- Steve Kipner
Steve Kipner is an American-born
musician andsongwriter who began his career inAustralia .Kipner was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio to an American father and Australian mother. The couple had met inBrisbane ,Australia duringWorld War II and they returned to Brisbane when Kipner was a baby.His father,
Nat Kipner formed arecord company , "Spin Records", in Brisbane, Australia. "Spin Records" is notable as the first company to signThe Bee Gees to a recording contract. He also co-produced, withOssie Byrnes , The Bee Gees first number one single "Spicks and Specks". (In 1979 he achieved his greatest success as a cowriter of "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late", an American number one hit forJohnny Mathis andDeniece Williams .)Influenced by his father, Steve Kipner began his career in music in Australia as a member of the band
Steve & The Board who achieved a number one single with the song "Giggle Eyed Goo". Kipner then formed a duo withSteve Groves , and as Tin Tin achieved an American Top 20 single with "Toast and Marmalade for Tea " in 1971. Produced byMaurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, the song's success led to Tin Tin supporting the Bee Gees on their American tour of 1972.By this time Kipner was more interested in working as a songwriter and scored his first success when "Catch Me I'm Falling" was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1974. He recorded a solo album in 1979 during this time met Australian manager
Roger Davies . Although Davies' greatest success lay in the future as manager of such artists asTina Turner andJanet Jackson , he was able to secure contracts for Kipner as a songwriter forCBS Publishing where he worked in various partnerships, writing for Spanish singerMiguel Bose among others.In the early 1980s he co-wrote a song with English songwriter Terry Shaddick titled "Let's Get Physical." When he played the song for Roger Davies, the manager
Lee Kramer heard the song from the next room and thought it would be suitable for his clientOlivia Newton-John and to promote another client "Mr. Universe" on her album cover. Retitled "Physical" the song spent ten weeks at number one on the American charts and was a worldwide hit. It also marked a controversial moment in Newton-John's career when Kipner's and Shaddick's suggestive lyrics caused it to be banned inUtah andSouth Africa .Kipner's songwriting career has continued strongly since this major success, and among the other songs he has co-written are "Heart Attack", "Twist of Fate" and "I Need Love" (all recorded by Newton-John), "
Hard Habit to Break " and "If She Would Have Been Faithful... " (Chicago), "Marrakech" (Seiko Matsuda ) "Moonlight On Water " (Laura Branigan ), "Impulsive" (Wilson Phillips ), "Invisible Man" and "The Hardest Thing" (98 Degrees ), "Genie in a Bottle " (Christina Aguilera ), "I Don't Care" (Angela Vía ,Delta Goodrem ), "He Loves U Not " (Dream), and "Stole" (Kelly Rowland ).Steve is a director and shareholder in
Phonogenic Records Limited , a UK based record label withSony BMG . Recently Steve has had big success with the first signing to that label,Natasha Bedingfield 's “These Words” and has numerous songs on her new album NB. Steve also has songs on the forthcomingDelta Goodrem , andThe Script albums.External links
* [http://homepage.mac.com/stevekipner/stevekipner.com/ Steve's official website]
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