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2013 collection from the Country icon. Merle Haggard is a household name, one of the best-known Country Music singers of all time. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the awards, honors, and accolades in his long career are too numerous to list. Haggard is simply one of the greatest Country stars in the history of the genre. From 'Swinging Doors' in 1965 until the end of the decade, Haggard had an incredible string of hit records. 'The Fugitive' was his first #1 single, and was a composition by Liz Anderson, Lynn Anderson's mother. This collection closes with Merle Haggard's final single of the 1960s 'Okie from Muskogee.' the song drew strong reactions as Haggard and the Strangers were testing it out on audiences before recording it, and according to pedal steel guitarist Norm Hamlet (Strangers 1967-present), 'The first time we played it, the audience just went crazy. We knew it was going to be huge.' the single was indeed another #1 smash, but it was also something else entirely. It was the song that would change Merle Haggard's career. Album Tracks 1. I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can 2. Falling for You 3. Shade Tree Fix-It-Man 4. This Town's Not Big Enough 5. Swinging Doors 6. The Girl Turned Ripe 7. The Bottle Let Me Down 8. The Longer You Wait 9. The Fugitive 10. Someone Told My Story 11. I Threw Away the Rose 12. Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive 13. Branded Man 14. You Don't Have Very Far to Go 15. Sing Me Back Home 16. Good Times 17. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde 18. I Started Loving You Again 19. Mama Tried 20. You'll Never Love Me Now 21. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am 22. Keep Me from Cryin' Today 23. Hungry Eyes 24. California Blues 25. Workin' Man Blues 26. Silver Wings 27. Okie from Muskogee 28. If I Had Left It Up to You
