Country Singer Jeff Carson Dies At 58

Country music artist and Academy of Country Music award-winner Jeff Carson has died at the age of 58.

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The country artist was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 16, 1963.

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He began his music career early by singing in church and later moving to Nashville

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Releasing the single “Yeah Buddy” which was the country artist’s first song to make the charts

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Throughout his career, Carson had a total of 14 charted singles on the Billboard charts.

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