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Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an American country music singer who was equally adept at honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, rockabilly and pop tunes. From 1948 to 1953, he recorded under the stage name Terry Preston. [2]
Mar 18, 2011 · Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early 1960s who helped open the door for performers specializing in a distinctively twangy California strain of...
Ferlin Eugene Husky was born in Cantwell, Missouri, on December 3, 1925, and grew up the son of a sharecropper on a small Missouri farm. He was named Ferland after one of his father's friends, but his birth certificate nevertheless read "Ferlin," and the spelling stuck.
Aug 10, 2010 · The next Number One hit for Ferlin was the Gospel song "Wings of a Dove". It stayed ten weeks at Number One in 1960. He had few minor hits in the early sixties, with "Once" reaching Number Four...
Mar 17, 2011 · Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early '60s known for hits like "Wings of a Dove" and "Gone," died Thursday. He was 85.
Mar 18, 2011 · Ferlin Husky, the smooth-voiced singer whose 1956 hit “Gone” became the first country single of the Nashville Sound era to cross over to the pop Top 10, died on Thursday at his home in...
Mar 18, 2011 · Country music pioneer and actor Ferlin Husky, best known for hits including Gone, has died aged 85. The singer-songwriter, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame last year, died at...
Mar 17, 2011 · Ferlin Husky, 85, a singer whose versatility and matinee-idol looks propelled a seven-decade country music career and who, performing as his alter ego Simon Crum, showed a wickedly comic side...
Mar 18, 2011 · Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early ’60s known for hits like “Wings of a Dove” and “Gone,” died Thursday. He was 85.
Mar 18, 2011 · Ferlin Husky, Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, Dies at 85. The singer, who sold more than 20 million records and once had Elvis Presley open for him, suffered from heart disease.
