- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- The Singing Sheriff
- Hillbilly Heartthrob
- Faron Young was born on February 25, 1932 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Country Style, U.S.A. (1957), The Spectacular Now (2013) and Walk the Line (2005). He was married to Hilda Margo Macon. He died on December 10, 1996 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpouseHilda Margo Macon(? - 1987) (divorced, 4 children)
- Young stipulated in his will that two of his sons each get $200,000. A daughter born out of wedlock got $50,000, while one son, Robyn, who'd testified against Faron in his divorce proceedings, received $1.
- Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
- One of the most famous stories from the peak of Faron Young's career comes from steel guitar player Lloyd Green, who remembers when Charley Pride first showed up in Nashville. "We were in the studio once when Faron Young burst in, and just stood there glaring up at Charley with his hands on his hips," Lloyd Green recalls. "No one would say a word, so... he grabbed Charley and kissed him on the lips, saying, 'I love you, Charley Pride.' It was an epiphanous moment because once he did that, Nashville accepted Charley. Faron Young could cause a lot of problems back then, and sometimes did, so once he accepted Charley everyone else kind of had to, too.".
- One of the founders, in 1966, of Music City News, one of country music's most respected trade journals.
- Wrote song "Is It So Strange" for Elvis Presley who recorded it in 1957.
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