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September 6th, 1965: Debut album from Merle Haggard
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September 6th, 1965 - Country singer/songwriter Merle Haggard released his debut album Strangers on the Capitol Record label. Listen below to track one from the album, "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers", penned by Liz Anderson. This track was Haggard's first Top 10 hit single.
Strangers:
01 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
02 Falling For You
03 Please Mr. D.J.
04 You Don't Have Very Far To Go
05 Sing a Sad Song
06 Sam Hill
07 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
08 You Don't Even Try
09 If I Had Left it Up To You
10 I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows
11 The Worst Is Yet to Come
12 Walking the Floor Over You
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