Kippi brannon biography of christopher
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Brannon, Kippi
Country singer
For the Record…
Quits Music Career for College
“Daddy’s Little Girl”
Selected discography
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After more than a decade since she first hit the country charts, Kippi Brannon returns to the country music scene. As a teenager in the early 1980s, she had three songs that made it to Billboard’s Hot Country Singles Chart. In an abrupt move, she then quit the music business to attend college. After many personal ups and downs, she came back strong with her album I’d Be with You, produced by Curb/Universal Records. The album’s first song is the title hit “Daddy’s Little Girl” that was released in March of 1997.
She was born Kippi Binkley in Nashville, Tennessee, but at her record company’s prodding she changed her last name to Brannon. Her music career started when she played her Mom’s piano at age five, and her Dad’s guitar at age seven. Her early music idols were Linda Ronstadt, Barbara Mandrell, and Don Williams. Her father worked for a highway equipment company as a plant manager and her mother was a secretary.
Brannon was entered in her first beauty contest at age five. At the age of 12, she was discovered singing in a Nashville shopping mal
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1997 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1997.
Overview of the events of 1997 in country music
Events
[edit]- April 22 - George Strait releases his 17th studio album, Carrying Your Love with Me. The album went on to be nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.
- July 12 — The song, "It's Your Love," by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill becomes the first song in 20 years to spend six weeks atop Billboard magazineHot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The last song to do so was 1977's "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" by Waylon Jennings. In that span, more than 750 songs had reached No. 1 on the country chart, a majority of them for just one week. The song sparked a renewed wave of songs that spend at least five weeks at No. 1, thanks in part to newer chart tracking methods and programming changes at country radio stations.
- August 7 - Garth Brooks plays a free concert at New York's Central Park, drawing over 1 million fans, with many dubbing it "Garthstock"; the special is broadcast on HBO, with its audience drawing 14.6 million. Billy Joel and Don McLean make special guest appearances.
- November 4 - Shania Twain releases her third studio album, Come On Over. The a
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Brann, Chris
Composer, producer, remixer
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