4 Sammy Kershaw Songs That Still Sound Like Pure Country Music Gold Today

The article looks back at four Sammy Kershaw songs it considers lasting examples of country music. It highlights how his music helped define the sound of the 1990s, and how the songs range from romantic ballads to comic storytelling.

Kershaw’s only No. 1 single was “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful”, released on his 1993 album *Haunted Heart*. “Love Of My Life”, released in 1997, was his final Top 5 single, while his 1994 version of “Third Rate Romance” reached the Top 5 after the song had first been a Top 20 hit for Amazing Rhythm Aces in 1975. Also from *Haunted Heart*, “Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer” was written by Dennis Linde; Kershaw said it helped sell hundreds of thousands of albums and push the record to platinum.