Aaron Tippin Milestones

 1982 

Tippin moves to Nashville.

 1984 

Begins lifting weights; enters his first bodybuilding competition two years later.

 1986 

Tippin competes on TNN's You Can Be A Star TV Talent contest.

 1987 

Moves to Music City in "Dazee," the 1975 Toyota he later immortalizes in "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio."

 1989 

Charlie Pride records Tippin's song "Whole Lotta Love On The Line" and makes it his single and video.  Tippin and Mark Collie co-write the latter's debut single, "Something With A Ring To It."  David Ball records Tippin's song "I Was Born With A Broken Heart."

 1990 

Signed by RCA Records, Tippin becomes the first singer to entertain the troops in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War.

 1991 

Debut album, You've Got To Stand For Something, becomes a Gold record.

 1992 

Second album, Read Between The Lines, goes Gold, then Platinum.  "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio" becomes his first No. 1 hit.

 1993 

Nominated as Top Ten Touring Artist Of The Year at the CMA's SRO Convention.

 1994 

Buys his 300-acre, forested, hilltop getaway in DeKalb County, TN.  Call Of The Wild becomes a Gold record.

 1995 

Tippin weds Thea Corontzos in a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony in Nashville on July 15.  "That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You" hits No. 1.

 1996 

Becomes the commercial spokesman for Channellock Tools.  Tool Box album goes Gold.

 1997 

Aaron and Thea become parents to Theodore Emory Tippin.  "Teddy" is born on December 14th.  Aaron's 20-year-old daughter from his first marriage, Charla, also lives with him.  Greatest Hits...And Then Some album released.

 1998 

Signs with Lyric Street Records; releases What This Country Needs.  Garth Brooks records Tippin's song, "Something With A Ring To It."  Chosen by the readers of Playgirl magazine as the star that they'd most like to see in its pages -- becomes the September cover story, but keeps his pants on.  Tippin's debut Lyric Street single, "For You I Will," goes Top 10.

 1999 

Lyric Street releases Tippin's second single, "I'm Leaving."

 2000 

Aaron and Thea become parents to a second son, Thomas Aaron.  Thomas Aaron is born December 1st.  Lyric Street releases People Like Us.  Aaron is chosen as the October Showcase Artist of the month on CMT.  People Like Us is certified Gold in 8 weeks.