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Faron Young (born February 25 , 1932 near Shreveport, Louisiana , died 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 . Nickname d 'The Hillbilly Heartthrob', and 'The Singing Sheriff' he had many hits including:
Many of his hits were written by the young fiddle player in his band, Cotton Read . Young ran the Nashville trade newspaper known as the Music City News for many years. He died at 64 years old of self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had been in failing health when took his own life. LEGACY AND INFLUENCE In 1985 the country singer inspired homage from English rock group Prefab Sprout , whose multimillion-selling album '' Steve McQueen '' contains the song "Faron Young" with the refrain: "You give me Faron Young four in the morning / Forgive me Faron Young four in the morning..." In 2000 , he was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame EXTERNAL LINKS
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