Merle Haggard discography
Merle Haggard discography | |
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Studio albums | 63 |
Live albums | 8 |
Compilation albums | 26 |
Music videos | 13 |
Singles | 84 |
No.1 Single | 38 |
The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes a selection of compilation albums.
Studio albums
1960s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |
---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | ||
Strangers |
|
9 | — |
Swinging Doors with The Strangers |
|
1 | — |
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive with The Strangers |
|
3 | 165 |
Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose with The Strangers |
|
1 | 167 |
Sing Me Back Home with The Strangers |
|
1 | — |
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde with The Strangers |
|
6 | — |
Mama Tried with The Strangers |
|
4 | — |
Pride in What I Am with The Strangers |
|
11 | 189 |
Same Train, a Different Time |
|
1 | 67 |
A Portrait of Merle Haggard with The Strangers |
|
3 | 99 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
1970s
Title | Album details | Peak 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) |
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2 | 58 | — | — |
Hag with The Strangers |
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1 | 66 | — | 63 |
Someday We'll Look Back with The Strangers |
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4 | 108 | — | — |
Let Me Tell You About a Song with The Strangers |
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7 | 166 | — | — |
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) with The Strangers |
|
1 | — | — | — |
If We Make it Through December with The Strangers |
|
4 | 190 | — | — |
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album with The Strangers |
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1 | — | — | — |
Keep Movin' On with The Strangers |
|
1 | 129 | — | — |
It's All in the Movies with The Strangers |
|
1 | — | — | — |
My Love Affair with Trains with The Strangers |
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7 | — | — | — |
The Roots of My Raising with The Strangers |
|
8 | — | — | — |
Ramblin' Fever |
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5 | — | — | 20 |
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today with The Strangers |
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28 | — | — | — |
My Farewell to Elvis |
|
6 | 133 | — | — |
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
|
17 | — | 9 | — |
Serving 190 Proof |
|
17 | — | 1 | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1980s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] |
Certifications[2] (sales threshold) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
The Way I Am |
|
16 | — | — | |
Back to the Barrooms |
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8 | — | — | |
Songs for the Mama That Tried |
|
46 | — | — | |
Big City |
|
3 | 161 | — |
|
Going Where the Lonely Go |
|
3 | — | — | |
That's the Way Love Goes |
|
8 | — | — | |
It's All in the Game |
|
1 | — | 6 | |
Kern River |
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8 | — | — | |
A Friend In California |
|
2 | — | — | |
Out Among the Stars |
|
15 | — | — | |
Chill Factor |
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8 | — | 14 | |
5:01 Blues |
|
28 | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1990s
Title | Album details | Peak positions [1] |
---|---|---|
US Country | ||
Blue Jungle |
|
47 |
1994 |
|
60 |
1996 |
|
— |
Cabin in the Hills |
|
— |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
2000s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |
---|---|---|---|
US Country | US Indie | ||
If I Could Only Fly |
|
26 | 10 |
Roots, Volume 1 |
|
47 | 26 |
The Peer Sessions |
|
— | — |
Haggard Like Never Before |
|
40 | 20 |
Unforgettable |
|
39 | — |
Chicago Wind |
|
54 | — |
Working Man's Journey |
|
— | — |
The Bluegrass Sessions |
|
43 | 34 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
2010s
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | US Indie | ||
I Am What I Am |
|
18 | 77 | 11 |
Working in Tennessee |
|
30 | 155 | 25 |
Collaborations
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | Certifications[2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | CAN | |||
Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens and The Strangers) |
|
4 | — | — | |
Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's The Strangers (with The Strangers) |
|
36 | — | — | |
Introducing My Friends The Strangers (with The Strangers) |
|
34 | — | — | |
