ARTIST SPOTLIGHT = Aaron Tippin (5 songs)

This Pensacola FL-native singer-songwriter-guitarist worked as a corporate airline pilot before his singing career.

#1
This song, his debut release, hit the airwaves 11/03/1990, spent 20 weeks on the charts & peaked at #6 in early 1991. Only 1 of 2 releases in 1991 reached the Top 40: “I Wonder How Far It Is Over You” (#40).

#2
This song, his biggest hit & 1 of 3 chart toppers (all for multiple weeks), debuted 02/15/1992 & spent 20 weeks on the charts, 3 of those at #1. It was 1 of 3 releases in 1992, followed by “I Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way” (#5) & “I Was Born With A Broken Heart” (#38).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54q0glhYHQ

#3
This song debuted 06/26/1993, spent 20 weeks on the charts & peaked at #7. It was his 2nd straight Top 10, preceded by 1993’s “My Blue Angel” (#7). From late 1993 to early 1995, he only notched 1 Top 15: 1994-5’s “I Got It Honest” (#15). Of 5 releases during that time, only 1 other came close: 1993-4’s “The Call Of The Wild” (#16).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5E34pxzPlQ

#4
Debuting 09/02/1995, this song spent 21 weeks on the charts, 2 of those at #1, his 2nd chart topper. The single was an anomaly of sorts between late 1993 & mid 1998; it was his only Top 10 of 11 releases during that time. His next Top 10 wasn’t until 1998-9’s “For You I Will” (#6).

#5
This song hit the airwaves 05/27/2000 & spent 33 weeks on the charts, 2 of those at #1. [Check out the cars in the video!] It was his 3rd & final chart topper; it crossed over & reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. His last Top 10 was 2001-2’s “Where The Stars & Stripes & The Eagle Fly” (#2); that song also crossed over, reaching #20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cc1G-k2V7Q