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Minnie Riperton

Loving You

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1975
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  • 2011
  • 1979
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  • 1991

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Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single “Lovin’ You”. As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago’s Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical... Read on...

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More songs by Minnie Riperton (See Charts): Here We Go, Stick Together, Young, Willing And Able, Memory Lane, Seeing You This Way, Inside My Love, Reasons, and Lovin' You.

Popular in Jazz (See Charts): Sinnerman, What A Wonderful World, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Summertime, Baltimore, Gloomy Sunday, Feeling Good, Slabo Day, What'S A Woman, and Strangers In The Night.

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