Getting to Know The Strangers (with The Strangers) |
|
44 | — | — | |
Honky Tonkin' (with The Strangers) |
|
34 | — | — | |
Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...) (with The Strangers) |
|
23 | — | — | |
A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) |
|
4 | 123 | — | |
Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) |
|
1 | 37 | — |
|
Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) |
|
44 | — | — | |
Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson) |
|
39 | — | — | |
Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) |
|
31 | — | — | |
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.) |
|
— | — | — | |
Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) |
|
7 | 64 | — | |
Django & Jimmie (with Willie Nelson) |
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1 | 7 | 16 | |
Timeless (with Mac Wiseman) |
|
— | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Christmas albums
Title | Album details | Peak positions [1] |
---|---|---|
US Country | ||
A Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New) |
|
4 |
Goin' Home for Christmas |
|
41 |
I Wish I Was Santa Claus |
|
— |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] |
Certifications[2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | CAN [5] | |||
Okie from Muskogee with The Strangers |
|
1 | 46 | 64 |
|
The Fightin' Side of Me with The Strangers |
|
1 | 68 | — |
|
The Land of Many Churches with The Strangers |
|
15 | — | — | |
I Love Dixie Blues with The Strangers |
|
1 | 126 | — | |
Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium |
|
20 | — | — | |
The Epic Collection (Recorded Live) |
|
28 | — | — | |
Amber Waves of Grain |
|
25 | — | — | |
Live from Austin Texas |
|
— | — | — | |
Live from Austin, Texas '78 |
|
— | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] |
Certifications[2]/ Sales | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | |||
The Best of Merle Haggard |
|
3 | — |
|
Close-Up |
|
23 | — | |
The Best of the Best |
|
1 | 137 |
|
Songs I'll Always Sing |
|
15 | — | |
Eleven Winners |
|
9 | — | |
The Way It Was in '51 |
|
30 | — | |
Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits |
|
37 | — | |
His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) |
|
41 | — |
|
His Best |
|
38 | — | |
Greatest Hits of the 80's |
|
— | — | |
Super Hits |
|
— | — | |
Super Hits, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — |
|
Super Hits, Vol. 3 |
|
— | — | |
Down Every Road 1962–1994 |
|
— | — | |
16 Biggest Hits |
|
55 | 167 |
|
For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
|
38 | — |
|
Cheatin' |
|
— | — | |
Drinkin' |
|
— | — | |
Hurtin' |
|
— | — | |
Prison |
|
— | — | |
20 Greatest Hits |
|
— | 75 |
|
40 #1's |
|
60 | — | |
40 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Rerecorded) |
|
— | 88 | |
The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years |
|
— | 139 | |
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard |
|
59 | — | |
10 Great Songs |
|
75 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other appearances
Year | Song | 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) |
Singles
1960s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions[7] |
Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | CAN Country | |||
1963 | "Sing a Sad Song" | 19 | — | Strangers |
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) | 5 | — | Swinging Doors with The Strangers |
"The Bottle Let Me Down" (with The Strangers) | 3 | — | ||
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | I'm a Lonesome Fugitive with The Strangers | |
1967 | "I Threw Away the Rose" (with The Strangers) | 2 | — | Branded Man with The Strangers |
"Branded Man" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | ||
"Sing Me Back Home" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 7 | Sing Me Back Home with The Strangers | |
1968 | "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 3 | The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde with The Strangers |
"Mama Tried" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 1 | Mama Tried with The Strangers | |
"I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" (with The Strangers) | 3 | 1 | Pride in What I Am with The Strangers | |
1969 | "Hungry Eyes" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 2 | A Portrait of Merle Haggard with The Strangers |
"Workin' Man Blues" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 1 | ||
"Okie from Muskogee"[A] (with The Strangers) | 1 | 3 | Okie from Muskogee with The Strangers | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1970s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions[7] | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
