The Rippingtons ringtones for Verizon, Nextel, Cingular, Sprint and other cell phones
The Rippingtons' debut album became a real hit, it was one of the most selling ones and topped the charts. Later such musicians as saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, bassist Kim Stone, drummer Tony Morales, and percussionist Steve Reid joined the band. The band issued their first hits on Passport. The band issued many great hits such as Black Diamond (1997), for example.