The Very Best of Merle Haggard

~ Release by Merle Haggard (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
recording of:
I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
2:44
2I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
recording of:
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
writer:
Casey Anderson (country songwriter) and Liz Anderson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
3:11
3Mama Tried
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 376)
recording of:
Mama Tried
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:11
4Daddy Frank (the Guitarman)
recording of:
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
3:41
5Sing Me Back Home
recording of:
Sing Me Back Home
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
22:51
6Workin’ Man Blues
recording of:
Workin’ Man Blues
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:45
7Kentucky Gambler
recording of:
Kentucky Gambler
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
2:56
8Holding Things Together
recording of:
Holding Things Together
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
2:59
9Branded Man
recording of:
Branded Man
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
3:11
10Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
recording of:
The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
writer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) and Bonnie Owens (US country singer)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:07
11Mama’s Hungry Eyes
3:39
12Swingin’ Doors
recording of:
Swinging Doors
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
22:52
13Carolyn
recording of:
Carolyn
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Collins (American country singer, songwriter and guitarist)
2:37
14Strangers
2:32
15The Bottle Let Me Down
recording of:
The Bottle Let Me Down
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
2:45
16I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink
recording of:
I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
3:42
17The Fightin’ Side of Me
recording of:
The Fightin’ Side of Me
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
was commissioned by:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
32:54
18Okie From Muskogee
recording of:
Okie From Muskogee
writer:
Roy Burris and Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
22:40