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Aaron Tippin (born July 3, 1958) is a country
music singer.
Born in Pensacola, Florida, but raised in upstate 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 Charlie Pride. He would
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 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 Aaron to go to the
Persian Gulf with Bob Hope, to entertain the troops. Then, in 1992, Aaron's
single "There Aint Nothin' Wrong With the Radio" stayed at No. 1 for three
weeks.
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In 1995, Tippin married Thea Corontzos, and Aaron, Thea, and his manager,
Billy Craven, created Aaron's company, Tip Top Entertainment. Aaron also
opened two hunting supply stores called Aaron Tippin Firearms. One is
located close to where he lives in Smithville, Tennessee, and the other run
by his father in Oak City, North Carolina.
In 1998, Aaron moved 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 the Eagle Fly", peaked at
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