Ferlin Husky
Country, Musical Artist
1925 – 2011
Who was Ferlin Husky?
Ferlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen Top 20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelling a seven-decade entertainment career.
In the 1950s and 60s, Husky's hits included "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching No. 1 on the country charts. He also created a comic outspoken hayseed character, Simon Crum; and recorded under the stage name Terry Preston from 1948 to 1953.
In 2010, Husky was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Dec 3, 1925
St. Francois County - Also known as
- Simon Crum
- Crum, Simon
- Ferlin Eugene Husky
- Terry Preston
- Preston, Terry
- Furland Husky
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 17, 2011
Westmoreland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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