Keep Movin' On is an album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

, released in 1975. "Movin' On" was a full-length version of a song Haggard recorded as the theme song to the TV series "Movin' On

Movin' On (TV series)

Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons , between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network...

"; "Kentucky Gambler" had been written by Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

. (Parton would in turn cover two of this album's songs: "You'll Always Be Special to Me", and "Life's Like Poetry".)

Track listing

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.

1. "Movin' On"
2. "Life's Like Poetry"
3. "I've Got a Darlin' (For a Wife)" (Haggard, Ronnie Reno)
4. "These Mem'ries We're Making Tonight"
5. "You'll Always Be Special to Me"
6. "September in Miami"
7. "Always Wanting You"
8. "Kentucky Gambler" (Dolly Parton
   Dolly Parton
   Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
   
   )
9. "Here in Frisco"
10. "I've Got a Yearning"
11. "Man's Gotta Give Up a Lot"

Personnel

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
• Roy Nichols
  Roy Nichols
  Roy Nichols was an American country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix of fingerpicking and pedal steel-like bends, usually played on a Telecaster.-Biography:Roy Ernest Nichols was born in...
  
   – guitar, harmonica
• Dave Kirby – guitar
• Ronnie Reno – guitar
• Norman Hamlet
  Norm Hamlet
  Norm Hamlet is an American steel guitarist best known as a member of Merle Haggard's Stranger's group. In 2005 Hamlet had quadruple heart bypass surgery and recovered well at his home in Bakersfield, California. In April 2006 while on tour with Merle Haggard Hamlet's Dobro was stolen and a reward...
  
   – pedal steel guitar, dobro
• Chuck Berghofer – bass
• Johnny Meeks – bass
• Bob Moore
  Bob Moore
  Bob Loyce Moore is an American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist who was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:...
  
   – bass
• James Tittle – bass
• Biff Adam – drums
• Johnny Gimble
  Johnny Gimble
  John Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....
  
   – fiddle
• Tiny Moore
  Tiny Moore
  Billie "Tiny" Moore was a Western swing musician who played the electric mandolin and fiddle with Western swing legend Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in the 1940s....
  
   – mandolin
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, organ
• Mark Yeary – piano
• Don Merkham – saxophone

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard Country albums	1
1975	Billboard Pop albums	129