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Dec 30, 1927 Died on 22 Jul 2001 (aged 73)
American country music songwriter and record producer
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About Bob Ferguson Musician
- Robert Bruce Ferguson (December 30, 1927 – July 22, 2001) was an American country music songwriter and record producer who was instrumental in establishing Nashville, Tennessee as a center of country music.
- He was also a movie producer, and Choctaw Indian historian.
- Ferguson is best known for writing the bestselling songs "On the Wings of a Dove" and "The Carroll County Accident".
- The "Carroll County Accident" won the Country Music Association Song of the Year in 1969.
- In 1983 "Wings of a Dove" was featured in the movie Tender Mercies starring Robert Duvall.
- In 1987, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awarded Ferguson with the "million air" plays for the "Wings of a Dove." The country song "Carroll County Accident", recorded by Porter Wagoner, made No.
- 2 on the Billboard country singles chart (No.
- 92 pop) and No.
- 1 on the Cash Box country singles chart.
- The tune was also recorded by Wagoner's longtime duet partner Dolly Parton.
- Ferguson married twice, first to Harvie June Van (1950s/60s) then to Martha Jean Lewis (1970 to 2001).
