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
Bonnie and Clyde bill. In February 1935, Dallas and federal authorities conducted a "harboring trial" in which 20 family members and friends of the outlaw couple were arrested and jailed for aiding and abetting Barrow and Parker. All twenty either pleaded or were found guilty. The two mothers were jailed for 30 days; other sentences ranged from two years' imprisonment for Raymond Hamilton's brother Floyd to one hour in custody for teenager Marie Barrow, Clyde's sister. Other defendants included Blanche Barrow, W. D. Jones, Henry Methvin, and Bonnie's sister Billie. Blanche Barrow's injuries left her permanently blinded in her left eye. After the