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Coordinates: 52°31′33″N 2°04′30″W / 52.5259°N 2.0751°W / 52.5259; -2.0751

Tipton
Tipton  Tipton shown within the West Midlands
Population	47,000
OS grid reference	SO9592
Metropolitan borough	Sandwell
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TIPTON
Postcode district	DY4
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • West Midlands

Tipton is a town in the Sandwell borough of the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 47,000. Tipton is located about halfway between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is a part of the Black Country.

Historically within Staffordshire, Tipton was an urban district until 1938, when it became a municipal borough. The vast majority of the Borough of Tipton was transferred into West Bromwich County Borough in 1966, although the Tividale part of the town became part of Warley. Along with the rest of West Bromwich and Warley, Tipton became part of the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974 and remains within this local authority to this day.

Tipton was once one of the most heavily industrialised towns in the Black Country.^{[citation needed]} But most of its factories closed during the 1980s and new housing estates have been built on the site of many former factories, the new private homes have seen an upturn in Tipton's fortunes by rising house prices.

The far right British National Party has recently performed well in municipal elections in Tipton, currently having two elected councillors; one in Princes End and one in Tividale, as well as a third councillor, Simon Smith, who was elected in Great Bridge but has since left the party and serves as an independent member. Tividale has a relatively high percentage of ethnic minority residents, mostly Muslims of Pakistani origin, but the Princes End and Great Bridge areas are predominantly occupied by white English residents.

History[link]

Grade II listed Tipton District Library, which was built in 1905 but has not been used as a library since the service was moved to a new site in the town centre in 2000

Until the 18th century, Tipton was a collection of small hamlets.^{[citation needed]} Industrial growth started in the town when ironstone and coal were discovered in the 1770s. A number of canals were built through the town and later railways, which greatly accelerated the pace of industrialisation.

The engineer James Watt built his first steam engine^{[citation needed]} in or very near Tipton in the 1770s, which was used to pump water from the mines. In 1780, James Keir and Alexander Blair set up a chemical works there, making vast quantities of alkali and soap.

The massive expansion in iron and coal industries led to the population of Tipton expanding rapidly through the 19th century, going from 4,000 at the beginning of the century to 30,000 at the end.^{[citation needed]} Tipton gained a reputation as being "the quintessence of the Black Country" because chimneys of local factories belched heavy pollution into the air, whilst houses and factories were built side by side. Most of the traditional industries which once dominated the town have since disappeared.

The Black Country Living Museum in nearby Dudley re-creates life in the early 20th century Black Country, in original buildings which have been painstakingly rebuilt and furnished. There is a residential canal basin at the museum - Tipton was once known as the Venice of the Midlands because it had so many canals, although some of the 'minor' canals in the town were filled-in during the 1970s. The canals today form a vital cycling, wildlife and leisure facility.

The area has a distinctive spoken dialect, different from the Birmingham accent. The richest of Tipton speech is very similar to that which Shakespeare, or even Chaucer, would have spoken.^{[citation needed]} Those who grew up here can often tell the difference between Tipton speech and the speech of people from other Black Country towns.

The town has retained a traditional horse-keeping culture; private horses are kept freely on public land and are occasionally 'trotted' on roads (pulling a rider on a lightweight racing cart). There are also "tatters" (i.e. rag-and-bone men), who also have links to the horse culture. Despite persistent council attempts to clear horses off public land, horses still appear in parks and on canal banks from time to time.

Until 1966, the town had its own council. The headquarters were originally based in a 19th century building on Owen Street, near the railway station, until 1935 when it relocated to the former Bean offices site on Sedgley Road West, straddling the border with Coseley. The council remained at this site for the next 31 years, until the dissolution of the borough council in April 1966. The building was later taken over by Dudley College who retained it until about 1993. It has since been occupied by various businesses.

The bulk of the Tipton borough was absorbed into an expanded West Bromwich borough, although a fragment of the town near the border with Coseley (including the former council offices and the bulk of the new Foxyards housing estate) was absorbed into Dudley and most of the Tividale area became part of the new County Borough of Warley. In this reorganisation, the township of Tipton was expanded around Princes End to take over a section of the former Coseley urban district.

Since 1974, Tipton has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, which was created by a merger of the former West Bromwich and Warley boroughs.

Local industry[link]

Tipton was one of the key towns in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, and even during the 18th century it had established its first key industries. This included the world's first successful steam pumping engine, which was erected at Conygre Coalworks in 1712 by industrialist Thomas Newcomen. A full size replica of the engine now exists at the Black Country Living Museum just over Tipton's borders in Dudley.^[1]

In 1800, it was a predominantly rural area with just a few coal mines and some 4,000 residents. However, mass building of factories and digging of coal mines took place, and resulted in Tipton becoming a heavily built up and industrialised area with more than 30,000 residents by the end of the 19th century. The town's population grew further in the 20th century as new housing developments, mostly by the local council but with a significant number in the private sector as well, took place.

However, coal mining had disappeared from Tipton by the mid 20th century, and the town lost a large percentage of its factories during the recessions of the 1970s and 1980s, which contributed to a rise in unemployment and poverty in the Tipton, although living conditions continued to improve.

Further industrial sites have been abandoned since the 1970s, paving the way for mass private house building on the land previously occupied by factories.^[2] This includes the town's naptha gas plant, which opened in 1965 but closed just 10 years later due to the emergence of natural gas from the North Sea. Standbridge Park housing estate was built on its site during the 1990s.^[3]

Etymology[link]

Tipton gains its name from a large slag heap to the west of town, where wagons would 'typ ye tonne of coal duste'

Public transport[link]

Buses[link]

Tipton has direct bus links with the towns of Dudley, Walsall, Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Sedgley, Coseley, West Bromwich, Oldbury, Bilston, Wednesbury and Darlaston, though not all buses reach the town centre.

Railway[link]

Tipton has a direct rail link with the areas of Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry and from 14 December 2008 this now links to Walsall. There are two railway stations - Tipton in the town centre and Dudley Port. Both are on the electrified line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton.

Tipton station started a multi-million pound refurbishment on 14 September 2009 with an estimated completion date of May 2010. The station was reopened on 28 March 2010 and all services have been resumed.

Closed lines include that from Walsall to Stourbridge, closed to all traffic in 1993. This line had served stations at Dudley Port Lower Level and Great Bridge North, but both were closed in 1964 by the Beeching Axe. The line is set to re-open during the mid- to late- 2010s as a Midland Metro expansion on one side and a goods track on the other.

The line between Great Bridge and Swan Village in nearby West Bromwich was closed in 1968 under the Beeching Axe.

The line between Princes End and Ocker Hill closed to passenger trains in 1916 but remained open to goods traffic until 1980. The closure of the railway was followed by the construction of a pedestrian walkway on the trackbed. The final stub of the line, which linked Wednesbury with Ocker Hill Power Station, was closed in 1991.

Notable people[link]

Steve Bull, who was born on the town's Moat Farm Estate on 28 March 1965, was a professional footballer who scored more than 300 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers between 1986 and 1999, also being capped for England on several occasions.

Other footballers born in Tipton included Isaac Clarke (1915–2001), Joe Mayo (born 1953) and Mick Hoban (born 1952).

Arthur Hooper was an amateur sprinter with Tipton Harriers and a member of the England Schoolboys' team. However, he stopped training for Tipton Harriers and he became a professional footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers amongst others.

Other sportsmen from Tipton include William Perry, a Victorian bareknuckle boxer Champion of England from 1850-57. There is a statue to Perry, known as 'the Tipton Slasher' in Coronation Gardens in Tipton centre. Jack Holden (1907–2004) was a runner for Tipton Harriers and Great Britain. Shaun Perry is a rugby union player for Bristol Rugby and England.

