Although she had a brief flirtation with stardom as a teenager in the early '80s, Kippi Brannon didn't launch a full-fledged career as a contemporary country vocalist until she was 30 years old, when she released her debut album I'd Be With You in the spring of 1994.
Born in Nashville but raised in the small town of Goodlettsville, Kippi Brannon (b. Kippi Binkley) learned how to play piano and guitar as child. She began performing in her preteens, and when she was 12, she was discovered by a music industry executive while singing at a Nashville shopping mall. Producer Chuck ...