“Merle Haggard was a special, special person,” Parton wrote in her 2020 book, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics. “I heard he had a crush on me. All I knew was that we had a great ...

In the early 1970s, Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard toured together and often ended up in close quarters, hanging out on one another’s tour bus, playing cards, talking about life and the music ...

and even elderly grandfathers have seemingly had a crush on Dolly Parton. However, the most notable man to have a crush on Parton was her fellow musician and tourmate, Merle Haggard. Haggard never ...

While touring together in the early 1970s, Merle Haggard had already fallen in love with Dolly Parton. Haggard even wrote a love song for Parton, “Always Wanting You,” which he released on his ...

Rest easy, Merle.” In later years, the two would perform together in public again, including a duet on the Parton’s ABC variety show, Dolly, in the late-80s. Watch it below. Listen to Haggard ...

Merle also appeared on Parton’s later ’80s television variety show Dolly. When Haggard died in 2016, Parton said, “We’ve lost one of the greatest writers and singers of all time.

Consequently, they were friends, collaborators, and in Haggard’s case, even held unrequited love for one another. All that being so, Dolly Parton used her songwriting talents and gifted two ...

Merle Haggard’s Song For Dolly (That He Made Her Listen to at 3 a.m.) Nevertheless, that didn’t stop the lovelorn Haggard from writing a song about his crush on Dolly Parton…and then forcing ...

But back in the mid 1970's – Merle Haggard had spent time touring with Dolly Parton and fell for Dolly – not just hard – but head over heels. And he described his feelings for Dolly in a ...

Country music superstar Dolly Parton has added three new Guinness ... whose number one records spanned 50 years and 91 days, and Merle Haggard, who had 48 years and 192 days between his number ...

And, by diving into each's humble upbringing, Burns introduces two of country music’s most important figures: Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard. Burns and film writer Dayton Duncan continue to ...