Movin' On (Merle Haggard song)

"Movin' On" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Merle Haggard 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 truck driver. It should not be confused with the country standard "I'm Moving On" by Hank Snow.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	15

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	36

Personnel

Merle Haggard– 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 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2)

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 147.
"Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2021.

Merle Haggard

The Strangers

Norm Hamlet

Ralph Mooney

Tiny Moore

Roy Nichols

Gene Price

Eldon Shamblin

Gordon Terry

Biff Adam

Jimmy Belken

Eddie Burris

Gary Church

Wayne Durham

George French

Dennis Hromek

Don Markham

Johnny Meeks

Marcia Nichols

Ronnie Reno

Clint Strong

Jim Tittle

Jerry Ward

Bobby Wayne

Mark Yeary

Studio albums

Strangers
Swinging Doors ‡
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive ‡
Branded Man ‡
Sing Me Back Home ‡
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde ‡
Mama Tried ‡
Pride in What I Am ‡
Same Train, a Different Time ‡
A Portrait of Merle Haggard ‡
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) ‡
Hag ‡
Someday We'll Look Back ‡
Let Me Tell You About a Song ‡
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) ‡
If We Make It Through December ‡
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album ‡
Keep Movin' On ‡
It's All in the Movies ‡
My Love Affair with Trains ‡
The Roots of My Raising ‡
Ramblin' Fever
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today ‡
My Farewell to Elvis
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
Serving 190 Proof
The Way I Am
Back to the Barrooms
Big City
Going Where the Lonely Go
That's the Way Love Goes
It's All in the Game
Kern River
Out Among the Stars
A Friend in California
Chill Factor
5:01 Blues
Blue Jungle
1994
1996
If I Could Only Fly
Roots, Volume 1
The Peer Sessions
Haggard Like Never Before
Unforgettable
Chicago Wind
The Bluegrass Sessions
I Am What I Am
Working in Tennessee

Compilations

Live albums

Gospel albums

The Land of Many Churches ‡
Songs for the Mama That Tried
Cabin in the Hills
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)

Holiday albums

Singles

1960s	"Sing a Sad Song" "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" "Swinging Doors" ‡ "The Bottle Let Me Down" ‡ "The Fugitive" ‡ "I Threw Away the Rose" ‡ "Branded Man" ‡ "Sing Me Back Home" ‡ "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" ‡ "Mama Tried" ‡ "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" ‡ "Hungry Eyes" ‡ "Workin' Man Blues" ‡ "Okie from Muskogee" ‡
1970s	"The Fightin' Side of Me" ‡ "Jesus, Take a Hold" ‡ "I Can't Be Myself" ‡ "Soldier's Last Letter" ‡ "Someday We'll Look Back" ‡ "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" ‡ "Carolyn" ‡ "Grandma Harp" ‡ "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" ‡ "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" ‡ "The Emptiest Arms in the World" ‡ "Everybody's Had the Blues" ‡ "If We Make It Through December ‡" "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" ‡ "Old Man from the Mountain" ‡ "Kentucky Gambler" ‡ "Always Wanting You" ‡ "Movin' On" ‡ "It's All in the Movies" ‡ "The Roots of My Raising" ‡ "Here Comes the Freedom Train" ‡ "Cherokee Maiden" ‡ "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" "Ramblin' Fever" "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" ‡ "From Graceland to the Promised Land" "Running Kind" ‡ "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" "It's Been a Great Afternoon" "Red Bandana" "My Own Kind of Hat"
1980s	"The Way I Am" "Misery and Gin" "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" "Leonard" "Rainbow Stew" "My Favorite Memory" "Big City" "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" "Going Where the Lonely Go" "You Take Me for Granted" "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" "It's All in the Game" "That's the Way Love Goes" "Someday When Things Are Good" "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" "A Place to Fall Apart" "Kern River" "I Had a Beautiful Time" "A Friend in California" "Almost Persuaded" "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" "Chill Factor" "We Never Touch at All" "You Babe" "5:01 Blues" "A Better Love Next Time" "If You Want to Be My Woman"

