Aaron Tippin

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Biography

Aaron Dupree Tippin (born July 3, 1958 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American country music artist and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Records in 1990. His debut single, "You've Got to Stand for Something" became a popular anthem for American soldiers fighting in the Gulf War and helped to establish him as a neotraditionalist country act with songs that catered primarily to the American working class. Under RCA's tenure, he recorded five studio albums and a Greatest Hits package. By the later half of the 1990s, however, his sales and chart performance began to decline, and he was dropped from the label's roster. Tippin switched to Lyric Street Records in 1998, where he recorded four more studio albums, counting a compilation of Christmas music. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, he released the patriotic anthem "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly"; although it was his most successful crossover single, he saw his popularity decline a second time after its release. After parting ways with Lyric Street in 2006, he founded a personal label known as Nippit Records, on which he issued the compilation album Now & Then. A concept album, In Overdrive, was released in 2009. Tippin has released a total of nine studio albums and two compilations, with five gold certifications and one platinum certification among them. In addition, he has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three Number Ones: "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" (1992), "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" (1995), and "Kiss This" (2000), as well as the Top Ten hits "You've Got to Stand for Something", "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way", "My Blue Angel", "Working Man's Ph.D", "For You I Will", and "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly".

Details

Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1990
Number of Albums 14
Record Label
Website aarontippin.musiccitynetworks.com
Wikipedia Aaron Tippin on Wikipedia
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Genres

Country

Trivia

What was the name of Bob Hope's debut single?

Youve Got To Stand For Something

...Comedian Bob Hope was impressed with his debut single, Youve Got To Stand For Something , and he invited Tippin to come and sing this patriotic anthem ...
What year did Tippin release his debut album?

1990

...e single reaching the country Top 10. Tippin wrote all the tracks on his 1990 debut album, Youve Got To Stand For Something Else, which he recorded wi...
What was Tippin's debut album called?

Youve Got To Stand For Something Else

...10. Tippin wrote all the tracks on his 1990 debut album, Youve Got To Stand For Something Else , which he recorded with an excellent studio band includ...
What was the name of Tippin's fourth album?

Lookin Back At Myself

...er, There Aint Nothing Wrong With The Radio. On his fourth album Lookin Back At Myself , Tippin parodied the Blues Brothers in Mission From Hank, while...
What was Tippins number 1 hit in 1995?

Thats As Close As Ill Get To Loving You

...larity began to wane following his 1995 US number 1 hit Thats As Close As Ill Get To Loving You . The latter marked a resurgence in Tippins commercial ...
What hit did Tippin's 1995 hit thats as close as Ill get to Loving You lead to?

Kiss This

...ortunes, climbing into the country Top 5 and spawning the number 1 hit Kiss This . This major country hit also reached the pop Top 20. Tippin subsequen...
Tippin left Lyric Street to form what label?

Nippit Records

...mber 1 hit Kiss This. This major country hit also reached the pop Top 20. Tippin subsequently left Lyric Street to form his own label, Nippit Records ....
What was Tippin's first major hit?

There Aint Nothing Wrong With The Radio

...ms. This album also generated his first US charttopper, There Aint Nothing Wrong With The Radio . On his fourth album Lookin Back At Myself, Tippin par...
What year was Aaron Tippin born?

1958

...Aaron Tippin (born July 3, 1958 ) is a country music singer. Born in Pensacola, Florida, but raised in upstate South Carolina, Tippin performed in loca...
In what year did Tippin compete on TNN's You Can Be A Star?

1986

...s 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. Durin...
Where was Tippin raised?

upstate South Carolina

...country music singer. Born in Pensacola, Florida, but raised in upstate South Carolina , Tippin performed in local honkytonks in the 1970s. He competed...
What was the name of the band he wrote songs for?

The Kingsmen

... and moved to Nashville in 1987. During this time he wrote songs for The Kingsmen , David Ball, The Midsouth Boys, Mark Collie, and Charlie Pride. He w...
How many miles does Tippin drive to Nashville to write songs?

60

...spend his nights working at a mill in Kentucky and spend his days driving 60 miles to Nashville to write songs. Tippin performed his first Nashville n...
What was Tippin's first single called?

You've Got to Stand for Something

... 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 ...
In what year did his single You've Got to Stand for Something crack the top 10?

1991

...s 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 th...
In what country did he go to with Bob Hope?

Persian Gulf

...r 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 singl...
What year did Tippin marry Thea Corontzos?

1995

...Aaron's single There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With the Radio stayed at No. In 1995 , Tippin married Thea Corontzos, and he, Thea, and his manager, Billy Cra...
What was Tippin's company called?

