Merle Haggard, ‘If We Make It Through December’ (‘Billboard’ magazine, February 16, 1974). Click to enlarge.

Merle Haggard’s If We Make It Through December L.P. released in February of 1974 and hit #4 on Billboard’s country album chart. The record featured the second appearance of the hit single, “If We Make It Through December,” which originally appeared on Merle Haggard’s Christmas Present L.P. in November of 1973.

(Image source: Billboard)

Previously on Vintage Ads: Bad Company, ‘Desolation Angels’ (1979)