Brannon, Kippi
Country singer
For the Record&#x;
Quits Music Career for College
Daddy&#x;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 s, she had three songs that made it to Billboard&#x;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&#x;d Be with You, produced by Curb/Universal Records. The album&#x;s first song is the title hit Daddy&#x;s Little Girl that was released in March of
She was born Kippi Binkley in Nashville, Tennessee, but at her record company&#x;s prodding she changed her last name to Brannon. Her music career started when she played her Mom&#x;s piano at age five, and her Dad&#x;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 dis
Still 'Daddy's Little Girl' Former teen star Kippi Brannon returns to country music
Jim Patterson,Associated Press writer | Standard-Times
Between Tanya Tucker and LeAnn Rimes there was another teen phenomenon in country music named Kippi Brannon.
Ms. Brannon hit the charts with three records in , but quit without making near the impact of Ms. Tucker and Ms. Rimes. She walked away because she wanted to be a teen-ager again, and then go to college.
Fifteen years later, she's back with a hit single that is the most talked-about country record of the moment.
"Daddy's Little Girl" marks quite a comeback for a performer discovered singing in a shopping mall when she was Ms. Brannon opened shows in those days for The Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty and George Strait.
Much like Ms. Rimes today and Ms. Tucker in the s, youth was her selling point. She passed on a debut album, saying she wanted "a normal situation" rather than a career in
She was 15 then. Now she's
"Come on, I'm still a kid," Ms. Brannon said with a laugh after bounding into a Nashville restaurant to talk about what she's been doing for the past 15 years.
After slipping out of the public eye, Ms.
Kippi Brannon Edit Profile
country singer
Kippi Brannon, American country singer. Nominated for Best New Female Vocalist award Academy Country Music,
Background
Brannon, Kippi was born in in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Education
Student, Belmont University, Nashville,
Career
She made her debut on the country music scene as a teenager, releasing four singles on Master of Computer Applications 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 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 Master of Computer Applications Records discovered her.
With the help of record producer Chuck Howard, Junior., Kippi was signed to Master of Computer Applications in Her surname was altered to Brannon, after Brannon Auto Parts, a local automotive parts store.
Brannon charted three singles in the early s, in addition to receiving a New Female Vocalist
Ex-Teen Phenom Kippi Brannon Making Comeback
Between Tanya Tucker and LeAnn Rimes there was another teen phenomenon in country music named Kippi Brannon.
Brannon hit the charts with three records in , but quit without making near the impact of Tucker and Rimes. She walked away because she wanted to be a teenager again, and then go to college.
Fifteen years later, she&#;s back with a hit single that is the most talked-about country record of the moment.
&#;Daddy&#;s Little Girl&#; marks quite a comeback for a performer discovered singing in a shopping mall when she was Brannon opened shows in those days for The Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty and George Strait.
Much like Rimes today and Tucker in the s, youth was her selling point. She passed on a debut album, saying she wanted &#;a normal situation&#; rather than a career in
She was 15 then. Now she&#;s
&#;Come on, I&#;m still a kid,&#; Brannon said with a laugh after bounding into a Nashville restaurant to talk about what she&#;s been doing for the past 15 years.
After slipping out of the public eye, Brannon earned a college degree and started taking prelaw courses. She also got married and divorced twice, and mothered
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