Watch this awesome live performance of two great mean of Country Music, Merle Haggard and Dwight Yoakam singing “Swinging Doors.” This is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in February 1966 as the first single and title track from the album Swinging Doors. The song peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles.
Merle Haggard, in full Merle Ronald Haggard, (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s.
Haggard won numerous awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and in 1984 he captured a Grammy Award for best country vocal performance for “That’s the Way Love Goes.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2007). In 2010 Haggard was named a Kennedy Center honoree. (Source: Britannica.com)
Song by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
This old smoke filled bar is something I’m not used to
But I gave up my home to see you satisfied
And I just called to let you know where I’ll be living
It’s not much but I feel welcome here inside
And I’ve got swinging doors, a jukebox and a bar stool
And my new home has a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me any time you want to
‘Cause I’m always here at home till closing time
I’ve got everything I need to drive me crazy
And I’ve got everything it takes to lose my mind
And in here, the atmosphere’s just right for heartaches
And thanks to you I’m always here till closing time
And I’ve got swinging doors, a jukebox and a bar stool
And my new home has a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me any time you want to
‘Cause I’m always here at home till closing time
I’m always here at home till closing time
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Merle Haggard
Swinging Doors lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc
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Watch this beautiful live performance of country music legend Don Williams of his signature song “”You’re My Best Friend.” This song was released in April 1975 as the first single and title track from the album You’re My Best Friend. The song was Williams’ second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1975.
“Scoring at least one major hit every year between 1974 and 1991, Don Williams had an impressive fifty-six chart records. Fifty of these reached the country Top Twenty, and forty-five made the Top Ten; seventeen went to #1. In 1978 he was the Country Music Association’s (CMA) Male Vocalist of the Year, and his recording of “Tulsa Time” was the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Single of the Year. In 1980, readers of London’s Country Music People magazine named him Artist of the Decade. Born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas, Don Williams learned guitar from his mother and performed in various country, folk, and rock & roll bands as a teenager. “(source: Don-Williams. com)
Song by Don Williams
You placed gold on my finger
You brought love, like I’ve never known
You gave life to our children
And to me, a reason to go on
You’re my bread when I’m hungry
You’re my shelter from troubled winds
You’re my anchor in life’s ocean
But most of all, you’re my best friend
When I need hope and inspiration
You’re always strong when I’m tired and weak
I could search this whole world over
You’d still be everythin’ that I need
You’re my bread when I’m hungry
You’re my shelter from troubled winds
You’re my anchor in life’s ocean
But most of all, you’re my best friend
You’re my bread when I’m hungry
You’re my shelter from troubled winds
You’re my anchor in life’s ocean
But most of all, you’re my best friend
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Wayland D. Holyfield
You’re My Best Friend lyrics © Universal Polygram Int. Publishing Inc.
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Another beautiful song and a live performance by Merle Haggard with his classic song “When Times Were Good.” This song has a beautiful melody and really captures the style of music of Merle Haggard. It sure soothes your ear and you will enjoy every seconds of it! Enjoy and please share this page.
Merle Haggard, in full Merle Ronald Haggard, (born April 6, 1937, Oildale, California, U.S.—died April 6, 2016, near Redding, California), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular country music performers of the late 20th century, with nearly 40 number one country hits between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s. Haggard won numerous awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and in 1984 he captured a Grammy Award for best country vocal performance for “That’s the Way Love Goes.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2007). In 2010 Haggard was named a Kennedy Center honoree. (Source: Britannica.com)
Song by Merle Haggard
There’s a Place, I can go, in my memories,
Back to a life I chose to leave behind
And sometime I still need to remember
When Times were good, and you were mine
I’m still livin’ with my reasons for leaving
They must have seemed more important at the time,
Now I only dream about the two of us,
When times were good, and you were mine.
I still have everything that came between us
My old guitar and a weakness for the wine
So tonight I thought I’d write one for the memories
When times were good, and you were mine.
There’s a Golden Eagle rollin out of Memphis
And a country singer still caught between the lines
And I know that this old road I’m on will never lead me
Where times were good, and you were mine
I still have everything that came between us
Like My old guitar and this weakness for the wine,
So Tonight I Thought I’d write one for the memories
Where times were good, and you were mine.
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: David Lynn Jones
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