Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw (born February 24, 1958, in Kaplan, Louisiana) is an American Country and Western music singer and songwriter. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kaplan is a small city located in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. ... Official language(s) English and French Capital Largest city Baton Rouge New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 31st 51,885 sq mi  134,382 km² 130 miles  210 km 379 miles  610 km 16 29°N to... Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ...

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After the death of his father when Sammy was 11, he worked a variety of jobs by day while playing roadhouses at night to support his family.

During that time, he opened shows for Ray Price, Merle Haggard and George Jones while barely into his teens. When the pressures of growing up fast took their toll in the form of a serious drug and alcohol problem, he quit his bad habits cold turkey in 1988 and took a break from music to work as a remodeling supervisor at Wal-Mart. Ray Price (born January 12, 1926), is an American country and western singer. ... Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California) is an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ... George Jones See also George Jones (disambiguation) for other people with similar names. ... Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions, all of them relating to the use, misuse or overuse of a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. ... In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Music is an animal activity which involves structured and audible sounds, which is used for artistic or aesthetic, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

One of Kershaw's demo tapes made its way to Mercury Records, which released his debut album in 1991. His traditional country voice found a receptive audience in the early 1990s, with hits like "Cadillac Style," "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and the remake of "Third Rate Romance." Toward the end of the decade, he struggled for a spot on the charts, although his 1999 duet with Lorrie Morgan "Maybe Not Tonight" cracked the Top 20. Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Lorrie Morgan (born Loretta Lynn Morgan on June 27, 1959 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a country music singer. ...

Shortly thereafter, Kershaw and Morgan divorced their spouses and married in 2001. They separated two years later, but quickly reconciled.

He has released over 14 albums in his career including "I Want My Money Back" on Audium Records in 2003.

Hits include:

• Your Tattoo
• Vidalia
• Me and Maxine
• Southbound
• Queen of my Double Wide Trailer
• Matches
• The Love of My Life
• One Day Left to Live
• Honk Tonk America
• She Don't Know She's Beautiful
• Cadillac Style
• Third Rate Romance
• He Drinks Tequila (And She Talks Dirty in Spanish) -- with Lorrie Morgan
• Maybe Not Tonight -- with Lorrie Morgan
• Tennessee Girl

External links

• [1] The Official Sammy Kershaw website
• [2] Sammy Kershaw Lyrics

One of his early independent-label albums, "Business is Pleasure" is extremely difficult to find.