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".
[1] 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."