Young signed with MCA Records in 1979 the association lasted two years. In the mid-70s, Young was the spokesman for BC Powder. By the mid-1970s his records were becoming overshadowed by his behavior, making headlines in 1972 when he was charged with assault for spanking a girl in the audience at a concert in Clarksburg, West Virginia, who he claimed spat on him, and for other later incidents. Released in 1971, waltz-time ballad "It's Four in the Morning" written by Jerry Chesnut was one of Young's records and his last number one hit, also becoming his only major success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. The same year, Young switched to Mercury Records and drifted musically, but by the end of the decade he had returned to his sound including "Wine Me Up". He invested in real estate along Nashville's Music Row in the 1960s and, in 1963, co-founded, with Preston Temple, the trade magazine, Music City News. His band, the Country Deputies, was one of country music's top bands and they toured for many years. He appeared as himself in cameo roles and performances in later country music films and was a frequent guest on television shows throughout his career, including ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee. įaron Young in Raiders of Old California (1957)ĭuring the mid-1950s, Young starred in four low-budget films: Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer, Raiders of Old California and Country Music Holiday. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Most famous was "Hello Walls", a Willie Nelson song Young turned into a crossover hit in 1961. He was discharged in November 1954.įrom 1954 to 1962, Young recorded many honky-tonk songs for Capitol, including the first hit version of Don Gibson's " Sweet Dreams". 2, and the US Army Band took Young to replace Eddie Fisher on tours-its first country music singer-just as "If You Ain't Lovin'" was hitting the charts. "Goin' Steady" hit the Billboard country charts while Young was in basic training. His career was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army the following month. Young moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and recorded his first chart hit, "Goin' Steady" in October 1952. His first Capitol single appeared that spring. By February 1952, he was signed to Capitol Records, where he recorded for the next ten years. His first releases were on Philadelphia's Gotham Records. He graduated from Fair Park High School that year and attended Centenary College of Louisiana. He performed at the local Optimist Club and was discovered by Webb Pierce, who brought him to star on the Hayride in 1951, then broadcast on KWKH-AM. However, after he joined some friends watching Hank Williams perform with nine encores on the Louisiana Hayride, Young switched to country music instead. Young began singing at an early age, imagining a career as a pop singer. He grew up on a dairy farm that his family operated outside the city. Young was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the youngest of six children of Harlan and Doris Young.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |