When you grew up in rock ‘n’ roll days, one of the unspoken rules is that you weren’t supposed to like country music. So Ferlin Husky is one of the reasons that sometime in 1960 my friends accused me ...

Country Music Hall of Famer Ferlin Husky passed away at his daughter's residence in Westmoreland today, reports The Tennessean. Husky was known for the 1957 hit 'Gone' -- which was a catalyst for the ...

Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early 1960s who helped open the door for performers specializing in a distinctively twangy California strain of country, died ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early '60s known for hits like "Wings of a Dove" and "Gone," died Thursday. He was 85. The 2010 Country ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Country music great Ferlin Husky, a pioneer in both the hard-twang Bakersfield and lushly produced Nashville sounds who scored his biggest hit with the ballad "Gone," ...

Ferlin Husky, 85, a singer whose versatility and matinee-idol looks propelled a seven-decade country music career and who, performing as his alter ego Simon Crum, showed a wickedly comic side with his ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country Music Hall of Famer Ferlin Husky, the innovative recording artist whose 1957 smash "Gone" helped usher in the pop-leaning Nashville Sound era, died Thursday at his ...