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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. In 2010, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Biography

Ferlin Husky was born in Gumbo, Missouri, an unincorporated community in northwestern St. Francois County, Missouri. His mother named him Furland, but his name was misspelled on his birth certificate. Husky grew up on a farm near Flat River and attended school in Irondale. An uncle taught him to play the guitar. After dropping out of high school, he moved to St. Louis, where he worked as a truck driver and steel mill worker while performing in honky tonks at night. He began using the stage name Terry Preston at the suggestion of Smiley Burnette who claimed Ferlin Husky would never work on a marquee. which included strings and backup singers). The song's popularity led to a stint as a summer replacement host in 1957 on CBS-TV's Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.

He was buried next to his son, Danny Louis Husky, in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Honors

Ferlin Husky was one of the first country singers to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his recordings. It is at 6675 Hollywood Blvd.

The street that runs through the city park in Leadwood, Missouri, is named for him.

Discography

Albums

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Album

! US Country

! Label

| 1956

| Songs of the Home and Heart

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| Capitol

| 1957

| Boulevard of Broken Dreams

| align="center"| —

| 1958

| Sittin' on a Rainbow

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| 1959

| Born to Lose

| align="center"| —

| Ferlin Husky

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| King

| rowspan="3"| 1960

| Easy Livin

| align="center"| —

| Ferlin's Favorites

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="24"| Capitol

| "Gone"

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| 1961

| Walkin' and a Hummin

| align="center"| —

| Memories of Home

| align="center"| —

| 1962

| Some of My Favorites

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="3"| 1963

| The Unpredictable Simon Crum

| align="center"| —

| The Heart and Soul of Ferlin Husky

| align="center"| —

| The Hits of Ferlin Husky

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| 1964

| By Request

| align="center"| 20

| 1965

| True True Lovin

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| 1966

| Ferlin Husky Sings the Songs of Music City, U.S.A.

| align="center"| 20

| I Could Sing All Night

| align="center"| 18

| rowspan="2"| 1967

| What Am I Gonna Do Now?

| align="center"| 22

| Christmas All Year Long

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="3"| 1968

| Just for You (and the Hush Puppies)

| align="center"| 19

| Where No One Stands Alone

| align="center"| —

| White Fences and Evergreen Trees

| align="center"| 44

| rowspan="2"| 1969

| The Best of Ferlin Husky

| align="center"| 42

| That's Why I Love You So Much

| align="center"| 24

| rowspan="3"| 1970

| Your Love Is Heavenly Sunshine

| align="center"| 25

| Green Green Grass of Home

| align="center"| —

| Your Sweet Love Lifted Me

| align="center"| 31

| 1971

| One More Time

| align="center"| 35

| 1972

| Just Plain Lonely

| align="center"| 39

| rowspan="2"| 1973

| True True Lovin

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="5"| ABC

| Sweet Honky Tonk

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| 1974

| Freckles and Polliwog Days

| align="center"| 44

| Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies

| align="center"| 43

| 1975

| Foster and Rice Songbook

| align="center"| —

Singles

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Chart Positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| US

! width="45"| CAN Country

| rowspan="2"| 1953

| "A Dear John Letter" (w/ Jean Shepard)

| align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 4

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| singles only

| "Forgive Me, John" (w/ Jean Shepard)

| align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 24

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| 1955

| "I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere's Else)"

| align="center"| 6

| align="center"| —

| "Little Tom"

| align="center"| 7

| align="center"| —

| "Cuzz Yore So Sweet" (as Simon Crum)

| align="center"| 5

| align="center"| —

| The Unpredictable Simon Crum

| "I'll Baby Sit with You" (w/ His Hush Puppies)

| align="center"| 14

| align="center"| —

| single only

| rowspan="3"| 1957

| "Gone"

| align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 4

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| "Gone"

| "A Fallen Star"

| align="center"| 8

| align="center"| 47

| align="center"| —

| "Prize Possession"

| align="center"| 12

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| 1958

| "I Will"

| align="center"| 23

| align="center"| —

| "Country Music is Here to Stay" (as Simon Crum)

