Eighty-three years ago today, the country singer and songwriter who wrote hits for Merle Haggard and other legends was born.

The year 1970 was a great year for country music, both in terms of well-known hits and since-forgotten tracks.

Songs touting the importance of familial relations as an emotional cornerstone have long been a part of country music. While there are a plethora of songs celebrating the role of mothers — such as ...

Today, we're taking a look at some of the greatest country hits of all time. These songs managed to become so big that even ...

Only Merle Haggard. Never one who was shy or too scared to speak his mind, Merle was good friends with Ray Benson, frontman of Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, who recalled a great story about ...

NASHVILLE — Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie ...

There is the celebration of rural life and the yearning to recapture a seemingly simpler time. There are murder ballads, cheating songs, tunes that herald Saturday night’s debauchery and Sunday ...