While "Hello Walls" wasn't the first hit record for Faron Young, it was the biggest smash hit of his career. This song also proved to be Willie Nelson's big break as a Nashville songwriter.

Nelson was a struggling songwriter who was new to Nashville. He was working for Pamper Music making $50 per week against future royalties. Pamper Music's office was housed in a garage where Nelson wrote the song while staring at those four walls.

Many songwriters would spend their Saturday nights at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in hopes of a chance to pitch their songs to the the Opry stars who would come into the club after performing on the Ryman stage. Young was a regular patron at Tootsie's, so Nelson got his opportunity. Desparate for cash, Nelson tried to sell his song outright to Young. Luckily for Nelson, Young wasn't interested in buying his song and instead, loaned him $500.

"Hello Walls" spent nine weeks at #1 on the country charts and crossed over into the pop Top Twenty.

Nelson told in his 1992 autobiograpy, that when he received his first royalty check from "Hello Walls," it was $3,000. "I ran to Tootsie's and found Faron sitting drinking at a table and kissed him flush on the mouth I was so excited."

Young's response: "I ain't never had nobody kiss me that good in my life."

Nelson continued to write songs for Young including "Three Days" which charted in the Top Ten. He later wrote "Crazy" for Patsy Cline and "Funny How Time Slips Away" for Billy Walker before his own recording career made him one of today's living legends.