On this day (August 1) in 1966, Merle Haggard recorded “The Fugitive” at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood, California. The song would go on to be Haggard’s first No. 1 single and the ...
These three country songs from 1966 are so good, I still want to listen to them nearly 60 years after they were released.
WHO IS HE: Merle Haggard is country music legend, famous for creating the Bakersfield sound along with his band The Strangers. He began gaining success in the mid 1960s with hits such as “(My Friends ...