1. Faron Young was an American country singer, musician, and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s.
19 Facts About Faron Young
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Faron Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Faron Young was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the youngest of six children of Harlan and Doris Faron Young.
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Faron Young grew up on a dairy farm his family operated outside the city.
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Faron Young began singing at an early age, imagining a career as a pop singer.
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However, after he joined some friends watching Hank Williams perform with nine encores on the Louisiana Hayride, Faron Young switched to country music instead.
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Faron Young performed at the local Optimist Club and was discovered by Webb Pierce, who brought him to star on the Hayride in 1951, then broadcast on KWKH-AM.
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Faron Young graduated from Fair Park High School that year and attended Centenary College of Louisiana.
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Faron Young moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and recorded his first chart hit, "Goin' Steady" in October 1952.
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Faron Young's career was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army the following month.
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From 1954 to 1962, Faron Young recorded many honky-tonk songs for Capitol, including the first hit version of Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams".
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Faron Young appeared as himself in cameo roles and performances in later country music films and was a frequent guest on television shows throughout his career, including ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee.
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Faron Young invested in real estate along Nashville's Music Row in the 1960s and, in 1963, co-founded, with Preston Temple, the trade magazine, Music City News.
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Faron Young signed with MCA Records in 1979; the association lasted two years.
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Faron Young briefly dated Billie Jean Jones before she became the second wife of country music superstar Hank Williams.
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In 1952, while Faron Young was stationed at Fort McPherson, he met his future wife Hilda Macon, the daughter of an Army master sergeant and the great-granddaughter of Uncle Dave Macon.
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The couple married two years later in November 1954 after Faron Young was discharged from the Army.
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In 1972, Faron Young was arrested and charged with assault for spanking a girl in the audience at a concert in Clarksburg, West Virginia, after claiming she spat on him.
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Faron Young appeared before a Wood County, West Virginia, justice of the peace and was fined $24, plus $11 in court costs.