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Husky, Ferlin

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Personal name headingHusky, Ferlin
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Variant(s)Huskey, Ferlin
Crum, Simon
Terry, Tex
Preston, Terry, 1925-2011
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1925-12-03
Death date2011-03-17
Profession or occupationSingers Country musicians
Found inFoster, J. The Foster and Rice songbook [SR] 1975: label (Ferlin Husky)
LC data base, 11-20-90 (hdg.: Husky, Ferlin)
OCLC 12377525 (hdg.: Husky, Ferlin, 1927-)
By request, 1964 : label (Ferlin Huskey)
His The unpredictable Simon Crum [SR] 1963: label (Simon Crum)
Geocities WWW site, Nov. 30, 2006: (Simon Crum, a country bumpkin character created by Ferlin Husky who recorded some music using this voice/character from 1955-1964)
Int. ww in pop. mus., 11th ed. (Husky, Ferlin (Simon Crum, Terry Preston); b. Dec. 3, 1927, Cantwell, Mo.; country singer, songwriter, musician (guitar, bass), actor, and comedian; recorded guitar instrumentalists as Tex Terry, later as Terry Preston, in 1949; recorded as Ferlin Husky, 1957- )
All music guide WWW site, Oct. 26, 2010 (Ferlin Husky; b. Dec. 3, 1927, Flat River, MO; Ferlin Husky had three separate careers. Out of the three, the best-known is his country-pop career, which brought him to the top of the charts in the late '50s, but he was also known as a honky tonk singer called Terry Preston and a country comic named Simon Crum)
New York times WWW site, Mar. 18, 2011 (Ferlin Husky; b. Dec. 3, 1925, Cantwell, Mo.; d. Thursday [Mar. 17, 2011], Hendersonville, Tenn., aged 85; smooth-voiced singer whose 1956 hit Gone became the first country single of the Nashville Sound era to cross over to the pop Top 10)
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