Music1962–2016
Merle Haggard
Oildale, California outlaw country artist who became the voice of working-class America and wrote Okie from Muskogee — possibly the most controversial country song of its era.
Origin
Oildale, California
Genre
Country
The Cultural Record
Discography
Big City1981
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If I Could Only Fly2000
A Portrait of Merle Haggard1969
I Wish I Was Santa Claus2004
19961996
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