Tip Top Entertainment

..., Thea, and his manager, Billy Craven, created Tippin's company, Tip Top Entertainment . Tippin also opened two hunting supply stores called Aaron Tipp...
How many hunting supply stores did he open?

two

...his manager, Billy Craven, created Tippin's company, Tip Top Entertainment. Tippin also opened two hunting supply stores called Aaron Tippin Firearms....
How old was Aaron when he earned his pilots license?

fifteen

...ing, as his dad was a pilot. He earned his pilots license at the age of fifteen . He pursued to become a professional airline pilot, but the industry t...
What was he able to do while doing bluecollar jobs?

write a couple of songs

...d him to return to music. He played on some honky tonk bars and write a couple of songs while doing some bluecollar jobs. He became a staff songwriter...
Who recorded Aaron's compositions?

Charley Pride, Mark Collie, and David Ball

... His compositions were recorded by popular icons like Charley Pride, Mark Collie, and David Ball . In 1990, he started a contract with RCA. Countrified...
What was the name of Aarons 1991 album?

Youve Got to Stand for Something

... Ball. In 1990, he started a contract with RCA. Countrified Journey In 1991, Aaron finally released his debut album, Youve Got to Stand for Something ....
When did Tippin transfer to Lyric Street Records?

1998

...he American working class. Tippin transferred to Lyric Street Records in 1998 , where he recorded four additional studio albums, including a Christmas ...
In what year did Tippin establish a personal label?

2006

..., including a Christmas music compilation. After leaving Lyric Street in 2006 , he established a personal label called Nippit Records, on which he rele...
What was the name of Tippin's compilation album?

Now & Then

...bel called Nippit Records, on which he released the compilation album Now & Then . A concept album, In Overdrive, was released in 2009. Tippin has rele...
When was the concept album In Overdrive released?

2009

...ilation album Now & Then. A concept album, In Overdrive, was released in 2009 . Tippin has released a total of nine studio albums and two collections, ...
How many studio albums has Tippin released in total?

nine

...lbum, In Overdrive, was released in 2009. Tippin has released a total of nine studio albums and two collections, including six gold certifications and...
How many gold certifications did Aaron Tippin have?

six

...has released a total of nine studio albums and two collections, including six gold certifications and one platinum certification. Birth name Aaron Dup...
How many platinum certifications does Aaron Tipping hold?

one

... studio albums and two collections, including six gold certifications and one platinum certification. Birth name Aaron Dupree Tippin Born July 03, 195...
Where did Aaron Tippin begin his career as a songwriter?

Nashville

... performer and vocalist before beginning his career as a songwriter in Nashville . Top Facts You Did Not Know About Aaron Tippin People also ask about ...
What war did to Stand for Something become a popular anthem for?

Gulf War

...omething became a popular anthem for American soldiers fighting in the Gulf War and helped to establish him as a neotraditionalist country act with so...
Tippin switched to what label in 1998?

Lyric Street Records

...ered primarily to the American working class. Tippin switched to Lyric Street Records in 1998, where he recorded four more studio albums, counting a c...
What was the name of Aaron Tippin's concept album?

In Overdrive

...n which he issued the compilation album Now & Then. A concept album, In Overdrive , was released in 2009. Tippin has released a total of nine studio al...
Where is Aaron Tippin's office?

Music Row

...off the road, you can usually find him hard at work in his office near Music Row , a framed picture of Hank Williams at his back and a wellworn laptop ...
Who is the most valuable career counselor an artist can ask for?

fans

...n extremely thoughtful, refreshingly humble superstar. In Tippin's eyes, fans are the most precious career counselors as artist can ask for. If an art...
Tippin believes that if an artist doesn't know what works for him, he's not doing what right?

something

... ask for. If an artist doesn't know what works for him, he's not doing something right, Tippin asserts. He should be the most intouch person there is....
Tippin says that one must project what to listeners?

artistic identity

...Even more basic to the fanpleasing equation, Tippin maintains, is finding one's own artistic identity and then projecting it clearly to the listeners....
What was Aaron's father's occupation?

pilot

...Born July 3, 1958, in Pensacola, FL; son of Willis Emory (a pilot ) and Mary Tippin; divorced; children: Charla. I've been in love with country music s...
Where was Tippin born?

Pensacola, Florida

... lyrics a return to country's hillbilly roots. Tippin was born in Pensacola, Florida , but grew up in the farmland outside Greenville, South Carolina. ...
How old was Tippin when he got his pilot's license?

15

...ing lessons that would earn Tippin his pilot's license by the time he was 15 . In the midst of building a career as a corporate pilot, Tippin renewed h...
In what genre of music did he begin playing?

guitar

...the farmland outside Greenville, South Carolina. While he began playing guitar when he was ten, young Tippin was satisfied to confine his singing to p...
When did he first start singing?

to pass the time while doing chores

...ear Greer, South Carolina, where he first started singing to pass the time while doing chores . He started playing guitar at age ten but also inherited...
What was Tippin's father's occupation?

farmer

... of flying from his father, who'd worked as a pilot prior to becoming a farmer . Tippin himself earned his pilot's license at 15 and began flying profe...
What was Tippin's 1993 release called?

The Call of the Wild

...s. In 1990, his demo tape landed him a contract with RCA. 1993's The Call of the Wild underlined Tippin's penchant for rabblerousing anthems like Honk...