Norman Kendrick was a resident of Prince's End, Tipton. He was an early pioneer of the Coach Travel Industry and a civic leader for over 50 years up to his death at 75. Known as 'Ten Men' Kendrick because of his 6' 7", 21 stone frame.

Tipton boasts a couple of nineteenth-century composers, one of them, Joseph Williams, was a coalminer who lived in Watery Lane.

Sport[link]

Tipton Town football club were formed in 1948 as Ocker Hill United, adopting their current name in 1967. They currently play in the non-league Midland Alliance and made history in the 2010-11 football season by reaching the FA Cup first round proper for the first time in their history, earning a trip to Carlisle United, the League One (third highest English division) club.^[4] They were the first club that Steve Bull played for; he joined them on leaving school in 1981 and remained with them until he signed for West Bromwich Albion, then a top division club, in 1985. However, it was after signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 1986 that Bull achieved fame; by the time he retired in 1999, he had scored more than 300 goals for the club. He was also capped 13 times by the England national football team between May 1989 and October 1990, scoring four goals.^[5]

Outsiders' opinion of Tipton[link]

The Newcastle upon Tyne based adult comic Viz used Tipton as a perennial butt of jokes throughout the 1990s, involving a fictitious councillor, Hugo Guthrie. Guthrie may, however, have been based on the real inter-war figure of Councillor Doughty who forbade any more pubs to open until one was opened carrying his name — the pub carrying his name, the Doughty Arms, opened in 1923 but was renamed the "Pie Factory" in 1987.

Districts[link]

• Tipton Green
• Princes End
• Tibbington
• Toll End
• Ocker Hill
• Great Bridge
• Tividale
• Tividale Quays

Education[link]

Secondary schools[link]

• RSA Academy (formerly Willingsworth High School)
• Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre
• Orminston Sandwell Academy

The town has three secondary schools, though in the Tipton Green area of the town a significant percentage of children attend High Arcal School in the borough of Dudley, which has been a popular choice with children living in the area since 1990. Ormiston Sandwell Academy, formed in September 2009 from Tividale High School, also takes in pupils from parts of Dudley and Oldbury.

Primary schools[link]

• Tipton Green Junior School - located in Park Lane West, Tipton Green. Started life in 1880 at a site on Sedgley Road West before relocating to Park Lane West in 1976, a new building opening that building's grounds in 2011.
• Victoria Infant School - located in Queen's Road, Tipton Green. Opened in 1995 to replace Manor Road Infant School, which was built in the 1930s. The current school exists on the site of the former Park Lane Secondary Modern School, which was later an annex for the younger pupils of Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre.
• Summerhill Primary School - located in Central Avenue, Tibbington, on the merger of Locarno Primary School and Prince's End Primary School.
• Tividale Primary School - located in Dudley Road West, Tividale.
• Great Bridge Primary School - located in Mount Street, Great Bridge.
• Ocker Hill Infant and Nursery School - located in Prospect Street, Ocker Hill.
• Ocker Hill Junior School - located in Gospel Oak Road, Ocker Hill.
• Glebefields Primary School - located on the Glebefields Estate, Prince's End.
• Sacred Heart RC Primary School - located in Victoria Road, Tipton Green and is Tipton's only Roman Catholic school.
• Wednesbury Oak Primary School - located off Wednesbury Oak Road.
• St Paul's Church of England Primary School - located off Robert Road.
• St Martin's Church of England Primary School - located on Upper Church Lane.
• Joseph Turner Primary School - located on Powis Avenue.
• Jubilee Park Primary School - located on Highfield Road.
• Burnt Tree Primary School - located on Hill Road.

The town has no less than 14 schools which serve the 5-11 age range, 11 of them covering the whole age range, one nursery and infant school for children aged 3-7 years, and a 7-11 junior school. In the Tipton Green area of the town, a significant number of pupils attend Foxyards Primary School just over the border in the borough of Dudley.

Religion[link]

• Tipton Family Church^[6] was established in November 1992. It is an Evangelical Christian fellowship.

Tipton Christian Church^[7] was established around 70years ago and today is a very lively Penticostal Church situated in Waterloo Street Tipton.

Public parks[link]

This section requires expansion.

• Jubilee Park - situated in Powis Avenue
• Victoria Park - situated on Victoria Road in the Tipton Green area
• Tividale Park - situated in the centre of Tividale, north of New Birmingham Road

In popular culture[link]

The area is notable for being the location of filming for the British comedy film Anita and Me, set in the 1970s.

References[link]

Tipton Sports Academy

External links[link]

• Tipton - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article

Analeigh Tipton
Tipton in 2008
Born	Analeigh Christian Tipton (1988-11-09) November 9, 1988 (age 23) Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2006-present (model) 2009–present (actress)
Agent	Abrams Artists Agency Ford Models
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)[1]

Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, 1988) is an American figure skater, actress,^[2] and fashion model, most noted for placing third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and for starring in the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Life and career[link]

1988-2007: Early life and figure skating[link]

Analeigh Tipton was born on November 9, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[3] When Tipton was 8, her family relocated to Sacramento, California,^[3] where she later attended St. Francis High School and the New York Film Academy's Film School program at Universal Studios, Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} She studied at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California.^[4][5] Tipton was also a supporter of the Invisible Children.^{[citation needed]} She participated in the Global Night Commute in the Cesar Chavez park.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to America's Next Top Model, Tipton was signed to I Model & Talent in Los Angeles^[6] and walked in Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008 for designer, Kelly Nishimoto for her Fall 2008 collection, Imasu.^[7]

Tipton began skating at the age of two and a half,^[3] and competed in four U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships.^{[citation needed]} Later, she and her pair partner, Phillip Cooke,^[8] became two-time regional champions, and competed at the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships twice on the Juvenile level.^[8] She retired from competitive skating at 16 but continued to skate in charity ice shows for AIDS foundations and to rebuild a rink damaged in a fire.^[3][9]

[edit] 2008-2010: America's Next Top Model and modeling career

Tipton placed third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model in 2008.^[10] She was recruited through Myspace and was asked to audition in Los Angeles.^[3] At the beginning of the show, Tipton revealed that she once encountered sex traffickers posing as modeling agents. She was then sold to a Saudi Arabian prince but managed to get out of the situation before the deal was finalized.^[5][11] After landing in the bottom 2 in the episode "You're Beautiful, Now Change" for not using her ice-skating moves to her advantage, she rebounded and appeared in the top three for seven consecutive weeks.^{[citation needed]} Tipton was called first twice, one for the first CoverGirl commercial, which Tyra Banks deemed "the best CoverGirl commercial in the history of America's Next Top Model."^[12] She also won the go-sees challenge, by booking all three of her go-sees she went to and getting back on time.^[13] In a challenge won by Elina Ivanova, Ivanova shared her prize with Marjorie Conrad and Tipton; they appeared alongside each other in the December 2008/January 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine.^{[citation needed]} She was subsequently eliminated in the finale after forgetting her lines in the second CoverGirl commercial, which left Samantha Potter and McKey Sullivan to walk in the finale runway show.^[12]

Tipton signed with Ford Models in Los Angeles and Abrams Artists Agency, in both the commercial and theatrical divisions.^[1] Additionally, she appeared on Spain's Marie Claire, Seventeen magazine's December 2008-January 2009 edition, and a several page spread in Maxim.^[14] She has also done catalog work for Forever 21, Guess, Three Dots and featured in the CampusGirls USA 'Girls of Pac 10 Conference' calendar which is published by her cousin and raises money for breast cancer.

