The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde (song) duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, starting from the time they met to their violent death in an ambush. The B-side of the single was "Today I Started Loving You Again." A ballad composed by Haggard and Bonnie Owens, the song neither charted on its own as a single nor was listed as a flip-side "tag-along" hit. Nonetheless, "Today I Started Loving You Again" became one of Haggard's most popular songs and would be a staple of classic country music radio stations' playlists. Released in February 1968, "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" was Merle Haggard's fourth No. 1 song
Richard West (outlaw) Richard West (outlaw) Richard "Little Dick" West (1860 – April 8, 1898) was an American outlaw of the Old West, and a member of Bill Doolin's gang. West was born in Texas, supposedly in 1860. He was working as a cowboy on the Halsell Ranch in Oklahoma Territory when he first met Doolin, in 1892. He was with the gang during a bank robbery in Southwest City, Missouri, which resulted in a gunfight in which West was wounded. He remained with the gang through 1896, when Doolin was killed by Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas. Thomas, and Deputy Marshals Bill