Kippi brannon biography for kids
Kippi Brannon
American country music singer
Musical artist
Kippi Brannon (born Kippi Rolynn Binkley, )[1] is an American country music singer. She made her debut on the country music scene as a teenager, releasing four singles on MCA Records in the early s before leaving her career in favor of a college education.
By , she returned to the country music scene, eventually releasing her debut album I'd Be with You in [2]
Early life
Kippi Rolynn Binkley was born in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] A singer and musician at an early age, she began singing professionally before she was a teenager.
At age 12, she gave a performance at a local shopping mall, when an executive for MCA Records discovered her.[2][3] With the help of record producer Chuck Howard, Jr., Kippi was signed to MCA in Her surname was altered to Brannon, after Brannon Auto Parts, a local automotive parts store.[1][2]
Career
Brannon charted three singles in the early s, in addition to receiving a New Female Vocalist of the Year nomination from the Academy of Country Music.[2] She was also signed as an opening act for other country artists.
Biography for kids amelia earhart He Don't Make Me Cry, Kippi Brannon. Palm Beach Post June 8, Her first single for the label, "I Ain't Never", failed to make the charts upon its release.Although she was gaining in popularity, Brannon decided to leave her career and attend college, first at Belmont University and later at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.[1] During her hiatus from the country music scene, she also married and had a daughter, Kasey;[3] she later divorced and married a second time.[2]
By , Brannon resumed her music career, signing to Curb Records this time around.
Her first single for the label, "I Ain't Never", failed to make the charts upon its release. Working with producers Matt Rollings and James Stroud, she began a search for additional songs to record; however, by the end of , she once again had to take a hiatus, as she had divorced a second time, and had to care for her ailing father.[2]
Her first album, I'd Be with You, was released in early , under the production of Mark Bright.[2] Though the album's first single, "Daddy's Little Girl", only reached number 42 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart -- which tracked only radio airplay at the time -- it was a retail success, spending 23 weeks and reaching number 6 on the Country Single Sales chart, and number 23 on the year-end Country Single Sales chart.[4] The song was also blended with fellow Curb Records artist Jeff Carson's solo recording of Bob Carlisle's similarly-themed hit single "Butterfly Kisses" as an additional track on Carson's album of the same name.
Like Brannon's single, Carson's version of "Butterfly Kisses" struggled on the airplay charts but was a sales success, spending 15 weeks on the Country Single Sales chart and peaking at number 6.
Kippi brannon biography for kids Just as she was getting back into the swing of things, her career hit a pair of obstacles in , when she had her second divorce and cared for her father, who was afflicted with heart disease. For five years, Brannon was retired from the music industry. She told the Toronto Sun, "I was 22 years old and here I was with a three year old and I didn't know how I was going to support her other than 9 to 5 jobs that were making minimum wage. Three years later, she completed the album; I'd Be With You was released in the spring ofI'd Be with You reached number 53 on the Top Country Albums chart.
Brannon has not recorded since.