In 2010, Tipton modeled Geren Ford's pre-fall 2010 collection. For Los Angeles Fashion Week she walked for Skingraft and David Alexander for the S/S 2010 season.^{[citation needed]} Tipton's other runway credits include Mercedes Benz Fall Fashion Show, Ticket Fashion Show, Nick Verreos Line, Guess?, and America's Next Top Model obsessed fashion show.^{[citation needed]}

2010-present: Acting career[link]

Tipton and Samantha Potter appeared as guest stars on the television series The Big Bang Theory, in the episode "The Panty Piñata Polarization."^[15] She made her film debut in The Green Hornet, where she acted alongside Cameron Diaz and Seth Rogen, which was released on January 14, 2011.^[16] Tipton also played a babysitter who has a crush on Steve Carell's character in Crazy, Stupid, Love., alongside Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Emma Stone, and Ryan Gosling.^[17] Her role in Crazy, Stupid, Love. garnered some praise from the critics, as she was called a "face to watch" by The New York Times,^[18] and was featured in Nylon, Details, Teen Vogue and Interview.^{[19][clarification needed]}

Tipton, who is studying film,^{[citation needed]} is also the head supervisor for an upcoming film called Stealing Second.^[5]

She was cast in the third season of HBO's TV comedy Hung, portraying Sandee, a young gigolo's scheming fiancee.^[20]

Tipton will star in the zombie-apocalyptic horror film Warm Bodies; directed by Jonathan Levine. Tipton is set to star along actors Dave Franco, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich. Tipton will play Palmer’s character's best friend.^[21]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• America's Next Top Model portfolio
• Analeigh Tipton at the Internet Movie Database

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Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Glenn Raymond Tipton
Born	(1947-10-25) 25 October 1947 (age 64) Blackheath, England
Genres	Heavy metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, keyboards, vocals, bass
Years active	1968–present
Labels	Columbia, Atlantic
Associated acts	Judas Priest, The Flying Hat Band
Website	Official website
Notable instruments
Hamer Signature Models

Glenn Tipton (born Glenn Raymond Tipton, 25 October 1947, Blackheath, England) is one of the Grammy Award-winning guitarists and occasional keyboard player for the heavy metal band Judas Priest.

Early Life and Career[link]

Glenn Tipton in 1984

Glenn Raymond Tipton was born on October 25, 1947 to Olive and Doug Tipton. Glenn attended Olive Hill Primary School when he was about five years old. His brother, Gary, was a guitar player for a local band called the Atlantics. Early on, Glenn was taught to play the piano by his mother, but he was never fully committed to his practice. Glenn learned to play guitar at age 19 with his first guitar being a Hofner acoustic guitar. He would then play on a Rickenbacker until he was able to afford a Fender Stratocaster.^[1] This guitar would become his main live guitar until it was stolen at a show. Glenn soon bought a black Stratocaster from someone for a cheap price. Tipton also bought a Gibson SG afterwards with money he received to replace his old guitar.^[2] Both of these guitars can be seen when Judas Priest played on the Old Grey Whistle Test.^[3][4] Tipton's first band was Shave Em' Dry, which became Merlin, which became the Flying Hat Band. This band soon broke up due to management issues. In May 1974, Tipton joined Judas Priest. This was during the recording for Rocka Rolla, so Tipton quickly added his guitar parts to the album.^[2] On Sad Wings of Destiny, Tipton showed off more of his guitar work on songs like Tyrant, Dreamer Deceiver and Victim of Changes. Tipton also presented his own songwriting on the songs Prelude, Epitaph and The Ripper. Epitaph and Prelude include some of Tipton's work on keyboard instruments. The year 1980's British Steel was Judas Priest's commercial breakthrough. This album combined the band's trademark heavy metal sound with pop-style song structures and hooks. United and Breaking the Law were some of Judas Priest's first guitar-driven songs not to include any solo sections. Judas Priest's popularity progressed through the 1980s with their albums Point of Entry, Screaming for Vengeance, Defenders of the Faith, Turbo, Ram It Down and Painkiller. Rob Halford would leave Judas Priest in 1992 and the band would separate. Judas Priest would later return with Tim "Ripper" Owens in 1997. This new version of the band recorded the albums Jugulator and Demolition. Both of these albums experimented with new sounds that distinguished them from the records with Halford. Around this time, Tipton released his first solo album, Baptizm of Fire in 1997. The follow-up album Edge of the World was released in 2006. In 2003, Judas Priest would reunite with Rob Halford and release Angel of Retribution in 2005 and Nostradamus in 2008. In 2010, Judas Priest announced their Epitaph World Tour, which is to be the last major world tour. Despite the announcement, Judas Priest still wishes to record another album and possibly more in the future.

Playing Style[link]

Tipton is known for his complex, sometimes classically-influenced solos, and he has a unique guitar-playing technique.^[5] Many of his solos are very difficult to transcribe, and his playing is notable for his double lead guitar trades with fellow Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing. Tipton's solos have maintained a consistent style for most of his career, but he has continuously incorporated new techniques into his playing over the years as he has developed as a guitarist.

In contrast to Downing, Tipton's solos tend to feature a more melodic, legato sound, making use of harmonic minor scales, Aeolian mode, pentatonic scales and techniques such as sweep-picking arpeggios, legato picking, tremolo/alternate picking, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the solos often showcase both accuracy and aggression. However, like Downing, his playing sometimes emphasizes speed rather than precision, and Tipton has been known to occasionally use pinch harmonics and dive bombs in his solos. Tipton also has a trademark 2-strings bend/whammy dive screams for ending the solo, as evident in solos like All Guns Blazing, Heavy Metal, Demonizer, Bullet Train and Ram It Down. In 1978, Tipton began to incorporate tapping into his playing, which Downing promptly did as well. In the mid-1980s, both guitarists started to use the complex technique of sweep-picking, which can be notably heard on the title track of their 1990 album Painkiller. Both have continuously used these techniques ever since. His style is drenched in blues-based phrasing. His vibrato is medium speed, medium width — similar to Peter Green's but not quite as fast.

Influences[link]

Tipton quotes : "It goes without saying that I love playing and performing heavy metal, and have for most of my career. Going right back though, I've listened to a lot of early blues players, and I think the first band I saw live that really made an impression on me, was The Spencer Davies group. I remember going to see them play at an all-nighter at Birmingham Town Hall. Steve Winwood was a great all round vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player and I remember trying to learn 'Georgia' on the piano after I had seen them play. They had great songs like 'Keep on Running' and although you could try and categorize them as blues or R&B, they really had their own sound going for them, mainly due I believe to Steve Winwood".^[6]

Other early influences were Hendrix, Deep Purple and Zeppelin. "I still can't believe where Hendrix came from. OK Seattle maybe but he just suddenly appeared, as if from nowhere, this black guy playing guitar in a way no one had imagined it could be played. He was more than a genius in my eyes, someone very, very special. I loved early Purple and the combined sound of Organ and guitar gave them a very powerful sound, again unique at the time. As for Zeppelin, what can you say, 'Whole lotta Love', 'Communication Breakdown', 'Black Dog', and the epic 'Kashmir' again a unique band with great songs. All these bands formed an impression on me going back to those early days.^[6]

"I liked the early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. I thought Peter Green was a great white blues player and song-writer. He not only penned such greats as 'Green Manalishi' and 'Oh Well' but more delicate compositions such as 'Need Your Love So Bad' or 'Albatross' I saw them several times and it was great to watch them perform songs like 'Stop Messin' Around' or songs featuring slide guitar such as 'Dust My Broom'.^[6]

