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 honkytonk ballads spoken recitations and rockabilly pop tunes He had two dozen top20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975 his versatility and matineeidol looks propelled a sevendecade entertainment career In the 1950s and 1960s Huskys 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ferlin Husky licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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