Ferlin Husky
December 3, 1925 (100 years old) in Cantwell, Missouri, USA
Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) 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 propelled a seven-decade entertainment career. In the 1950s and 1960s, Husky's hits included "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching number one 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · Opry Video Classics: Love Songs as
- 2007 · Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts as Himself (archive footage)
- 1971 · Swamp Girl as Swamp Ranger
- 1967 · Hillbillys in a Haunted House as Woody Wetherby
- 1966 · Las Vegas Hillbillys as Woody Wetherby
- 1965 · Forty Acre Feud as Simon Crumb
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1958 · Country Music Holiday as Verne Brand
- 1957 · Mister Rock and Roll as Self
- 1957 · The Lux Show as Self
- 1957 · The Big Beat as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self