- 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 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.
- Country music singer.
- Recorded and appeared on TV with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland.
- 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.".
- On December 9th, 1996, with his career forgotten and his health failing, Faron Young decided to end his own life. He penned a suicide note specifically enumerating his health and the decline in his career, and how he felt abandoned and forgotten by country music as one of the causes, and shot himself.
- Born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised on a dairy farm outside of the city, Faron Young first wanted to be a classic pop singer when growing up. Hearing Hank Williams on the Louisiana Hayride changed all of that, and country is what Faron chose as his lifelong pursuit.
- Perhaps no story of country music's ageism is more tragic than that of Faron Young, who was the man who made Willie Nelson's "Hello Walls" a country standard, minted five total #1 songs starting with his hit "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" in 1955, and ultimately amassed a pretty astonishing 36 Top 10 singles throughout the heart of his popular career that spanned well into the mid 70's.
- Signed with Mercury Records since the early 60's, when his albums and singles started to struggle, the label let him go in 1978. He then signed with MCA Records in 1979 in a deal that only lasted two years and two albums before he was let go again. After that, Faron Young's career was mostly over.
- Revivalist bands full of young and enthusiastic musicians like BR549 were beginning to perform the older songs again, and trying to bring back country music's old sounds to a new audience. But for Faron Young, it was too late. There are many stories of country entertainers being unceremoniously brushed aside in country. But none are as tragic as the one about Faron Young.
- Faron Young was not considered a model citizen. But he was also known to help out struggling songwriters and even perfect strangers throughout his career.
- One of the worst details of the Faron Young suicide is that he initially survived. Shortly after the shot, one of Young's long time friends and band members, Ray Emmett, came to check on him, and found him lying in his bed, still alive. Faron Young didn't die until the next day, December 10th, at 1:07 p.m. at Nashville's Summit Medical Center. He was 64.
- As Faron Young's career reached the 70's, his behavior started eating into his own reputation in town. An incident in 1972 when he was accused of spanking a girl in the audience of a Clarksburg, West Virginia concert caused a public stir. Young claims the woman spat on him first. He ultimately paid a $24 fine and moved on.
- Throughout the late 50's and 60's, he was one of country music's biggest stars. He was also known for being a bit ornery, for liking to drink, and for being one of country music's staunchest gatekeepers.
- He was battling emphysema, and had undergone prostate surgery for Cancer.
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