"As I've said before, as a guitar player my main inspiration was Rory Gallagher. I saw him play in Taste many times and he really inspired me, not just musically but also in the amount of energy and feel he put out".^[6]

"I've always loved the Stones. They have so many classic songs such as 'Jumping Jack Flash', 'Honky Tonk Women', 'Sympathy For The Devil', 'Brown Sugar', or their earlier stuff like 'This Could Be The Last Time', 'Paint It Black', 'It’s All Over Now' the list goes on and on. The Stones have great attitude and that rebel quality that’s so appealing. I recently saw them at the Isle of Wight festival and they were as good as ever after all these years".^[6]

"As do many people, I think the Beatles were a great band. We were all lucky that fate put these guys together in our time. It totally amazes me that they came up with such an abundance of classic songs in such a relatively short amount of time. The Beatles changed everything. To start with they were the first band to write their own material. They were so prolific and the endless melodies they invented will live forever".^[6]

Tipton is a big fan of soundtrack music, something that is evident in listening to Judas Priest's metal opera Nostradamus. "I love people like Hans Zimmer," Tipton told Attention Deficit Delirium. "Some of the stuff that they do is incredible.” (He's a big fan of the Gladiator soundtrack.) "One day when I’m good enough to, I wouldn’t even call it a film score, but do music for film, I’d like that opportunity. It would be really exciting for me to do. Whether that will happen or not, I’m not sure. I would certainly welcome the opportunity to do something like that as long as it were something that I liked or had respect for visually." ^[7]

Equipment[link]

Judas Priest performing at Sauna Open Air in 2011. Glenn Tipton (far right) is playing on his signature Hamer model.

Tone[link]

Glenn's tone is your basic humbucker through a Marshall tone. Compared to Downing's tone, Glenn's tone is warmer, with more bass and lower mids. This lets both guitarists play the same parts yet remain distinct in the mix. Tipton's classic sound on albums like British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, and Stained Class was obtained using 50 watt, non-master Marshall heads with EL34 output tubes, and a Range Master treble boost — the same device Brian May uses to kick his AC-30's. During this period, Glenn also employed a MXR Distortion +, Phase 100, and digital delays, as well as an old Maestro Echoplex. In the late 1980s, around the time of the Turbo album, Priest began incorporating guitar synths and abandoned the Marshalls for what sounds like a Scholz Rockman (Turbo, Ram it Down). Starting with the comeback album Jugulator, Glenn switched to Rocktron preamps, the Rocktron Intellifex for effects, and Crate heads and cabs. Glenn's used SG's, a Strat with two DiMarzio Super Distortion humbuckers, and various Hamer models including a few he helped design (see above photo). Most of his guitars are equipped with Kahler tremolos. Glenn uses very light strings and picks — string gauges are .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, and .046, he uses Ernie Ball strings.^[8] Throughout his career, Glenn has used many tunings, most frequently standard tuning. Ever sice Rob Halford rejoined Judas Priest, both Glenn and KK have used E-flat tuning.

Guitars[link]

Tipton has used numerous guitars over the years. These include a 1960s Fender Stratocaster up until about 1978. During the period from 1978 to 1979, he used a black Gibson Les Paul Custom, and he started using a modified CBS-era Fender Stratocaster with Dimarzio Super-Distortion (humbucking) pickups. For the Screaming for Vengeance tour, he added a chrome pickguard. For this tour, he also played a Gibson SG Special that he spray-painted black himself. The SG also had a chrome pickguard and stock PAF humbuckers. Around 1984, he switched to a Hamer Phantom GT model, which was fitted with one EMG humbucker, a Kahler tremolo, and one volume pot. A signature model of this was developed and sold to public from 1984 to 1986. Tipton still uses this guitar model, but now with Seymour Duncan Blackouts active pickups. In 2009, Tipton took his Fender Stratocaster and Gibson SG Special out of retirement for the British Steel 30th Anniversary tour.

He has also used various guitars over the years

• Fender Telecaster - For studio use
• ESP Eclipse acoustic - For stage use
• Ibanez 7621 seven-string guitar - In the studio for Demolition
• Gibson Explorer - Could be see on the Classic Albums: British Steel documentary and was used sparingly during the Nostradamus tour
• Legends custom-built acrylic Jaguar-shaped guitar - Tipton jokingly admitted that he wanted to make a lamp out of it, but liked the tone of it and was used for recording Demolition),
• Roland G-707 synth guitar - was mostly used in the studio, used a Hamer Phantom GT with a Roland Hex pickup for stage use

Amplification[link]

Tipton has almost exclusively used Marshall Amplifiers. Tipton used Regular Vintage 50 and 100 Watt Marshall heads without a master volume until 1982, when the JCM 800 head was developed. The JCM 800 was used by Tipton and fellow Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing for many years. During the Jugulator and Demolition era, Tipton was endorsed by Crate amplifiers, using their Blue Voodoo heads in the studio and when touring. He would drop this endorsement during the 2004 reunion tour, switching to a large rack unit with multiple preamps and effects processors with a Marshall 9100 power amp.

In 2008, Tipton began using ENGL amps. Of the brand, he comments, “ENGL is the first ampline that I have ever used that not only has balls, but attitude, right out of the box”. When he first used Engl amps, he played through the ENGL Midi Tube Preamp E 580 and the ENGL Tube Poweramp E 850/50. For the Epitaph tour, he switched to using Engl Invaders that are modified to use 6L6 power tube.

Effects[link]

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tipton used a Pete Cornish custom pedalboard with an overdrive unit, flanger, MXR distortion unit, MXR Phase 100, MXR digital delay, MXR 12-band EQ, Maestro Echoplex, line boosters between each effect to preserve the signal from input to output, and a Rangemaster-based custom treble boost connected to the bass channel of Marshall 50 and 100 watt heads with no master volume.

Around the time of the reunion with Rob Halford, Tipton only used a modified Crybaby 535Q Wah, Digitech Tone Driver, DigiTech Main Squeeze, and a Yamaha midi board controlling other effects and sounds in a rack unit.

Since the beginning of the 2008 world tour, Glenn has went back to mostly using a rack system, sans the current use of Engl amp heads. He currently uses a Korg rack tuner, Furman power unit, Dunlop Custom Shop Rackmounted Crybaby, Rocktron Intellifex and Yamaha XPS-90 multi-effects units, and a dbx 166A compressor and noise gate.

Recognition and honors[link]

• He was ranked #19 on rock magazine Hit Parader's list of 100 greatest metal guitarists.
• He was ranked #28 on Gigwise's Top 50 Guitarists.
• He was ranked #9 on MusicRadar's The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever.
• He was ranked #25 on Joel Mclver's 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.
• Sun Kil Moon released a song titled "Glenn Tipton" on their album Ghosts of the Great Highway.
• In the popular video game Guitar Hero II, a playable character called Izzy Sparks, wears clothes very similar to the ones Glenn Tipton used under the Screaming for Vengeance tour 1983.
• Kerry King of Slayer has stated that Tipton is one of the most underrated guitarists in the world. He stated that Tipton is one of his earliest guitar influences.
• Jeff Waters: "Glenn Tipton, along with partners KK Downing and Rob Halford, has come up with the most killer metal riffing, with elite, groundbreaking, original songwriting, and with blues-influenced lead guitar shredding. Judas Priest and Tipton's work are arguably more worthy of the term metal than any other, with Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath their only close rivals.

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

• Baptizm of Fire (1997)
• Edge of the World (2006)

Judas Priest[link]

See the Judas Priest discography for the complete list of Judas Priest albums, as Tipton played lead guitar for all Priest's album releases.

