Kippi Brannon biography of Martin

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It's more business than pleasure."

Her first record, "Slowly," was recorded and released in August 1981 when she was 15 years old. Through her college years she had maintained contact with people on Music Row and she soon landed a record deal. She said she had "no time to date, let alone have any deep relationships." Her prized teen possession was a silver Pontiac.

"Slowly" made it to number 33 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles Charts in 1981.

She was an A-minus student who balanced the demands of singing, household chores, and teen life. Brannon stated in Billboard that the new album is "definitely country, but I would not classify it as traditional country. as emotionally involved as most country singers twice her age." In the fall of 1981, she made two performances at the Grand Ole Opry.

It was very difficult to make ends meet. They have to work nine to five. This single shows off Brannon's impressive vocal abilities. People are writing me e-mail all the time saying this single is selling ... Brannon is determined to maintain a clean reputation, avoiding drugs and negative publicity. After many personal ups and downs, she is coming back strong with her debut album I'd Be with You, produced by Curb/Universal Records.

In an abrupt move, she then quit the music business to attend college.

Background

Brannon, Kippi was born in 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Her first single for the label, "I Ain"t Never", failed to make the charts upon its 1992 release. But these are not bouncy adolescent pop songs—they are aimed at full-grown adults with full-grown feelings.

As to the future, Kippi is keen to build a big following for her music, not just in America, but across Europe.

“I like to think that there are people over there that might remember the first single,” she says.

“To have a label that believes in me as much as they do. She got married and had a daughter, Kasey, who is now 10, and went through a divorce, with a second marriage also ending in divorce. If I had been on any other label, I would probably have been let go.”

Curb's faith finally paid off when Kippi’s Daddy’s Little Girl single started to enjoy extensive radio play, encouraging the label to rush-release the album.

“This record represents several segments of my life,” Kippi explains.