DEF: Merle Haggard “Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)”

Three songs from country music legend Merle Haggard‘s 1981 album Big City reached the Top 2 on Billboard‘s country music chart. After the first two reached number one, on this date in 1982, the third song — “Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)” — climbed to a peak position of number 2. “Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)” by Merle Haggard is today’s Daily Eighties Flashback.