Contributions[link]

• Guest musician on the 1995 album Foma by post-grunge band The Nixons.
• Guest musician on the song Spirit of America by Samantha Fox
• Glenn recorded licks for the video game Brutal Legend.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Glenn Tipton Website

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London Leah Tipton is a fictional character in Disney's Suite Life franchise which consists of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off The Suite Life on Deck. Her name is a parody to Paris Hilton's name as London (also a European city) and Tipton (which has the 'ton' part from Hilton. ^[1] London has also appeared on cross-over episodes of other Disney series, such as Wizards of Waverly Place and Hannah Montana.

The character is portrayed by Brenda Song, who was offered the starring female role without an audition.^[2] Song describes the character as being complex and has stated London Tipton is her fantasy character.^[3] The character is presented as a ditzy, privileged girl with hidden depth.^[4] She is the daughter of Wilfred Tipton, the owner of the Tipton Hotel chain and the SS Tipton

Television series background[link]

London Tipton is the only child of business tycoon Wilfred Tipton. Her mother, who has never been named, is of Thai origin;^[5] her father is American, though he claims British citizenship for income tax purposes. She was born and raised in wealth and high society, and is heiress to the Tipton corporate empire (which includes the Tipton hotel chain and many other companies, including several record labels).^[6] It is revealed in The Suite Life on Deck episode "A London Carol" that London used to love helping people and every Christmas she and Moseby used to always go to the homeless shelter.

London wears the latest designer clothing (as mentioned in That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana). She had a tough childhood, because her father was always busy and married many times. The Suite Life on Deck reveals that her father married a girl named Karina because London wanted her out of her way of her relationship with a magician on the ship. London herself says that Karina is her father's fourteenth wife. It is also said in the finale of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody that her father has been married a dozen times in the past.

Her father did not attend any of London's performances because he was supposedly very busy, as revealed by London to Maddie in the episode "Lip Synchin' in the Rain." As she grew older, she started to cover the emptiness her father created by his absence with shopping, as Maddie discovers in the episode "Kisses & Basketball". Maddie claims that London buys clothes only to cope with feelings of emptiness. In The Suite Life on Deck episode "The Beauty and the Fleeced", London admits to shopping when she is depressed.

She was miserable during her early childhood years, because her father was never around when she needed him. She references this in the episode "Poor Little Rich Girl", when the Tipton family loses all of their money; and also in the episode "The Prince & The Plunger", when London's school hosted a father-daughter dance^[7]

At the age of 15, she met Maddie Fitzpatrick, who eventually becomes her best friend. At one point, London enrolled at Maddie's Catholic school, Our Lady Of Perpetual Sorrow. Later on in the series, London was expelled because she did not attend her classes, so she is forced to go to Cheevers High School. Then her father has her attend Seven Seas High, a high school program on the S.S. Tipton, because on a ship, she will not be able escape to another place (except by helicopter or submarine, but Miss Tuttweiler and Mr. Moseby monitor both her escape routes closely). London also is not so smart. In The Suite Life on Deck episode "Sea Monster Mash", she says that Maddie used to do all the work for her, but in "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody", Cody Martin helps her with her project, but she ends up working with Nia and they make French fries with their projects combined.

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Although her father is never seen (apart from episode 257, season suite life on deck) (usually never more than an arm behind his security force, which stands on all sides), he is frequently mentioned. London is an air headed heiress, and leads a wild girl fabulous life as heiress of the Tipton Estate. She is a spoiled, rich, and full-of-herself teenager with her own private suite at the Tipton Hotel in Boston, complete with floors full of closets (each with their own obsequious talking mirror), and a kitchen which takes up most of the floor. Her best friend is Maddie Fitzpatrick whom London often tries to bribe with money and other valuables. She is also very good friends with Zack and Cody. Though London can often be seen as a superficial snob who disrespects lower-class people, she does make exceptions for those whom she really cares about and has been shown to be somewhat loyal to her friends. She loves fashion, and states that she has been wearing designer outfits since she was a baby, and usually never wears the same outfit twice. She has a Pomeranian named Ivana Tipton who is treated like royalty. Since London doesn't have a nanny, or any adult to look out for her, she often looks to the Tipton employees for help and or guidance. She dislikes her step-moms and talks to Mr. Moseby, Maddie and sometimes, Carey about her problems. When happy, London tends to clap her hands repeatedly and jump up and down while saying her catchphrase, "Yay me!" Though it seems like London may lead the ultimate rich-girl life, her childhood was far less than perfect.

London has attended several private schools, but shows very little effort in her school work. She transferred to the same private school as Maddie in the episode Forever Plaid, due to poor attendance at her old school ("And they even expect me to go on Fridays!"). In the episode First Day of High School, London transfers to Zack and Cody's public school, due to being expelled from all of the private schools she had previously attended. London's worst subject in school would probably be language arts, since she doesn't like reading and often claims to have trouble with the alphabet. As stated earlier, London is not very intelligent. She is confused with many things, and is tricked by many characters such as Maddie and Nia. London, apparently, has some belief in certain mythological aspects; Maddie and Esteban once tricked her into doing many idiotic things by changing her horoscope. Though, annoyed by some characters, London being gullible is found to be quite an advantage in difficult situations. It is also revealed in one episode that she must think before doing the smallest everyday actions. For example, she was walking through the lobby while thinking "left, right, blink, breathe" in the episode Super Twins.

Having such a glamorous lifestyle, London also has trouble with anything that involves hard work, which is something her dad encourages her to do sometimes (much to the dismay of London), usually because of her frivolous money spending. London's poor ability is often caused by her lack of effort and understanding, as it's normally easy for her to get her own way in life. Though sometimes she'll put her ego aside, and show she can do more than she's given credit for, which shows her to being occasionally smart and/or selfless. Though curiously, her stupidity seems to have increased during Season 3.

London has her own web-show, ever since the episode Tiptonline. The original producer of Yay Me, Starring London Tipton was Cody Martin. After Cody quit, due to crazy things London made him do on set, London's friend Chelsea Brimmer became the producer, but Chelsea left after one webshow because she was a horrible producer and the fans demanded they bring Cody back. London then realized how she needed Cody and apologized to him on the air. After Cody saw the show, he rushed to London's suite in the middle of the show and stated that he would return. However, whenever Cody was unavailable, Maddie often filled in as a substitute, and soon became the official producer. London continues to do her webshow on the S.S. Tipton, with Woody Fink as her producer.

She does not see her parents often, only occasionally, but she often talks to them on the telephone. London says that Mr. Moseby appears more times in her family’s photo-albums than Mr. Tipton or any of his ex-wives. Her parents cannot stand each other, apparently, since Mr. Moseby put them not only in different rooms when they stayed at the hotel, but in different wings.

Although she is not of Jewish descent, London observes Hanukkah. In "Big Hair & Baseball", while she and Carey swoon as the New York Yankees check into the Tipton, she says of the players, "They're even cuter than that hockey team Daddy bought me for Hanukkah".^[8] In "Cookin' with Romeo and Juliet", London states that she is used to getting everything she wants on her birthday, Christmas, and Hanukkah. When Maddie points out that, as London is not Jewish, she should not be able to celebrate Hanukkah, London replies "And miss out on 8 days of presents? Not this Shiksa". Throughout the series, London peppers her speech with other Yiddish vernacular, such as "Oy Vey", "Plotz", and "Mazel Tov".

London hates to work out but has been shown to be very strong in several episodes. She is also tone deaf, but still likes to sing. It is revealed in "Super Twins" she is also easily hypnotized, which is also shown in The Suite Life on Deck.

