Album: 16 Biggest Hits by Merle Haggard (1998)
Genre: Country | Mood: Good Natured
Format: Compilation

Description: 16 Biggest Hits is a 1998 Merle Haggard compilation album. It is part of a series of similar 16 Biggest Hits albums released by Legacy Recordings.
The album was certified Gold in 2002 by the RIAA. It has sold 955,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.

Artist Background: Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the... Part of the Oildale, California music scene. Associated with Country movement.

Related Artists: George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Conway Twitty

Music Scene: Part of the Oildale, California music scene. Associated with Country movement.

Tags: Country, Good Natured, 1990s, Compilation


16 Biggest Hits is a 1998 Merle Haggard compilation album. It is part of a series of similar 16 Biggest Hits albums released by Legacy Recordings.
The album was certified Gold in 2002 by the RIAA. It has sold 955,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.

16 Biggest Hits

Merle Haggard

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