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 Aaron
Tippin was born July 3, 1958, in Pensacola, Fla., and raised
in Traveler's Rest, S.C. He performed in local honky-tonks in
the 1970s, and when his teenage marriage fizzled, he pursued
music with a vengeance. He competed on TNN's You Can Be
a Star talent contest in 1986, landed a song publishing
contract and moved to Music City in 1987.
Always a focused and purposeful man, he took up competitive
weightlifting, eventually building his frame to a 47-inch
chest and 16-inch biceps. He worked the midnight shift at a
factory in Kentucky, commuted to Music Row to write songs, did
his late afternoon strength training, went to bed, got up and
did the whole routine over again, day after day. The
dedication paid off. He won barbell competitions, and Charley
Pride, David Ball, Mark Collie and others recorded his songs.
 Tippin
performed his first Nashville nightclub show in 1990, and it
earned him a contract with RCA. His ambitious first single
"You've Got to Stand for Something" cracked the Top
10 in 1991, and 1992's "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With
the Radio" stayed at No. 1 for three weeks. His twangy,
nasal vocals may have prevented a more consistent track
record, as Tippin scored a total of six Top 10 hits for RCA.
(In all, he charted 19 songs for the label.) He moved to Lyric
Street in 1998 and charted a No. 1 with the raucous "Kiss
This" (co-written with wife Thea) in 2000. In the wake of
9/11, his patriotic anthem "Where the Stars and Stripes
and the Eagle Fly" peaked at No. 2.
In 2002, Aaron went to Afghanistan and since then he has been
making annual visits to our forces in Iraq and became the
celebrity spokesperson for the Paralyzed Veterans Of America,
the Armed Services YMCA which takes care of military families
while their spouses are overseas and Toys for Tots which the
Marines founded. At every show, Aaron puts together a bike on
stage while performing and at the end of each night, he brings
a Marine up and donates the bike to the children of that
community that they are in for Toys for Tots. Aaron has
donated over 500 bikes since he became involved in this
charity.
On top of being one of the greatest performers and songwriters
to hit the country music scene, Aaron also has many other
talents. He became a commercial pilot at the age of 17. He
owns 4 planes including a 1940's Stearman, a Cub, Super
Decathlon and a Heliocourier. |
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The hardest working
man in country music is back and ready for action. Though he
was still touring heavily, he had not recorded new material
for 3 years. After a 3 year break from recording, Aaron Tippin
is now ready to share his new music with his devoted fans and
catch some new ears along  the
way too.
After Aaron Tippin parted ways with Lyric Street records in
2004, he began recording a brand new CD that he released on
his own label called NIPPIT RECORDS (which is TIPPIN spelled
backwards). The album is titled "Now & Then" and
is a mixture of new songs with some of Aaron's greatest hits.
Included in the brand new CD is a song that Aaron and his wife
Thea wrote about his father who passed away a couple of years
ago. The song is titled "He Believed" and holds a
very special place in Aaron's heart.
Along with recording "Now & Then", Aaron Tippin
also released 2 brand new music videos, "Ready To Rock
(In A Country Kinda Way) and "He Believed" which
starred Aaron's son Teddy as a "young Aaron".
Aaron Tippin made his reputation with such hard-core honky
tonk performances as "Working Man's PH.D",
"Kiss This", "You've Got To Stand For
Something" and "There Ain't Nothin Wrong With The
Radio".
His hits sounded like no one else-- "My Blue Angel",
"That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You" and
"I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" formed a body of
work that is totally individual and in direct contrast to the
sound alike records that characterized the era.
 Five
of his RCA albums became Gold Records and one went Platinum.
Between 1990- 1997, Aaron scored six hits records and created
such memorable moments as "Call Of The Wild",
"I Got It Honest" and "Whole Lotta Love On The
Line". He appeared on the soundtracks of such films as
"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1993) and "Fire Down
Below" (1997) and became the commercial spokesman for
Channel Lock Tools. Success as a songwriter for others also
continued as Garth Brooks, Charley Pride and Kenny Chesney
recorded Tippin tunes.
Aaron and Thea married in 1995. In 1997 they welcomed Theodore
Tippin into their lives and son Thomas arrived shortly after
in 2000. Aaron also has a beautiful grown daughter Charla from
his first marriage. Charla is married to Kenneth, a Blackhawk
pilot in the S.C. Air National Guard and they reside in South
Carolina.
Aaron and Thea Tippin have a beautiful log home and reside
with their two children in Tennessee. |
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& Text Courtesy of CMT and Aaron Tippin. |
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