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Faron Young
Sign in to saveAmerican singer (1932-1996)
Film & TV
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Known for
- Opry Video Classics : Legends — Self (archive footage)2007
- What Am I Bid? — Faron Young1967
- Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar — Self1966
- Nashville Rebel — Himself1966
- Road to Nashville — Self1966
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- Country Music Holiday — Clyde Woods1958
- Raiders of Old California — Faron Young1957
- American Bandstand — Self1957
- Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer — Faron Callaway1956
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Faron Young (February 25, 1932, near Shreveport, Louisiana – December 10, 1996), was an American country music singer, predominantly in the honky tonk genre. Starting off singing at the local Optimist Club, Young was discovered by Webb Pierce, who brought him to star on the Louisiana Hayride radio program on KWKH in 1951. He was drafted into the Army in late 1952, just after he was signed to Capitol Records. Nicknamed "The Hillbilly Heartthrob" and "The Singing Sheriff," he had many hits inclu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Young
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shreveport
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Faron Young from Capitol Records promotional photo.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1932-02-25
- date of death
- 1996-12-10
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Faron Young
- Commons category
- Faron Young
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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