Charles David Kersh (born December 9, 1970 in

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) is an American former

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singer who made his debut in 1996. His first album, ''Goodnight Sweetheart'', was released that year, producing four singles on the ''

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charts. A second album, titled ''If I Never Stop Loving You'', was released a year later, producing three additional chart singles. Although he never charted after 1998, Kersh remained active in the music business until 2005.

Biography

Kersh graduated in 1989 from

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near

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. Prior to becoming a musician, David Kersh worked in various endeavors in the field of

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. Kersh got his musical start in his early twenties, while working at various

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s throughout the state of

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/ref> including being the lead singer for the house band at Dance Across Texas in Austin.

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signed Kersh in 1996, and his debut album, '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', was released the same year, with its

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peaking at No. 6 on the ''

chart. The album also featured the No. 3 single "

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" (which was written by a then-unknown

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) and the No. 11 " Day In, Day Out". In 1998, Kersh's second album was released. ''

If I Never Stop Loving You ''If I Never Stop Loving You'' is the second and final studio album by American country music artist David Kersh. Its title track was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts in 1998; "Wonderful Tonight" (a cover of Eric Clapton's single) and "S ...

'' was the name of both the album and its lead-off single, which was also a No. 3. The album also featured "

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", co-written by

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; although Kersh's version of the song was never issued as a single, Cagle would later cut the song himself and take it to Number One on the country music charts in early 2002. "If I Never Stop Loving You" was followed by a No. 29-peaking cover of

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's "

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", and the No. 46 "Something to Think About". In 1999, Kersh posed shirtless in ''

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'' magazine. Later that year, he was forced to put his career on hold due to strain on his vocal cords. By 2005, Kersh had announced that he was leaving the country music scene. On his website, Kersh wrote a letter to his fans, explaining that his "heart is just not in the music business anymore". On May 23, 2009, Kersh married singer

Kerry Harvick Kerry Kersh (née Harvick) (born September 10, 1974) is an American country music artist. Kersh starred on the first season of the Oxygen Network show ''The Bad Girls Club''. Music career At age 19, Kersh performed on a local radio show, where sh ...

in Comanche in Central Texas, where the couple still resides and where he works as a real estate agent.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

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