"Silver Wings" was the soundtrack to the milestones Corpora and his daughter experienced together. Sam Corpora, 72: Merle Haggard's 'Silver Wings' More than 600,000 people have died in the U.S. from ...

Ask fans of the Bakersfield Sound to name their favorite Merle Haggard song, and they’re likely to call out masterpieces like “Workin' Man Blues,” “If We Make it Through December,” “Silver Wings” or ...

Merle Haggard had a rough start in this world. First of all, he was born during the final years of the Great Depression, and soon after, his father died when Haggard was around nine years old. As a ...