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London journeys onto the SS Tipton with the belief that she is on a vacation, until she is informed otherwise by Mr. Moseby that it is for her to attend Seven Seas High (or as London refers to it "stupid sea school") so she can attend school properly without skipping class. London bitterly sees this as more as a punishment than an opportunity. When London finds out later that she has to share a cabin, she bribes her cabin-mate, Padma, with jewellery to leave in The Suite Life Sets Sail, so she can have her own cabin. At the end of the episode, Bailey Pickett is revealed to be a girl, which prompts her to be assigned in London's half-vacant cabin. This pushes a stubborn London to escape the SS Tipton via helicopter to Parrot Island. Therefore, in the following episode, the ship makes a special journey to the island to rescue her, as she has been imprisoned because Tipton Industries cut down Parrot Island's trees, which made the native parrots immigrate to Seal Island close by. Later, she writes a check for 10 million to rehabilitate the island, and resumes residence on SS Tipton.

At the school, London is treated like a regular student. In order to skid her way through school, London has often tried to bribe the teacher (such as handing in a blank report with $100 bills on each page). However, she has been seen putting a little more effort into her school work, and even states in the episode "Sea Monster Mash" that she enjoys having a feeling of accomplishment. London is also slightly smarter than what she was in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, as seen in multiple episodes (though she still retains the ditzy demeanor). Also despite her frequent attempts to escape the SS Tipton so she can resume her normal free life, London has found ways to adapt on the ship. Since London now has limited closet space in her cabin, it is mentioned that most of her clothes are carried by a submarine that follows the ship, though she continues to find more room.

London quickly establishes a tenuous friendship with Bailey. In Broke N' Yo-Yo, she moves Bailey to a cramped loft near the ceiling of the cabin, and Bailey retaliates by faking an attack of fictional "Sea Snarks", but eventually comes clean and they agree to share the cabin equally. London later reunites with Ivana, flown in by helicopter in The Kidney of the Sea, and Cody referees an intelligence competition between her dog and Bailey's pet, Porkers, but in the end Ivana and Porkers end in a draw. London occasionally mistreats Bailey such as humiliating her using her webshow, "Yay Me" on a segment called "Boo You". Despite this, London means well as a friend and Bailey is willing to forgive her.

Although London admits that she doesn't "do things for other people", she has often attempted to do many generous things, with unfortunate results. In "Mom and Dad On Deck", she hoped to find Moseby the perfect gift for his birthday, but resulted into her annoyingly following him everywhere in order to find out what he likes. She even tried to nurse Moseby after he got injured slipping on the sky deck, but only ends up making him feel crowded. In the same episode, it is revealed that it takes her half-an-hour to read one page in even the simplest books (she reads 'The Pokey Little Princess' to Moseby, and her problem is revealed). In the season two episode "Smarticle Particles", Bailey tricks London into doing well in school by giving her a "smart perfume", to which London responds to as planned. However, London finds out later that the perfume is fake, and is upset that her 'smarticles' weren't real. Bailey then cheers her up with a "smart lipstick", which London happily uses. This shows that London is actually very bright but lacks enough confidence to believe so. But other instances conclude that she doesn't know very much at all (e.g., in "So You Think You Can Date?", when she's mentioned the number of her father's marriages she holds up six fingers, though clearly saying "eight"). In "Family Thais", the gang travels to Thailand, where London meets her grandmother. In "Lost at Sea" London pretends to go insane and that she's on an island resort in order not to have to do any work. After they finally escape the island in a balloon made out of her clothes and fly back to the SS Tipton, she reveals her deception and makes Cody and Bailey acknowledge she's a lot smarter than they give her credit for. She is also seen to be precise with her hands, such as when she repaired a small boat with various eyebrow care products in "Shipwrecked".

In the season three episode "Silent Treatment" after Bailey is ready to go onto the Sky Deck carrying a cat in a dress, London snaps Bailey out of her depression after her breakup with Cody by calling Bailey young, smart and pretty which she responds to in shock. In "My Oh Maya" London pretends to be Zack's ex-girlfriend to help him get a girl and pretends to be Marcus' wife to get Dante (Marcus' identity thief) off the ship. It isn't revealed whether or not she did it for free but it can be assumed that because she is maturing she did it without cost. Since then she has been displaying continuous signs of attraction towards Zack. In the last episode, it was shown she would miss Mr. Moseby, since he was the one that raised her. Her last line in the series is " Little me, off to Paris".

Family[link]

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• Yolanda (unseen) One of London's former stepsisters. In "Poor Little Rich Girl", London called her on her cell phone, for a place to sleep, due to London's poverty. Yolanda refused, because London never helped her. London refers to her as 'sis'.
• Khun Yai (played by Elizabeth Sung) London's grandmother and Mrs. Tipton's mother from Thailand. London visits her in the On Deck episode Family Thais, where London is surprised to find out that her grandmother is not only not rich, but is a poor rice farmer. London tries to connect with her grandmother by giving Khun Yai a makeover and redesigning her hut with expensive furniture and appliances. However, Khun Yai is uncomfortable with all the luxuries, which confuses London. After talking with Bailey, London learns to accept her grandmother's lifestyle and the two share a close bond unlike any relationship London has with the rest of her family. Khun Yai also has a pet elephant who she can understand well, similar to London's relationship with Ivana.
• Rome Tipton (played by George Takei) is London's great-great-great-great-great grandson, whom London met in the episode "Starship Tipton" when she and the gang traveled into the future. He is the heir of Tipton Industries. He is a resident on the Starship Tipton, apparently, despite being an adult, still attends school upon the ship due to being held back "a few" years. At the end of the episode he accidentally walks out the door and hurtles out into space.

Father[link]

• Wilfred Tipton (voiced by Bob Joles in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody; played by John Michael Higgins in The Suite Life on Deck) - The owner of the Tipton hotel and father to London. His face had never been shown until the third part of the Twister trilogy. He is most commonly seen surrounded by his bodyguards and usually only his hand is shown. In "Not so Suite 16", his body and legs were shown, but his face was hidden by a large birthday present. It is not clear how he became the owner of the Tipton, because London mentions many times that her father bought the hotel. However, in a few episodes, it is said that Tipton's ancestors owned the hotel first before he did. In the episode "Rock Star in the House", Wilfred is very strict about London's behavior when it comes to celebrities in that he doesn't want her near them (which he has tried to enforce since an incident involving Orlando Bloom). Wifred also has great concern for London's growing and well-being and often wants her to have a better work-ethic in school. He also hopes for her to learn the proper value of money; he often threatens to have her dis-inherited. His hand was once seen in the episode "Lip Synchin' in the Rain" in which he was wearing a diamond ring. Wilfred Tipton has a history of marrying much younger women without London's consent, most of whom do not last long. In fact, the warranty of Wilfred's wedding gifts (given by Mr. Moseby) lasted longer than the marriages. In "Twister: Part III" Mr. Tipton arrives on Kettlecorn to discuss providing financial aid for them after a tornado caused them damage. Later in the same episode he buys the Pickett's farm which he later returns to its rightful owners.

