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|Nationality = American
 
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|Claim to Fame = Musician
 
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|Character = [[Leon Kompowsky ]]<br>Flaming Moe's vocalist
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|Appearance = "[[Stark Raving Dad]]"
 
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'''Christopher "Kipp" Lennon''' (born March 12, 1960) is a singer who has appeared in several episodes of ''The Simpsons''. Lennon sings lead vocals and writes songs for the band {{W|Venice (band)|Venice}}, with whom he has released 13 albums/CDs and other works since 1986. Lennon has released one solo Album.
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'''Christopher''' "'''Kipp'''" '''Lennon''' (born March 12, 1960) is an American musician, best known for being a member of {{w|Venice (band)|Venice}}.
  
In the episode "[[Stark Raving Dad]]", although [[Michael Jackson]] (credited as "John Jay Smith") performed the speaking part of Leon Kompowski, a character who thought he was Michael Jackson, Lennon sung the songs because Jackson was only contracted to speak, not sing. He sang Jackson's songs "Ben" and "Billie Jean" as well as the original song "[[Happy Birthday, Lisa]]", written by Jackson.
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He voiced [[Leon Kompowsky]] singing "[[Ben (song)|Ben]]", "[[Billie Jean]]", and "[[Happy Birthday, Lisa]]" in the [[season 3]] episode "[[Stark Raving Dad]]", although [[Michael Jackson]], credited as "John Jay Smith", performed the speaking part of Leon Kompowski, a character who thought he was Michael Jackson, Kipp Lennon sung the songs because Michael Jackson was only contracted to speak, not sing.
  
 
Lennon also sang the songs "Flaming Moe's" (a spoof of the theme song from the TV series "Cheers") in the episode "[[Flaming Moe's]]", "[[The Sound of Grampa]]" from "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]" and "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" from "[[Duffless]]". He sang the original song "I'm Checking In" featured in the Betty Ford musical in "[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]".
 
Lennon also sang the songs "Flaming Moe's" (a spoof of the theme song from the TV series "Cheers") in the episode "[[Flaming Moe's]]", "[[The Sound of Grampa]]" from "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]" and "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" from "[[Duffless]]". He sang the original song "I'm Checking In" featured in the Betty Ford musical in "[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]".
 
  
 
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*[http://www.myspace.com/venicecentralspace Venice's MySpace page]
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Revision as of 05:21, March 22, 2012

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Christopher "Kipp" Lennon (born March 12, 1960) is an American musician, best known for being a member of Venice.

He voiced Leon Kompowsky singing "Ben", "Billie Jean", and "Happy Birthday, Lisa" in the season 3 episode "Stark Raving Dad", although Michael Jackson, credited as "John Jay Smith", performed the speaking part of Leon Kompowski, a character who thought he was Michael Jackson, Kipp Lennon sung the songs because Michael Jackson was only contracted to speak, not sing.

Lennon also sang the songs "Flaming Moe's" (a spoof of the theme song from the TV series "Cheers") in the episode "Flaming Moe's", "The Sound of Grampa" from "Lady Bouvier's Lover" and "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" from "Duffless". He sang the original song "I'm Checking In" featured in the Betty Ford musical in "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson".

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