" (with The Strangers)
1970"Sidewalks of Chicago" (with The Strangers)flipflip"I Can't Be Myself" (with The Strangers)
1972"Turnin' Off a Memory" (with The Strangers)flip"Grandma Harp" (with The Strangers)
1976"What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana" (with The Strangers)flip"Cherokee Maiden" (with The Strangers)
1977"When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"flip"Ramblin' Fever"
1978"Making Believe" (with The Strangers)flip"Running Kind" (with The Strangers)
"Love Me When You Can"flip"It's Been a Great Afternoon"
1979"I Must Have Done Something Bad"flip"Red Bandana"
"Heaven Was a Drink of Wine"flip"My Own Kind of Hat"
1981"Our Paths May Never Cross"55"Leonard"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1982"Are the Good Times Really Over" (live)
1983"Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson)Lana Nelson
1985"Natural High"
"Kern River"
1990"Me and Crippled Soldiers"Tom Hartman
2000"Motorcycle Cowboy"David Abbott
"(Think About A) Lullaby"Piper Ferguson
2001"If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time"Bobby G.
2003"Farmer's Blues" (with Marty Stuart)Deb Haus
2004"That's the News"
2005"America First"Traci Goudie
2006"Politically Uncorrect" (with Gretchen Wilson) Deaton Flanigen
2015It's All Going to Pot" (with Willie Nelson)
"Alice in Hulaland" (with Willie Nelson) [11] Micah Nelson

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"Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" is a song written by Red Lane. It was first recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard on his 1986 album, Out Among the Stars. Haggard's son, Noel Haggard, covered the song on his 1997 debut album, One Lifetime, and released it as his second single. It peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1997. Noel Haggard's version was released through Atlantic Records and was produced by Barry Beckett.

"Untanglin' My Mind" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. Black wrote the song with Merle Haggard. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from the album One Emotion. The song peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 3 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. Haggard also recorded the song on his 1996 album 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Can't Be Myself</span> 1970 single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers

"I Can't Be Myself" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in October 1970 as the second single from the album Hag. The song peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. It reached two on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willie Nelson singles discography</span>

The following is a detailed discography of all singles released by American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. A total of 25 Nelson singles have reached number one on music charts in the US.

"Kern River" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in July 1985 as the only single and title track from his album Kern River. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnny Cash singles discography</span>

The Johnny Cash discography chronicles the output of American singer Johnny Cash. His lengthy career, spanning 1954 to 2003, saw the release of 91 albums and 170 singles on several record labels. Over the years, Cash also collaborated with many of the industry's most notable artists.

"If You Want to Be My Woman" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in December 1989 as the third single from his album 5:01 Blues. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 15 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

<i>Eyes</i> (Eddy Raven album) 1980 studio album by Eddy Raven

Eyes is the third studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1980 on Dimension Records.

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