Mothers[link]

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• Mrs. Tipton (unseen) London's mother and Mr. Tipton's third ex-wife. Divorced from Mr. Tipton and remarried, she visited London's sweet sixteen party but remains unseen. According to London, her mother never stays in one place for long, seeming to disappear off the face of the Earth. According to Mr. Moseby, she has extremely strong arms. In "Twister: Part 3" she was said to be Mr. Tipton's third wife.
• Stepmother 1 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's fourth ex-wife. She thought she and Mr. Tipton would be together for a long time.
• Stepmother 2 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's fifth ex-wife. She believed she and Mr. Tipton were soul mates. They were divorced and remarried
• Louise Tipton (Stepmother 3) (unseen) Mr. Tipton's sixth ex-wife. She was with Mr. Tipton for the shortest time. She refers to London as "that kid" and London refers to her as "that woman". She was mentioned in "A London Carol", where London said she only hugged her once just to pick her pocket.
• Stepmother 4 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's seventh ex-wife.
• Brandi Tipton (Stepmother 5) (played by T Lopez) Mr. Tipton's eighth ex-wife seen in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode What the Hey. She was Mr. Tipton's assistant. She comes to visit London, but they do not get along well. Over the course of the episode they become friendlier to each other. Brandi, out of all the stepmothers, has been shown to have the most concern for London. They were remarried and redivorced. In 'Mr. Tipton Comes To Visit' it is suggested that he has remarried when London says "All 12 of Daddy's wedding cakes have been that flavor (German Chocolate)".
• Stepmother 6 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's ninth ex-wife. Mr. Moseby revealed that was the best man at their wedding in "Twister Part 3"
• Stepmother 7 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's tenth ex-wife. She was Mr. Tipton's assistant.
• Stepmother 8 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's eleventh ex-wife.
• Stepmother 9 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's twelfth ex-wife.
• Stepmother 10 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's thirteenth ex-wife. London refers to her as "Mommy #11".
• Stepmother 11 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's fourteenth ex-wife. London refers to her as "Mommy #12".
• Stepmother 12 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's fifteenth ex-wife.
• Karina Tipton (Stepmother 13) (played by Briana Lane) Mr. Tipton's sixteenth ex-wife. She appears in the episode Ala-ka-scram! on the Suite Life on Deck as the magician's assistant. London and Armando start dating, so London gets jealous of Karina and tells her dad to "get rid of her", but he marries her instead.
• Stepmother 14 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's seventeenth ex-wife.
• Stepmother 15 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's eighteenth ex-wife.
• Stepmother 16 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's nineteenth ex-wife.
• Stepmother 17 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's twentieth ex-wife.
• Stepmother 18 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's current wife.

Romantic relationships[link]

• Justin Russo (David Henrie) in Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana. He named himself "Dr. Fossil" to get London to like him so she wouldn't think he was a 'nerd.'
• Brandon (Tahj Mowry) - One of London's first boyfriends was Brandon, who appeared in the episode Scary Movie. Brandon does not date wealthy girls and despises wealthy families, therefore London lies about being a Tipton and tells Brandon she is a poor Tipton Hotel employee. In the end, Brandon finds out London is lying and asks her why. When she tells him that she liked him and knew he hated rich people Brandon says that he doesn't like rich people when they're mean but likes London because she's nice. Somehow he was never seen or mentioned again.
• Lance Fishman (Aaron Musicant) - a marine-obsessed life-guard at the Tipton, was Maddie and London's ex-boyfriend. In the third season of the series, in the episode Sink or Swim, London had a crush on Lance immediately as he taught her to swim; later, they kiss and start to date. In the episode Who's The Boss?, London was ashamed of Lance, as he did not know how to behave in high society. Later, however, they accepted each other the way they were. Despite this, they broke up in the episode The Arwin That Came to Dinner because Lance felt that they didn't have much in common and he liked another girl. Many refer to him as "Fish Boy".
• Kyle (Daniel Booko) - seen in the episode "Maddie Checks In". Kyle is the friend of Jason who Maddie likes. They come from rich families.
• Joe (John E. Jimmo) - seen in Volley Dad, she had a crush on him. She was in love with him until she saw Maddie kissing him.
• Todd St. Mark (Ben Ziff) - the son of the owner of the rival hotel to the Tipton. He and London have a Romeo and Juliet-like relationship as their fathers hate each other and forbid them from seeing each other. Ilsa, the St. Mark Hotel Manager, forbids them from seeing each other, and has a close eye on them. They met at a dental convention that was held at the Tipton (Todd had to sneak out in order to go as he wished to be a dentist). Maddie tried to help them meet because she was sure that their love was deep and real. She tried to get them to meet at the masquerade ball but he was in a mask so they had to go through all the guys at the ball. London found him after Zack and Cody started a pie fight. Later he told London that his dad offered to pay for dental school in Europe, but turned him down. London tells him that he shouldn't give up his dream for her, urges him to go and he gives London her first kiss.
• Trevor (Zac Efron) - a boy who London dated in the episode, "Odd Couples". However, he only dated her because he thought she was just as smart as him. At the end of the episode, it was revealed that London wasn't smart and was being coached by Maddie. Eventually, Trevor ended up with Maddie.
• Dirk and Kirk (Jake Abel and Scott Halberstadt, respectively) - two boys who only appeared in one episode as part of the twin convention in the episode "Twins at the Tipton". London and Maddie meet the "cute one" (played by Abel) and evidently have a crush on. They both compete for his affections, up until he introduces his geeky twin (portrayed by Halberstadt) in which Maddie goes on a date with, who is revealed to like London.
• Diego . Diego is a fencer that London hires. Maddie and London both have a crush on him. Diego took both out on a date and then it turned out he already had a girlfriend.
• Holden (Chad Duell) - London says was available and ran after him after he broke up with Bailey in "Boo You!". It is not mentioned if they dated at all.
• Armando Armando is the magician that London dated for a while. London gets jealous of his assistant Karina. She " gets rid of her ". London ruins Armando's magic show but then they like each other again.
• Sean Kingston - London started dating him in "Party On" in the third season of The Suite Life on Deck when he came onboard the SS Tipton to try and win her over by throwing her a party.

Friendships[link]

• Maddie Fitzpatrick (Ashley Tisdale) is London's best friend and always hanging out with each other. They are shown to have a very close bond, yet London is still not above putting down Maddie's taste in clothes and hair. London often refers to Maddie as 'Hideous Hair Maddie', which Maddie doesn't enjoy.
• Bailey Pickett (Debby Ryan) - London's close friend, introduced in The Suite Life on Deck. They both attend Seven Seas High and are cabin-mates. Though London did not like her at first (she did not want a cabin-mate), they have since become friends. A bone of contention is tales of Bailey's large family, which the parentally-ignored London often envies.
• Zack and Cody Martin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) London maintains a close friendship with the twins. Cody is her web caster and often helps her with difficult homework assignments, and London often gets mixed up in Zack's various schemes.
• Marion Moseby (Phill Lewis) is almost like a second parent to London. He often gives London support and good advice, and it has been mentioned that he helped London out since she was a child. As London states, he is in their family album more than her dad or any of his ex-wives. He helped London take her first steps across the lobby of the Tipton Hotel, and also taught her how to drive. In the Suite Life on Deck episode "The Beauty and the Fleeced", she calls him by the name "M.C. Moseby" to someone to a familiar name.
• Woody Fink (Matthew Timmons) - Cody's cabin-mate in The Suite Life on Deck.
• Marcus Little (Doc Shaw) - Zack's cabin-mate, former singing sensation, previously known as 'Lil' Little', who leaves the ship to star in a Broadway show in New York City.
• Maya Bennett (Zoey Deutch) -Zack's ex-girlfriend.
• Addison (Rachael Kathryn Bell) - Classmate in The Suite Life on Deck.
• Nia Moseby (Giovonnie Samuels) - Moseby's niece and Maddie's temporary replacement at the Tipton during Season 3. She and London have an interesting friendship, in which Nia takes advantage of London's wealth and sometimes gets her involved in a few of her schemes, which London never seems to notice. London refers to her as 'Cranky Maddie'.
• Ivana (voiced by Emma Stone) is London's pomeranian dog, who is treated like royalty. it is seen in an episode that she can contact London with her cellphone.
• Chelsea Brimmer (Brittany Curran) is one of London's wealthy friends. She is just as air-headed as London. First seen in Miniature Golf, and a guest star and former producer on London's web-show, Yay Me. She visited London on the S.S. Tipton in the episode, Flowers and Chocolate of The Suite Life on Deck.
• Tiffany (Alexa Nikolas) another one of London's friends. She is shallow, air-headed, and diet-prone. First seen in Miniature Golf.
• Portia Tanenbaum (unseen) - A friend of London's who's mentioned many times. She has her own webshow similar to London and gave to charity on one occasion. They usually go on shopping trips to Paris. In the episode Cody Goes to Camp, London says that Portia's going to teach her how to drive. Mr. Moseby nixes this by mentioning that Portia drove her father's yacht into piers 10, 11 and 12. London defends this saying, "She was putting on sunscreen." When London searches the name 'Portia Tanenbaum' on the Internet, Cody tells London that she has more results than London. Then London decides to start her own web show called Yay Me! starring London Tipton!.
• Francesca Grubman (Georgina Rosso) - Seen in the episode Health and Fitness, is one of London's rich friends. She attends London's junior fashion show in the episode, and also insults Maddie and (ironically) London. Georgina Rosso, who portrays Francesca, is the older sister of Rebecca and Camilla Rosso, the twins that portray Jessica and Janice.
• Lizzie Ashcroft (unseen) - Lizzie was mentioned in one episode, when London was supposed to be hanging out with her. She is thought to be London's friend.

