Faron Young
- MatchFaron Young
- 100%Webb Pierce
- 97%Ferlin Husky
- 96%Hank Locklin
- 83%Lefty Frizzell
- 77%Buck Owens
- 77%George Jones
- 75%Hank Snow
- 71%Don Gibson
- 71%Ernest Tubb
- 70%Ray Price
Biography
25 February 1932, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, d. 10 December 1996, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Young was raised on the farm his father bought just outside Shreveport and learned to play the guitar and sing country songs as a boy. Greatly influenced by Hank Williams (in his early days he was something of a soundalike) and while still at school, he formed a country band and began to establish a local reputation as an entertainer. In 1950, he gave up his college studies to accept an offer of a... Read more