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Ferlin Husky
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American country music singer
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Opry Video Classics: Love Songs2007
- Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts — Himself (archive footage)2007
- Swamp Girl — Swamp Ranger1971
- Hillbillys in a Haunted House — Woody Wetherby1967
- Las Vegas Hillbillys — Woody Wetherby1966
- Forty Acre Feud — Simon Crumb / Self1965
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
- Country Music Holiday — Verne Brand1958
- Mister Rock and Roll — Self1957
- The Big Beat1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.ferlinhusky.com
- Image
- Ferlin Husky 1962.JPG
- Work location
- Bakersfield
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- cause of death
- heart failure
- date of birth
- 1927-12-03
- date of death
- 2011-03-17
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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