"Movin' On" is a song written and recorded by American

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Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled a ...

and The Strangers. It was released in May 1975 as the third single and partial title track from the album '' Keep Movin' On''. Originally, it was the theme song to the 1974-1976 NBC-TV series of the same name and references the lead characters of the series, Sonny Pruitt and Will Chandler, by name. A full-length version of the song was released as a single in 1975, and it topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart that July. In addition to serving as the main theme to ''Movin' On'', the song was among many in country music to pay homage to the American over-the-road

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. It should not be confused with the country standard " I'm Moving On" by

Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on ...

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Personnel

– vocals, guitar The Strangers: * Roy Nichols – lead guitar * Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro * Tiny Moore – mandolin * Ronnie Reno – guitar * Mark Yeary – piano * Johnny Meeks - bass *Biff Adam – drums *Don Markham – saxophone

Sources

*Roland, Tom, ''The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits'' (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ()

References

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