If you look up ten lists or playlists of country Christmas songs, you’ll likely find Merle Haggard’s 1973 No. 1 hit “If We Make It Through December” in at least five of them. In my opinion, it’s out ...

In a time when it feels like most songs are put together in a studio like a math equation, many tracks seem like they are designed to be as commercial as possible. The stunning story of a 1973 country ...

Dierks Bentley celebrated Christmas in April earlier this month: The country star paid tribute to Merle Haggard with a cover of his 1973 hit "If We Make it Through December" at the Sing Me Back Home: ...

On this day (December 22) in 1973, Merle Haggard topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “If We Make It Through December.” The song spent four weeks at No. 1, making it the final No. 1 of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In keeping with her tradition of releasing a charity track for the holidays, Phoebe Bridgers’ shared a cover of Merle Haggard’s ...

One of the most striking moments on Hell of a Holiday, the brand-new Christmas album from the Pistol Annies, comes when Miranda Lambert begins singing Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December.” ...

When December 1 falls on a Monday, surely it's a day tailor-made for The Hag's 1973 classic, "If We Make It Through December." One of the greatest pop Christmas tunes ever unleashed on unsuspecting ...

Over the Rhine‘s Blood Oranges in the Snow may be a Christmas album, but it’s one that explores the bittersweet side of the holidays, long after the bells have stopped jingling. Bandmates Linford ...

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