Bonnie and Clyde (film) strictly anachronistic as the bluegrass-style of music dates from the mid-1940s rather than the 1930s, but the functionally similar Old-time music genre was long established and widely recorded at the period in which the film is set. Long out of print in vinyl and cassette formats, the film soundtrack album was finally released on CD in 2009. The film considerably simplifies the lives of Bonnie and Clyde, which included other gang members, repeated jailings, other murders and a horrific auto accident that left Parker burned and a near-invalid. The Gene Wilder–Evans Evans sequence is based on the kidnappings of the
The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde (song) on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart in April. The song spent two weeks at No. 1. The song was covered by a number of other artists, including Tammy Wynette. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde (song) "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde'" is a song written by American country music artists Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens and performed by Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in January 1968 as the first single and title track from the album "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde". The song was Haggard and The Strangers fourth number one on the U.S.