Rick Tippe

Ricky Clarence "Rick" Tippe (born December 21, 1958) is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Music, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest-charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at No. 9 in 1996. He has won more than 25 awards from the British Columbia Country Music Association, including three consecutive Entertainer of the Year wins from 2001 to 2003. Tippe has toured across the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, and opened for artists such as Tracy Byrd, Terri Clark, Mark Chesnutt and Sawyer Brown.

Biography Rick Tippe is the son of Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and British Columbia Country Music Association Hall of Fame inductee Elmer Tippe. He released his first EP, After All These Years, on Ric'n'Rol Music in 1992. Two years later, he released his first studio album, 1994's Should'a Seen Her Comin'''. The album produced six charting singles, including Tippe's first Top 20 song, "Two Broken Hearted Fools." Its follow-up, 1996's Get Hot or Go Home, produced another five Top 20 singles, including Tippe's highest-charting single, "The Craziest Thing." Tippe was named Male Vocalist of the Year by the BCCMA in 1996, his first of eight consecutive wins in the category. Tippe's first greatest hits collection, The Best of Rick Tippe'', was released in 2000. Proceeds from one of the album's singles, "Keepin' the Faith," have raised more than $25,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Should'a Seen Her Comin''' Release date: 1994 Label: Moon Tan

Release date: 1996 Label: Moon Tan

Release date: 1998 Label: Moon Tan

Release date: 1999 Label: Moon Tan

Release date: 2002 Label: Moon Tan

Release date: 2008 Label: Moon Tan

Extended plays Title Details After All These Years Release date: 1992 Label: Ric'n'Rol Music

Compilation albums Title Details The Best of Rick Tippe Release date: December 5, 2000 Label: Moon Tan

Singles

1990s Year Single Peak positions Album CAN Country 1992 "Long Gone" — After All These Years "After All These Years" 60 1993 "If You're Lookin' for the One" — 1994 "Should'a Seen Her Comin'" 42 Should'a Seen Her Comin'''

51

27

16

40

25

9

25

15

10

14

20

12

2000s Year Single Album 2000 "When You Say Jump" Shiver 'n' Shake "Keepin' the Faith" The Best of Rick Tippe 2001 "Mad Love" "The Future Is Lookin' Brighter" 2002 "Singin' a Different Tune" Singin' a Different Tune "I'll Do Anything" 2003 "Why Can't We Be Friends?" "Back to the Country" 2004 "Surrender" "Works for Me" "The Luckiest Guy" 2007 "Long Way to Paradise" The Power of One 2008 "Forever" "Radio On" 2009 "Last Call"