Collaborations

Albums	Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens and The Strangers) A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson) Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones) Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) Django & Jimmie (with Willie Nelson)
Singles	"Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) "Yesterday's Wine" (with George Jones) "C.C. Waterback" (with George Jones) "Reasons to Quit" (with Willie Nelson) "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) "Wreck on the Highway" (with Chester Smith)
As guest	"Street Singer" (by The Strangers) "Walking the Floor Over You" (by Ernest Tubb) "Politically Uncorrect" (by Gretchen Wilson)

‡ indicates a release performed with The Strangers

Trucking industry in the United States

Regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Economy of the United States

Regulations

Manufacturers

Truck manufacturers	AM General American LaFrance Autocar Bering Bremach Brockway BYD Auto Caterpillar Inc. Chase Chevrolet CCC CNH Industrial Dart Diamond Reo Diamond T Reo Dina Dodge Freightliner Ford GMC Hayes Fuso Hino Hyundai Motor America Hyzon International Isuzu Kenworth Marmon-Herrington Mercedes-Benz Moreland Mack Nissan Oshkosh Peterbilt Ram Trucks Selden Schacht Shyft Group Smith Spartan Sterling Tesla Tiger Truck Toyota Traffic UD Trucks VIA Volvo Ward LaFrance Western Star White Workhorse Group
Engine manufacturers	Caterpillar Inc. Cummins Detroit Diesel Mack MaxxForce Mercedes-Benz Paccar Volvo
Trailer manufacturers	Daseke Fontaine Fruehauf Great Dane Hyundai Translead Lufkin Trailers Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company Vanguard Wabash National Wilson

Motor carriers

Truckload carriers	Averitt Express Celadon CFI Covenant CRST FFE Transportation J. B. Hunt Knight-Swift Landstar System PAM Transport Patriot Transportation Roehl Transport Schneider Swift Werner Western Express WTI Transport
Less than truckload (LTL)	ABF Averitt Express Con-way Freight Consolidated Freightways Estes Express Lines FedEx New England Motor Freight Old Dominion Freight Line R+L Carriers Saia Southeastern TForce Freight XPO, Inc. Yellow Corporation
Third-party logistics providers	Access America Transport American Lamprecht Transport C.H. Robinson Freightquote CaseStack Ryder Total Quality Logistics Trailer Bridge XPO, Inc.
National parcel carriers	DHL FedEx Greyhound UPS United States Postal Service
Regional parcel carriers	GLS LaserShip LSO OnTrac
Moving companies	Allied Atlas Bekins Gentle Giant Moving Company Global Interstate Mayflower National North American PODS Two Men and a Truck United Wheaton

Truck stops

People

Organizations

Glossary of the American trucking industry

Popular culture

Film	Black Dog Breakdown Breaker! Breaker! Convoy Duel F.I.S.T. High-Ballin' Joy Ride Maximum Overdrive Over The Top Smokey & the Bandit They Drive by Night The Gang's All Here The Great Smokey Roadblock Trucker White Line Fever
Television	American Loggers American Trucker B. J. and the Bear Ice Road Truckers Movin' On Trick My Truck
Music	A Tombstone Every Mile Big Wheels in the Moonlight Bonnie Jean (Little Sister) Convoy Drivin' My Life Away East Bound and Down Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses Giddyup Go Girl on the Billboard Movin' On Papa Loved Mama Phantom 309 Roll On Big Mama Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) Six Days on the Road Teddy Bear The White Knight
Radio	Dale Sommers Red Eye (Bill Mack) Road Dog Trucking (Dave Nemo)
Video games	18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker 18 Wheels of Steel American Truck Simulator Rig 'n' Roll Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
Other	Citizens band radio The Rolling Memorial

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