Owens first recorded “Streets of Bakersfield” for the 1972 compilation album Buck ‘Em Volume 2: The Music of Buck Owens. More than a decade later, he was slated to perform a duet with Merle Haggard, ...

"This publication was created by the staff of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum"--Title page verso. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Bakersfield sound : Buck Owens, Merle ...

They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble beginnings ...

The Associated Press confirmed his death. Haggard along with fellow Bakersfield, Calif., superstar Buck Owens defined the West Coast sound of country music in the 1960s and '70s. Related story: ...

Bonnie Owens, a country music singer-songwriter from 1949 to 1981, also will be remembered as the wife of Buck Owens and then Merle Haggard, helping to build their careers. In 1965 she was the Academy ...

Queens country singer and pianist Tennessee Walt will bring the Bakersfield Sound, a mid-20th century country music genre, to the Bryant Library in Roslyn on Sunday, March 30. Along with performing ...