Keith Harling

Keith Harling Born May 8 1963 In Greenwood South Carolina Is An American Country Music Artist. He Made His Debut In 1998 With The Album Write It In Stone Issued On The MCA Nashville Label. It Produced Four Singles On The Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Now Hot Country Songs Charts. A Second Album Bring It On Was Issued A Year Later On The Giant Records Label. Harling Was Born In Greenwood South Carolina. His Family Moved To Chattanooga Tennessee When He Was Still Young. At Age Ten Harling Constructed A Drum Kit Which He Taught Himself How To Play He Also Developed His Musical Style Through Impersonation Of Songs That He Saw On Television. Later On When In High School Harling Also Learned To Play Bass Guitar Saxophone And Trumpet All Of Which He Played In Several Bands. He Initially Moved To Nashville Tennessee Only To Return To Chattanooga After Failing To Make Himself Known In Nashville. By 1996 However He Returned To Nashville Where He Soon Found Work As A Songwriter For MCA Nashville Records As A Songwriter. After Only Six Weeks As A Session Songwriter He Was Also Signed To A Record Deal. In 1998 Harling's Debut Album Write It In Stone Was Released. Consisting Mostly Of Songs Co-Written By Harling His Debut Album Album Produced Two Top 40 Entries On The Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Charts In "Papa Bear" And "Coming Back For You" But Additional Singles Proved Less Successful. Having Been Dropped From MCA Nashville's Roster In Early 1999 Harling Later Signed To Giant Records Releasing His Second Album Bring It On That Year. On His Second Album However Harling Was Persuaded To Record Mostly Other Writers' Material Instead Of His Own. The Album's Only Official Single Which Was The Title Track Peaked At #52. Another Selection From The Album "Santa's Got A Semi" Charted In Both 2000 And 2001 As A Christmas Single Before Harling Exited Giant As Well. read less