On This Date: Merle Haggard topped the country charts in 1973 with his 15th studio album, It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad).

On this day in 1973 Merle Haggard topped the charts with his 15th studio album.

Titled It’s not love (but it’s not bad), The record was released in 1972 and consisted of 11 songs, including The Hag’s original song “I Wonder What She’ll Think About Me Leaving,” which later became a #4 country hit for Conway Twitty.

As the title track suggests, written by Hank Cochran and Glenn Martin and released as a single and Merle’s 13. No it I just love it and I think it’s still something a lot of people can relate to.

My personal favorite on the tracklist is the good old-fashioned cheating song “I Wonder Where I’ll Find You At Tonight,” which has Merle going over all the spots his wife of two could do to him, but of course, there’s tons on this record great classic country to immerse yourself in.

And of course he’s had 38 No. 1 singles and several more No. 1 records, and while it may not be the one everyone is still talking about, it’s certainly one of his best.

Turn these on today…

“I wonder where I’ll find you tonight”

“It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)”:

“I wonder what she’ll think about me leaving”

“My wife loves her husband”