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Jeff Bates (born September 19, 1963 in Bunker Hill, Mississippi) is an United States|American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates made his debut on the American country music scene with his single "The Love Song", which peaked at #8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The single was followed by the release of his debut album ''Rainbow Man''. To date, Bates has recorded two studio albums on RCA, and has charted seven songs on the U.S. country singles charts.

Biography
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When Bates was three months old, he was given up by his biological mother and adopted by a sharecropping family. In the early 2000s, he spent time in jail for grand larceny. He had started stealing from friends to pay for an 18-month addiction to methamphetamine. He went through withdrawal in a jail cell and credits prayer and a 12 step program|12-step program for staying clean. He has co-written a number of songs with Kenny Beard. While in jail, Bates called Beard to let him know where he had pawned Beard's favorite guitar for drug money.{{Fact|date=April 2008

In August 2006, a $3,500 guitar that was a gift to Bates from the Takamine Guitars|Takamine guitar company and used in his video "One Second Chance" was stolen from Bates' garage. When Bates called the Nashville police, Det. Ric... read all