1970 | "The Fightin' Side of Me" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 92 | 1 | — | The Fightin' Side of Me with The Strangers |
"Street Singer" (released by The Strangers) | 9 | 124 | 1 | — | Introducing My Friends The Strangers with The Strangers | |
"Jesus, Take a Hold" (with The Strangers) | 3 | 107 | 3 | — | Hag with The Strangers | |
"I Can't Be Myself" (with The Strangers) | 3 | 106 | 2 | — | ||
1971 | "Soldier's Last Letter" (with The Strangers) | 3 | 90 | 4 | — | |
"Someday We'll Look Back" (with The Strangers) | 2 | 119 | 2 | — | Someday We'll Look Back with The Strangers | |
"Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 2 | — | Let Me Tell You About a Song with The Strangers | |
"Carolyn" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 58 | 2 | — | Someday We'll Look Back with The Strangers | |
1972 | "Grandma Harp" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 5 | — | Let Me Tell You About a Song with The Strangers |
"It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 1 | — | It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) with The Strangers | |
"I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 1 | — | I Love Dixie Blues with The Strangers | |
1973 | "The Emptiest Arms in the World" (with The Strangers) | 3 | — | 12 | — | |
"Everybody's Had the Blues" (with The Strangers) | 1 | 62 | 1 | — | ||
"If We Make It Through December"[B] (with The Strangers) | 1 | 28 | 1 | 30 | If We Make It Through December with The Strangers | |
1974 | "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 2 | — | Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album with The Strangers |
"Old Man from the Mountain" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
"Kentucky Gambler" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 1 | — | Keep Movin' On with The Strangers | |
1975 | "Always Wanting You" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 3 | — | |
"Movin' On" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 15 | — | ||
"It's All in the Movies" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 11 | — | It's All in the Movies with The Strangers | |
1976 | "The Roots of My Raising" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 7 | — | The Roots of My Raising with The Strangers |
"Here Comes the Freedom Train" (with The Strangers) | 10 | — | 1 | — | My Love Affair with Trains with The Strangers | |
"Cherokee Maiden" (with The Strangers) | 1 | — | 1 | — | The Roots of My Raising with The Strangers | |
1977 | "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" | 2 | — | 2 | — | Ramblin' Fever |
"Ramblin' Fever" | 2 | — | 3 | — | ||
"From Graceland to the Promised Land" | 4 | 58 | 3 | 55 | My Farewell to Elvis | |
1978 | "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" | 2 | — | 2 | — | I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
"It's Been a Great Afternoon" | 2 | — | 1 | — | ||
"The Bull and The Beaver" (with Leona Williams) | 8 | — | 25 | — | N/A | |
1979 | "Red Bandana" | 4 | — | 2 | — | Serving 190 Proof |
"My Own Kind of Hat" | 4 | — | 4 | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
1980s and 1990s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions[7] |
Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | CAN Country | |||
1980 | "The Way I Am" | 2 | 1 | The Way I Am |
"Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) | 1 | 1 | Bronco Billy (soundtrack) | |
"Misery and Gin" | 3 | 4 | Back to the Barrooms | |
"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" | 1 | 29 | ||
1981 | "Leonard" | 9 | 7 | |
"Rainbow Stew" (live) | 4 | 17 | Rainbow Stew | |
"My Favorite Memory" | 1 | 3 | Big City | |
1982 | "Big City" | 1 | 1 | |
"Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" |
2 | 1 | ||
"Going Where the Lonely Go" | 1 | 1 | Going Where the Lonely Go | |
1983 | "You Take Me for Granted" | 1 | 9 | |
"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" | 3 | 2 | That's the Way Love Goes | |
"That's the Way Love Goes" | 1 | 1 | ||
1984 | "Someday When Things Are Good" | 1 | 1 | His Epic Hits |
"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" | 1 | 9 | It's All in the Game | |
"A Place to Fall Apart" (featuring Janie Fricke) | 1 | 1 | ||
1985 | "Natural High" | 1 | 2 | |
"Kern River" | 10 | 10 | Kern River | |
"Amber Waves of Grain" | 36 | 38 | Amber Waves of Grain | |
"American Waltz" | 60 | 41 | ||
1986 | "I Had a Beautiful Time" | 5 | 4 | A Friend in California |
