Faron Young – Country Universe

CMA Flashback: Single of the Year (2022 Edition)

November 10, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 8

Here’s a look back at the previous winners for CMA Single of the Year, along with a look at this year’s nominees.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #80-#71

August 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 9

As we move ten entries closer to the top, we still don’t see the universal quality that is expected in the upper echelon of a list like this.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #380-#371

December 14, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 8

Clint Black, Willie Nelson, and Ernest Tubb are the blue skies here.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #980-#971

June 9, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 8

Hall of Famers George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Alan Jackson kick off the next ten entries.

100 Greatest Women, #7: Patsy Cline

September 24, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 5

Patsy Cline was one of the few women who transcended her country singer status and become a pop culture icon.

#100 Greatest Women, #59: Jeannie Seely

June 14, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

Jeannie Seely has been one of the most forceful personalities on the country music scene since she had her first big hit in 1966.

Single Review: LeAnn Rimes, “How to Kiss a Boy”

October 28, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 6

This song is absolutely gorgeous, and so is LeAnn Rimes’ tender and vulnerable reading of it.

100 Greatest Men: #3. Willie Nelson

August 15, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 1

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He started out as an unconventional songwriter trying to be a conventional artist. But when Willie Nelson let his hair down, he became a country legend for the ages.

100 Greatest Men: #39. Faron Young

August 12, 2012 Kevin John Coyne 1

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

As comfortable with a honky-tonk number as a pure pop melody, Faron Young was an influential performer that helped smooth country music’s trip uptown.

Retro Single Review: George Strait, "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"

August 2, 2012 Kevin John Coyne 7

1988 | Peak: #1

Strait’s fifteenth #1 single, and eighth in a row, was a cover of a #2 Faron Young hit from 1954.