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Jeff Carson, country music artist turned Tennessee police officer, dies at 58
A press release posted on Carson’s official website said the singer died of a heart attack. Carson grew up singing in church in Oklahoma before he took his country music ambitions to Branson, Missouri and eventually landed in Nashville. It was there that in 1995 Carson got a recording contract and put out his first single, "Yeah Buddy." That was followed up with "Not On Your Love," which went number one, according to his biography. The following single, "The Car," became a top-five hit, topping out at number two and won Carson his first Academy of Country Music award for Video of the Year.In total, Carson’s career achieved 14 charted singles on the Billboard chart.Jeff Carson attends 30th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on May 10, 1995 at the Universal Ampitheater in Universal City, California.