| align="center"| 2

| align="center"| —

| The Unpredictable Simon Crum

| rowspan="3"| 1959

| "My Reason for Living"

| align="center"| 14

| align="center"| —

| "Gone"

| "Draggin' the River"

| align="center"| 11

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| singles only

| "Black Sheep"

| align="center"| 21

| align="center"| —

| 1960

| "Wings of a Dove"

| align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 12

| align="center"| —

| 1961

| "Willow Tree"

| align="center"| 23

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| 1962

| "The Waltz You Saved for Me"

| align="center"| 13

| align="center"| 94

| align="center"| —

| Some of My Favorites

| "Somebody Save Me"

| align="center"| 16

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="3"| singles only

| "Stand Up"

| align="center"| 28

| align="center"| —

| "It Was You"

| align="center"| 21

| align="center"| —

| 1964

| "Timber I'm Falling"

| align="center"| 13

| align="center"| —

| By Request

| rowspan="2"| 1965

| "True True Lovin'"

| align="center"| 46

| align="center"| —

| True True Lovin

| "Money Greases the Wheels"

| align="center"| 48

| align="center"| —

| Ferlin Husky Sings the Songs of Music City, U.S.A.

| rowspan="2"| 1966

| "I Could Sing All Night"

| align="center"| 27

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="3"| I Could Sing All Night

| "I Hear Little Rock Calling"

| align="center"| 17

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="3"| 1967

| "Once"

| align="center"| 4

| align="center"| —

| "What Am I Gonna Do Now"

| align="center"| 37

| align="center"| —

| What Am I Gonna Do Now?

| "You Pushed Me Too Far"

| align="center"| 14

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| Just for You

| rowspan="3"| 1968

| "Just for You"

| align="center"| 4

| align="center"| —

| "I Promised You the World"

| align="center"| 26

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 13

| single only

| "White Fences and Evergreen Trees"

| align="center"| 25

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 18

| rowspan="2"| White Fences and Evergreen Trees

| rowspan="3"| 1969

| "Flat River, MO"

| align="center"| 33

| align="center"| —

| "That's Why I Love You So Much"

| align="center"| 16

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 11

| That's Why I Love You So Much

| "Every Step of the Way"

| align="center"| 21

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 23

| rowspan="2"| Your Love Is Heavenly Sunshine

| rowspan="2"| 1970

| "Heavenly Sunshine"

| align="center"| 11

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 6

| "Your Sweet Love Lifted Me"

| align="center"| 45

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="3"| One More Time

| rowspan="3"| 1971

| "Sweet Misery"

| align="center"| 14

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 23

| "One More Time"

| align="center"| 28

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 31

| "Open Up the Book (And Take a Look)"

| align="center"| 45

| align="center"| —

| single only

| rowspan="2"| 1972

| "Just Plain Lonely"

| align="center"| 39

| align="center"| —

| Just Plain Lonely

| "How Could You Be Anything But Love"

| align="center"| 53

| align="center"| —

| single only

| rowspan="4"| 1973

| "True True Lovin'" (re-recording)

| align="center"| 35

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 29

| True True Lovin

| "Between Me and Blue"

| align="center"| 46

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 75

| rowspan="3"| Sweet Honky Tonk

| "Baby's Blue"

| align="center"| 75

| align="center"| —

| "Rosie Cries a Lot"

| align="center"| 17

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 33

| rowspan="2"| 1974

| "Freckles and Polliwog Days"

| align="center"| 26

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| 36

| rowspan="2"| Freckles and Polliwog Days

| "A Room for a Boy...Never Used"

| align="center"| 60

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="4"| 1975

| "Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies"

| align="center"| 34

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| Champagne Ladies and Blue Ribbon Babies

| "Burning"

| align="center"| 37

| align="center"| —

| "An Old Memory (Got in My Eye)"

| align="center"| 90

| align="center"| —

| rowspan="2"| Foster and Rice Songbook

| "She's Not Yours Anymore"

| align="center"| 74

| align="center"| —

Notes

References

Roy, Don. (1998). "Ferlin Husky". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 252. (Birth year listed as 1927).

External links

Simon Crum website