Ferlin Husky

Ferlin Husky

Born: December 3, 1925
Died: March 17, 2011
in 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 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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Opry Video Classics: Love Songs
Title: Opry Video Classics: Love Songs
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Nothing says "I Love You" like a country song. And no singer ever expressed these sentiments better than Dolly Parton in I Will Always Love You, one of the highlights from Love Songs. Patsy Cline and Ferlin Husky address the pain of separation. Sexy Conway Twitty gets right down to business in I See the Want To In Your Eyes. As for Ray Price - he make a failed romance sound mighty pretty in For the Good Times.
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Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
Title: Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Long, long ago, a record didn't just reach the No. 1 spot - it resided there, sometimes for months. Songs That Topped the Charts captures the biggest country hits, many of which also became significant pop singles. Check out Leroy Van Dyke's Walk On By (19 weeks at No. 1); Stonewall Jackson's Waterloo; and the Browns' The Three Bells, a country and pop chart-topper. They don't cut 'em like that anymore.
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Swamp Girl
Title: Swamp Girl
Character: Swamp Ranger
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A little blonde girl who is abandoned by her parents in the Florida swamps is rescued and raised by a black man she calls her "Pa".
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Title: Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Character: Woody Wetherby
Released: May 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not only haunted, but is also the headquarters of a ring of international spies after a top secret formula for rocket fuel.
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Las Vegas Hillbillys
Title: Las Vegas Hillbillys
Character: Woody Wetherby
Released: May 11, 1966
Type: Movie
A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.
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Forty Acre Feud
Title: Forty Acre Feud
Character: Simon Crumb
Released: August 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Overlooked when the Tennessee legislature reapportioned the state, the 40-acre community of Shagbottom is discovered and notified to elect a state representative. The feud between Pa Culpepper and Uncle Foxey Calhoun resurfaces, with several incidents occurring at Postmaster Amos Quint's general store between Simon Crumb and Uncle Foxey, while at the Culpepper farm Ma Culpepper is trying to persuade Pa not to run for office. Lovers Nancy Calhoun and Del Culpepper are separated by the hostilities until the Smokey Mountain Jamboree arrives to televise the election and their country music revue.
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Mister Rock and Roll
Title: Mister Rock and Roll
Character: Self
Released: October 16, 1957
Type: Movie
Alan Freed is "Mr. Rock and Roll" as he sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll doesn't cause juvenile delinquency. Terrific original rock 'n' roll legends perform their classics!
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Title: The Lux Show
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: TV
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Title: The Big Beat
Released: July 12, 1957
Type: TV
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.