"A Friend in California" | 9 | 12 | ||
"Out Among the Stars" | 21 | 22 | Out Among the Stars | |
1987 | "Almost Persuaded" | 58 | 54 | |
"Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" | 1 | 1 | Chill Factor | |
1988 | "Chill Factor" | 9 | 12 | |
"We Never Touch at All" | 22 | * | ||
"You Babe" | 23 | * | ||
1989 | "5:01 Blues" | 18 | 14 | 5:01 Blues |
"A Better Love Next Time" | 4 | 10 | ||
"If You Want to Be My Woman" | 23 | 15 | ||
1990 | "Broken Friend" | —[C] | 78 | |
"When It Rains It Pours" | 60 | — | Blue Jungle | |
"Blue Jungle"[8] | — | — | ||
1991 | "A Bar in Bakersfield"[9] | — | — | |
1994 | "In My Next Life" | 58 | — | 1994 |
1996 | "Truck Driver's Blues"[10] | — | — | 1996 |
1999 | "That's the Way Love Goes" (re-recording with Jewel) | 56 | 71 | For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
2000 | "Motorcycle Cowboy"[11] | — | — | Motorcycle Cowboy |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions | ||||
Other singles
Singles from collaboration albums
Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | US AC | CAN Country | ||||
1964 | "Just Between the Two of Us" (with The Strangers) | Bonnie Owens | 28 | — | — | Just Between the Two of Us with The Strangers |
1982 | "Yesterday's Wine" | George Jones | 1 | — | 5 | A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
"C.C. Waterback" | 10 | — | 18 | |||
"Reasons to Quit" | Willie Nelson | 6 | — | 7 | Pancho & Lefty | |
1983 | "Pancho and Lefty" | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||
"We're Strangers Again" | Leona Williams | 42 | — | — | Heart to Heart | |
1987 | "If I Could Only Fly" | Willie Nelson | 58 | — | 50 | Seashores of Old Mexico |
2000 | "Wreck on the Highway" | Chester Smith | — | — | — | California Blend |
2015 | "It's All Going to Pot" | Willie Nelson | 48 | — | — | Django & Jimmie |
— denotes releases that did not chart. |
Guest singles
Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | CAN Country | ||||
1978 | "Willie" | Hank Cochran | 91 | — | With a Little Help from My Friends |
1979 | "Walking the Floor Over You" | Ernest Tubb | 31 | 18 | The Legend and the Legacy |
1981 | "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" | Johnny Paycheck | 41 | 41 | Mr. Hag Told My Story |
"Lefty" | David Frizzell | 45 | — | Carryin' on the Family Names | |
1998 | "Same Old Train" | Various artists | 59 | — | 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 * denotes unknown peak positions | |||||
Promotional singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country | CAN Country | |||
1977 | "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" (with The Strangers) | 16 | 8 | A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today with The Strangers |
1978 | "Running Kind" (with The Strangers) | 12 | 10 | |
"The Way It Was in '51" | 82 | 58 | The Way It Was in '51 | |
1982 | "Dealing with the Devil" | 49 | — | Rainbow Stew |
1983 | "It's All in the Game" | 54 | — | It's All in the Game |
1985 | "Make Up and Faded Blue Jeans" | 55 | 49 | His Best |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Charted B-sides
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | A-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) | flip | flip | — | "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
Year | Video | Director |
---|---|---|
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 |
2015 | "Alice in Hulaland" (with Willie Nelson)[12] | Micah Nelson |
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 allmusic ((( Merle Haggard > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))
- 1 2 3 4 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Merle Haggard
- ↑ http://www.cmt.com/news/1560702/merle-haggard-releases-cracker-barrel-cd/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Merle-Haggard/dp/B00ZJNL6ZG
- ↑ "Merle Haggard Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ↑ Bjorke, Matt (April 18, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales Chart: April 18, 2017". Roughstock.
- 1 2 3 allmusic ((( Merle Haggard > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))
- ↑ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. December 1, 1990.
- ↑ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. February 2, 1991.
- ↑ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. May 18, 1996.
- ↑ Jessen, Wade (April 22, 2000). "Country Corner". Billboard: 41.
- ↑ "CMT : Videos : Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard : Alice in Hulaland". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. April 21, 1990.
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