Ferlin Husky

Biography

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.

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Known For

Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Forty Acre Feud
Forty Acre Feud
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Swamp Girl
Swamp Girl
Opry Video Classics: Love Songs
Opry Video Classics: Love Songs
Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts

Filmography

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
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