Steve Kipner

born in 1950 in Cinncinnati, OH, United States

Steve Kipner

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Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer, with hits spanning a 40-year period, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of the Year, Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words",[1] "The Hardest Thing" by 98 Degrees, "He Loves U Not" by Dream, "Stole" by Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland, The Script's "Breakeven" and "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", and most recently, American Idol Season 8 Kris Allen's first single debut "Live Like We're Dying", and "Fight for This Love"[2] by Great Britain's Cheryl Cole.

"Fight for This Love" reached #1 on the UK singles chart and became the fastest-selling single of 2009 with 292,846 sales in its first week.[3]

"Physical" was ranked by Billboard in 2008 as the No. 6 song among all those which charted during the 50-year history of the Hot 100.[4] Kipner is also a director and shareholder of Phonogenic Records, a UK-based joint-venture record label with Sony Music, featuring artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, The Script and A*M*E.

Over the years, Kipner has created songs for some of music industry's biggest artists including Heart, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Laura Branigan, The Temptations, America, Cheap Trick, LFO, Westlife, Huey Lewis & the News, Joe Cocker, Al Jarreau, Rod Stewart, and American Idol's David Archuleta from Season 7. Other Billboard charting songs include "20/20" by George Benson,[5] "Invisible Man" by 98 Degrees, "Potential New Boyfriend" by Dolly Parton, "Moonight On Water" by Laura Branigan, "Heart Attack" and "Twist of Fate" by Olivia Newton-John, and "Impulsive" by Wilson Phillips.

Early history

Kipner began his music career in Brisbane, Australia, where he grew up. Steve & The Board,[6] his first band, achieved Australian chart success with the song "Giggle Eyed Goo,"[7] co-written by his father Nat Kipner and released on Spin Records in 1966.[8] As a result of his father's A&R involvement in Spin Records, the members of Steve & the Board became good friends with The Bee Gees, who were also on the label.[8]

Steve & The Board broke up in early 1967. Kipner then formed a duo with Australian Steve Groves, and relocated to England in 1968 where they recorded an unsuccessful LP as "Steve & Stevie" (Toast Records). Then they renamed themselves Tin Tin, signed to the Robert Stigwood Organization, and scored an international hit, including an American Top 20 placing, with their 1971 single, "Toast and Marmalade for Tea," which was produced by Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees. The song's success led to TinTin supporting the Bee Gees on their American tour in 1972.

"Have You Heard The Word" regularly appeared on Beatles Bootleg albums as what was thought of as a long lost Beatles recording, but it was in fact Kipner, Steve Groves, Maurice Gibb and Lulu's brother Billie Lawrie clowning around in a TinTin recording session.

Kipner moved from London to California in 1974 and was a member of the bands "Friends"(MGM), "Skyband"(RCA), and "Think out Loud"(A&M). He then recorded the solo album Knock the Walls Down[9] in 1979. While writing and recording for his own album, Kipner came into contact with other artists who developed an interest in his songs for their albums, and accidentally fell into a song-writing career as more and more opportunities arose.

At that time he met Australian manager Roger Davies, who in the early 1980s was working for Olivia Newton-John's manager Lee Kramer. Kipner had co-written a song with English songwriter Terry Shaddick entitled "Let's Get Physical," and played the demo to Davies, imagining the song would be suited to a male singer such as Rod Stewart. Kramer overheard the song from the next room and thought it would be a way to promote another one of his clients, Mr. Universe, by having him appear with Newton-John on her album cover. Retitled "Physical," the song spent ten weeks at #1 on the American charts and was a worldwide hit, ultimately ranking as the biggest song of the decade. It also marked a controversial moment in Newton-John's career, after Kipner/Shaddick's suggestive lyrics caused the song to be banned in Utah and South Africa.

References

  1. YouTube - Natasha Bedingfield - These Words. youtube.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  2. YouTube - Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love. youtube.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  3. Cheryl Cole's debut is number one, news.bbc.co.uk, 2009-10-25. URL accessed on 2009-10-25.
  4. The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. billboard.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  5. George Benson Wiki Information at StubPass.com. stubbpass.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  6. MILESAGO - Groups & Solo Artists - Spectrum / Indelible Murtceps. milesago.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  7. Steve and the Boardand the Giggle Eyed Goo. answers.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Nat Kipner and The Bee Gees, Hurstville City Library Museum Gallery.
  9. Amazon.com: Knock the Walls Down: Steve Kipner. amazon.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.

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