Many of us grow up listening to country music, which is also known as country and western, and hillbilly music. It is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.
Faron Young (February 25, 1932 – December 10, 1996) was a country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars. Hits including If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin;)" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style; and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Known as the Hillbilly Heartthrob, and following a movie role, the Young Sheriff, Young's singles reliably charted for more than 30 years. He committed suicide in 1996. Young is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was Cremated, and his ashes scattered over Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee.