AARON TIPPIN

'Aaron Tippin' (born July 3, 1958) is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional bodybuilder. Starting with the single "You've Got to Stand for Something" in 1991, he has charted nine Top Ten singles on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, in addition to recording nine studio albums and a Greatest Hits compilation.

Contents

Bio

Musical stylings

Discography

Main albums

Compilations

Singles

Footnotes

Reference

External links

Bio

Born in Pensacola, Florida, but raised in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, Tippin performed in local honky-tonks in the 1970s. He competed on TNN's "You Can Be A Star" talent contest in 1986, landed a song publishing contract and moved to Nashville in 1987 . During this time he wrote songs for The Kingsmen, David Ball, The Midsouth Boys, Mark Collie, and Charley Pride. He would spend his nights working at Logan Aluminum in Logan County, Kentucky and spend his days driving 60 miles to Nashville to write songs.
Tippin performed his first Nashville nightclub show in 1990, and it earned him a contract with RCA records. His first single, "You've Got to Stand for Something", cracked the top 10 in 1991 and allowed him to go to the Persian Gulf with Bob Hope, to entertain the troops. Then, in 1992, Aaron's single "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With the Radio" stayed at No. 1 for three weeks.
In 1995, Tippin married the former Thea Corontzos, and he, Thea, and his manager, Billy Craven, created Tippin's company, Tip Top Entertainment. Tippin also opened two hunting supply stores called Aaron Tippin Firearms. One is located close to where he lives in Smithville, Tennessee, and the other is run by his father in Oak City, North Carolina. Thea has co-written several of Aaron's songs (including the Number One "Kiss This"); in addition, Aaron and Thea recorded a duet called "Love Like There's No Tomorrow" in 2003.
In 1998, Tippin moved to Hollywood Records, where he recorded one album and landed a Top 10 hit with "For You I Will". By 2000, he had switched to Lyric Street Records and charted a No. 1 hit with "Kiss This", co-written with his wife Thea in 2000 . In the wake of 9/11, his patriotic anthem, "Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly", peaked at No. 2. Both songs crossed over onto the Hot 100 charts.
In 2006, Tippin formed his own record label -- Nippit Records, a joint partnership with Rust Nashville.

Musical stylings

Tippin is noted for his singing voice, a baritone with a heavy, nasal Southern twang.^[1][2]

Discography

Main albums

★ ''You've Got to Stand for Something'' (1991)

★ ''Read Between the Lines'' (1991)

★ ''Call of the Wild'' (1993)

★ ''Lookin' Back at Myself'' (1994)

★ ''Tool Box'' (1995)

★ ''What This Country Needs'' (1998)

★ ''People Like Us'' (2000)

★ ''A December to Remember'' (2001)

★ ''Stars & Stripes'' (2002)

★ ''I Believed'' (2004) (unreleased)

Compilations

★ ''Greatest Hits... and Then Some'' (1997)

★ ''The Essential Aaron Tippin'' (1998)

★ ''Super Hits'' (1998)

★ ''RCA Country Legends: Aaron Tippin'' (2002)

★ ''All American Country'' (2003)

★ ''Ultimate Aaron Tippin'' (2004)

★ ''Platinum Collection'' (2004)

★ ''Now & Then'' (2006)

Singles

Year	Title	US Country	US Hot 100	Album
1991	"You've Got To Stand For Something"	6		''You've Got To Stand For Something''
1991	"I Wonder How Far It Is Over You"	40		''You've Got To Stand For Something''
1991	"She Made a Memory Out Of Me"	54		''You've Got To Stand For Something''
1992	"There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio"	1		''Read Between The Lines''
1992	"I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way"	5		''Read Between The Lines''
1992	"I Was Born With a Broken Heart"	38		''Read Between The Lines''
1993	"My Blue Angel"	7		''Read Between The Lines''
1993	"Working Man's Ph.D."	7		''Call Of The Wild''
1993	"The Call of The Wild"	17		''Call Of The Wild''
1994	"Whole Lotta Love On The Line"	30		''Call Of The Wild''
1994	"Honky Tonk Superman"	47		''Call Of The Wild''
1995	"I Got It Honest"	15		''Lookin' Back At Myself''
1995	"She Feels Like a Brand New Man Tonight"	39		''Lookin' Back At Myself''
1996	"That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You"	1	101	''Tool Box''
1996	"Without Your Love"	22		''Tool Box''
1996	"Everything I Own"	51		''Tool Box''
1996	"How's The Radio Know"	69		''Tool Box''
1997	"That's What Happens When I Hold You"	50		''Greatest Hits... And Then Some''
1999	"For You I Will"	6	49	''What This Country Needs''
1999	"I'm Leaving"	17	87	''What This Country Needs''
1999	"Her"	33		''What This Country Needs''
1999	"What This Country Needs"	47		''What This Country Needs''
2000	"Kiss This"	1	42	''People Like Us''
2001	"People Like Us"	17	107	''People Like Us''
2001	"Always Was"	40		''People Like Us''
2001	"Where The Stars And Stripes And the Eagle Fly"	2	20	''Stars & Stripes''
2002	"Jingle Bell Rock"	52		''A December to Remember''
2002	"If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me"	40		''Stars & Stripes''
2002	"I'll Take Love Over Money"	47		''Stars & Stripes''
2003	"Love Like There's No Tomorrow" (''w/ Thea Tippin'')	35		''Stars & Stripes''
2005	"Come Friday"	42		''I Believed''
2006	"Ready To Rock (In a Country Kind Of Way)"A			''Now And Then''
2007	"He Believed"	55		''Now And Then''

^AFailed to chart.

Footnotes

1. Aaron Tippin Bio - Utopia Artists
2. CMT.com : Aaron Tippin : Biography

Reference

★ Oermann, Robert K. (1998). "Aaron Tippin". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 540-1.

External links

★ Aaron Tippin Homepage

★ Aaron Tippin Page on Rust Nashville

★ Aaron Tippin Is What This Country Needs