His second album, Love Is, released in 1998 on Elektra/Asylum, failed to produce any successful singles, and Sharp was eventually dropped from Asylum's roster. However, the album's fourth single, "There's Only You", only peaked at No. 43. Measure of a Man produced two more top 10 country singles, " She's Sure Taking It Well" and " If You Love Somebody". As a result, he had to cancel several tour dates. In 1998, Sharp collapsed backstage at the TNN Music City News Country Awards, and was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, due to problems with steel rods in his hip. He was named New Touring Artist of the Year by the Country Music Association and nominated for Top New Male Vocalist award by the Academy of Country Music. He became a spokesperson for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and was awarded the foundation's Wish Granter of the Year award, in 1997. The album's first single, a cover version of the R&B artist Tony Rich's "Nobody Knows", spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
His first album, Measure of a Man, was released in September 1996. Foster introduced him to A&R representatives and, by 1996, Sharp was signed to Asylum Records. Musical career Īfter remission, Sharp worked at Great America in Santa Clara, California, while working on a demo tape, which he sent to various talent shows, and later to David Foster. Kevin Sharp graduated from Bella Vista High School. Kevin Sharp was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The doctors eventually discovered that the cancer had spread to his lungs. He was unable to play football and basketball during his senior year because of his cancer. In high school Kevin played football and basketball.
After two years of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, when still in his early 20s, the cancer went into remission by the early 1990s, although he permanently lost all of his hair as a result of the radiation treatment. Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses, Sharp met the record producer David Foster, with whom he soon became friends. Kevin Sharp was given little chance of recovery. He was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Starting in 1989, he began to experience dizziness and fatigue. Sharp performed in local musicals in high school, and stayed active in music after his family moved to Sacramento, California, in 1985. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Weiser, Idaho, to open a restaurant. I will miss him dearly.Sharp was born in 1970 in Redding, California. He gave so much of himself to others, not just with music but with his story, a life filled with adversity and compromised health, it remains one of my proudest moments to be a small part of his success. "None of us could have possibly known how that day would profoundly change Kevin's life, propelling him into a world filled with music and allowing the world to fall in love with all of his musical talents. "It was such an honor and pleasure to participate in Kevin's Make-A-Wish day some 20 years ago," Foster said in a statement to TODAY. His final single, "Let Me Rock You to Sleep," was released in 2011. Sharp also charted with several other singles, including, "She's Sure Taking It Well" and "If You Love Somebody." He released two other albums: "Love Is," in 1998 and "Make A Wish" in 2005. He released his debut album, "Measure of a Man," in 1996 the first single, "Nobody Knows" topped U.S. After two years of radiation and chemotherapy, Sharp went into remission in 1991 and began recording music.
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