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This Country Music Legend Tragically Committed Suicide Faron Young is one of Country Music's most legendary names and artists.  It was in 2000 that Faron was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, joining other iconic country music artist's like Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Roy Acuff and Webb Pierce. There are so many great Faron Young classic's, and perhaps the one people remember most was the hit written by another legend, Willie Nelson, 'Hello Walls'.   Here are 6 interesting 'Did You Know' facts about the life, career and death of the great Faron Young: 1) Many people know that...

Faron Young   2009 digitally remastered two-fer featuring a pair of albums from the Country legend available on one disc: Here's Faron Young (1968) and Occasional Wife (1970). Both LPs showcase Faron's recordings from a time when he was...   more » at the very height of his career, where his individual trademark tremulous tenor vocals were never better. The album Here's Faron Young includes two hits: 'She Went A Little Bit Farther' and 'I Just Came To Get My Baby'. The Occasional Wife LP also produced two hit singles: 'If I Ever Fall In Love (With A Honky Tonk Girl)' and the title t...

Top 100 Country Songs of All Time By Kelsey Weekman, Stacker News On 12/31/20 at 6:00 AM EST From classic country tunes to contemporary country sounds, these 100 songs are an essential part of music history and showcase some of the most impressive storytelling skills in the country music genre. To find the top country songs of all time, Stacker analyzed Billboard's Greatest of All-Time Top Country Songs to create a ranked list of classic tracks and modern hits from 1959 to present day. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum This list is remarkably varied, proving...

Pioneering country music singer Charley Pride (1934-2020) dies of COVID-19 Country music singer Charley Pride died from the COVID-19 virus on December 12 in Dallas at age 86. He was the first African American artist to achieve major success in country music, signing with the RCA Victor label in 1966. He produced at least 30 chart-topping country songs through the late 1980s and sold over 70 million records worldwide. Pride is best known for songs of love and heartache, including “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’,” “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone?”, “All I Have to Offer You (Is Me),”...

Rolling Stone Marty Stuart Remembers Charley Pride: ‘The Grandest of All My Country Music Heroes’ “I hope people listen to the records and discover how truly essential and profound his body of work is,” says Stuart of the trailblazing singer, who died Saturday at 86 By Courtesy of Marty Stuart Charley Pride’s death on Saturday from complications of Covid-19 resulted in an outpouring from artists including Dolly Parton, Maren Morris, Darius Rucker, and Marty Stuart. Stuart also honored Pride regularly while he was living, inviting the country legend on his RFD-TV sho...