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"My Favorite Memory" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard, his twenty-fifth number-one single. It was released in September 1981 as the first single from the album Big City. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression.
The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers (with the Strangers) Release date: February 23, 1969; ... "My Favorite Memory" 1 3 Big City: 1982 "Big City" 1 1
Movin' On (Merle Haggard song) My Favorite Memory; My Own Kind of Hat; O. Okie from Muskogee (song) Old Man from the Mountain; P. A Place to Fall Apart; R. Rainbow Stew;
After five years at MCA Records, Haggard jumped to Epic in 1982, and the move appeared to spark his creativity; he wrote or co-wrote eight of the LP's twelve tracks, including its two #1 singles, "Big City" and "My Favorite Memory." Haggard entered the studio with his band the Strangers and his mentor Lewis Talley and, in a two-day marathon ...
Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up ...
The theme of the song is the concern over irreversible moral decay. It features a wide range of references including pop culture topics such as The Beatles and Elvis; American companies like Ford, Chevy, and Coca-Cola; political topics including the Vietnam War and presidency of Richard Nixon, as well as social commentary on modern men's work ethic, and women's lack of skill and willingness to ...
The Everly Brothers recorded a version of the song for their 1968 album Roots along with another Haggard song, "Mama Tried".. Joan Baez recorded the song, along with another Haggard song, "Mama Tried", in 1969, during sessions for her (I Live) One Day at a Time album, though neither song was included on the final album; they would eventually be released on her 1993 boxed set Rare, Live & Classic.