As one of the best-known honky tonkers to appear in the wake of Hank Williams’s death, Faron Young was a popular presence on Nashville’s music scene for more than four decades. The Singing Sheriff produced a string of Top Ten hits, placed over eighty songs on the country music charts, and founded the long-running country music periodical Music City News in 1963. Flamboyant, impulsive, and generous, he helped and encouraged a new generation of talented songwriter-performers that included Willie Nelson and Bill Anderson. In 2000, four years after his untimely death, Faron was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Presenting the first detailed portrayal of this lively and unpredictable country music star, Diane Diekman masterfully draws on extensive interviews with Young’s family, band members, and colleagues. Impeccably researched, Diekman’s narrative also weaves anecdotes from Louisiana Hayride and other old radio shows with ones from Young’s business associates, including Ralph Emery. Her unique insider’s look into Young’s career adds to an understanding of the burgeoning country music entertainment industry during the key years from 1950 to 1980, when the music expanded beyond its original rural roots and blossomed into a national (ultimately, international) enterprise. Echoing Young’s characteristic ability to entertain and surprise fans, Diekman combines an account of his public career with a revealing, intimate portrait of his personal life.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

The Little Black Songbook returns with the ultimate collection of Country hits from the all-time masters. Presented in chord songbook format, this collection features Guitar chords, diagrams and complete lyrics. Ideal for strumming and singing, this collection places some of the most popular and well-respected country artists at your disposal, including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Glen Campbell, Hank Williams and many more! Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, these tunes are ideal for a group singalongs, a spot of busking or, using the Spotify playlist included within the book, simply to explore the rich history of the world's best country music. Included within this little book are: - Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson) - Big River (Johnny Cash) - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson) - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys) - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Glen Campbell) - Can The Circle Be Unbroken (The Carter Family) - Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn) - El Paso (Marty Robbins) - Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - Gentle On My Mind (Glen Campbell) - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (The Soggy Bottom Boys) - I Just Wanna Love You (The Shires) - I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow) - Islands In The Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) - Jolene (Dolly Parton) - Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams) - Long Black Veil (Lefty Fritzell) - Pancho And Lefty (Townes Van Zandt) - Portland, Oregon (Loretta Lynn & Jack White) - A Satisfied Mind (Porter Wagoner) - Sea Of Heartbreak (Don Gibson) - Sin City (The Flying Burrito Brothers) - Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford) - Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette) - Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) - The Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page) - That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine (Gene Autry) - There's Your Trouble (Dixie Chicks) - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Bob Dylan) - Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff) - Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley feat. Alison Krauss) - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) - Wildwood Flower (The Carter Family) - You Are My Sunshine (Norman Blake) ... And many more!

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.