Ivana[link]

Ivana Priscilla Veronica Tipton-Fitzpatrick is a character on the Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck. She is voiced by Emma Stone in episode "Crushed".

Ivana is the pet dog of The Tipton Hotel heiress London Tipton. (She is named after Ivana Trump, one of Donald Trump's ex-wives.) She is a Pomeranian breed although Estaban calls her a Shih Tzu. She does not talk to the human characters, but communicates to Maddie's dog Scamp, who she will have puppies with and marry. However, Maddie Fitzpatrick herself treats Ivana as a real person in one episode when she takes care of Ivana for a day. In this case, she was given sub-titles and barked, unlike how she talks to Scamp (although Maddie reacted, it is unknown whether or not she was actually understood). There was a book about Ivana in one episode, called Ivana lives in a Hotel. London copied it from Maddie for a short story assignment and gets an 'A', and in the end it becomes apparent that Maddie spoke it from a book her mother used to read to her when she was little.

When Ivana has puppies with Maddie's dog Scamp, Maddie names her puppy Scruffy and London names hers Prince Percival Persimmon Du loc. London looked down on Scamp, who had to stay at The Tipton Hotel because Maddie's house was being fumigated, and set Ivana up with a "fancy pants" White Pomeranian duke, named Lord Quorckeran, (whom Ivana wasn't fond of, despite what London thought). Until Scamp showed up and whisked Ivana to suite 25. Esteban had been secretly feeding them, and stated "they are in love". When Moseby was showing the Ambassador to "his" suite, the dogs were found out. London eventually saw that Ivana was happy with Scamp.

They ended up having four puppies: Maddie's (Scruffy), London's (Prince Percival Percimmon Du Loc), Esteban's (Maria Consuela Margarita Fransesca DeCielo), and Moseby's unnamed puppy, it is unknown if Mr. Moseby's puppy is a boy or girl. Apparently Ivana is aware of London's lack of intellect, stating, when London thought she liked the Pomeranian Duke, "you also think one and one is four", although it isn't surprising that Ivana is smarter than London. In Fairest of them All Esteban said "She's making you give her Shih Tzu a shiatsu" even though Ivana is a Pomeranian. She is often seen in the first season, but not as much in the later seasons. In "Poor Little Rich Girl", Ivana is unseen but Zack and Cody said they took her Doggy Day Care. Ivana returns in "The Kidney of the Sea" on The Suite Life on Deck being dropped in by a helicopter and helps clear Zack's name after being blamed for stealing the kidney of the sea. In the episode "The Defiant Ones", she is mentioned.

[edit] Yay Me! Starring London Tipton

London also has a fictional online webshow called Yay me, which is produced by Cody and by Maddie once.^[9] It won the golden "Netty", which is a parody of the Webbys. The lyrics of its theme song are:

"London Tipton's really great, really great, really great. London Tipton's really great and deserves the opposite of hate, which is love!!"

The theme song appears to be based on the song "London Bridge Is Falling Down".

In order to gain more fame on the internet than Portia Tenenbaum, London had Cody produce a webshow starring her. The webshow later became the third most watched show on the internet, and apparently was more popular than Portia's.

The show frequently stars London. Other people who have appeared on the webshow include Cody Martin, Bailey Pickett, Chris Brown, The Cheetah Girls, Carey Martin, Grandma Higgenbottom, Chelsea Brimmer and Maddie Fitzpatrick.^[10]

After arriving on the SS Tipton, London carried on the webshow to embarrass Bailey as no guest stars can arrive on the SS Tipton. One segment was called "Boo You" where London would have embarrassed Bailey in front of 37 million viewers. One of which was pulling her bed to the deck while she was wearing orthodontic headgear calling her a robot. The segment ended when Bailey realizes what London was doing and tells London she will never trust her again.

During the latter portion of the third and final season of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the beginning of the first season of The Suite Life on Deck, Disney Channel produced a short-lived series of Yay Me! webisodes made exclusively for the latter Suite Life series' section of the DisneyChannel.com website.

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The show's breakout character, London Tipton has garnered much media recognition. Song became a household name after The Suite Life of Zack & Cody debuted in 2005. In an April 2009 andPOP.com article, they stated that as London Tipton "Song is the One to Steal the Spotlight" on the Disney Channel. They said: "If you ever watched an episode of ‘The Suite Life with Zack & Cody’ you should realize that show is watchable because of one character: London Tipton. Brenda plays the ditzy spoiled hotel heiress London (an allusion to Paris Hilton) and, if I could say so myself, she does quite an excellent job doing so."^[11] While commenting on Song, MSN's 2009 cover story of the series states, "Song is one of the main reasons why the "Suite Life" franchise remains one of the most successful and highly rated series in the Disney stable."^[12] In a 2009 article, People magazine described the character as a "melodramatic high-seas diva."^[13] Allmovie described Song as a "charming and appealing personality, even when playing a shallow airhead".^[14]

In August 2006, Song won an Asian Excellence Award for "Outstanding Newcomer" because of her portrayal of London Tipton in the series.^[15] Song was also named the "Queen of Disney" by Cosmogirl Magazine due to her major contributions on the Disney Channel including her leading role in the Suite Life series.^[16] Song ranked ninth in Netscape's 2007 "Top 10 Beautiful Petites in Entertainment",^[17] was voted one of AOL's "Top 20 Tween (and Teen) Television Stars",^[18] and Maxim ranked Song as the "Top Female Television Actress" in the winter of 2008 for her breakout performance as London Tipton in the Suite Life on Deck. Song was also ranked #45 in AIM's "Top 100 Celebs Under 25" list.^[19] TV Guide listed Song in its 2008 list of "13 Hottest Young Stars to Watch" for her portrayal of London Tipton.^[20] Zap2it named London Tipton the "Most Stylish" character of 2008 and one of "TV & Movie Shopaholics".^[21]

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External links[link]

• London Tipton's Official site
• - A Suite Life Wiki