Today is the Birthday of Minnie Riperton - Soul singer with an incredible vocal range who sang the 1975 hit single Lovin You. From her childhood days she studied music and drama at Chicagos Lincoln Center and by her teenage years, she was performing in a local girl group. She was already in semi-retirement when a farsighted college intern brought her to Epic Records and convinced her to release an album. She had two children with husband and musician Richard Rudolph; her daughter Maya became a cast member of SNL. Her song Lovin You became a test for aspiring singers: Leona Lewis covered it at age fifteen, as did one of the 2012 contestants on The X Factor.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 01:15:34 +0000
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