Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F♯7 coloratura soprano range.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Stevie Wonder is on the phone recounting the experience — trying to recount the experience — of recording “Lovin’ ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new memoir by a Philadelphia journalist tells the story of Minnie Riperton, a popular 1970's soprano turned breast cancer advocate. Sheila Simmons was just a little girl when ...

I was a little kid in 1975, when I was first introduced to Minnie Riperton via her hit “Loving You” and its major presence on the AM pop-radio stations. I didn’t know that the singer had grown up in a ...

Maya Rudolph was raised by her father Richard Rudolph after her mother Minnie Riperton died in 1979 Lynsey Eidell is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her ...

Before gifted singers-songwriters such as Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, SZA and Lalah Hathaway were murmurs in anyone’s ears, there was Minnie Riperton. Graced with an extraordinary ...

American singer and songwriter Minnie Riperton was one of the most influential singers of her time. With a five-octave vocal ...

'They were musicians,' Rudolph said of her dad, songwriter Richard Rudolph, and mom, 'Loving You' singer Minnie Riperton getty (2) Maya Rudolph is reflecting on what it was like growing up in the ...

Stevie Wonder is on the phone recounting the experience — trying to recount the experience — of recording “Lovin’ You” half a century ago with his friend, the late Minnie Riperton. “We were down at ...

Minnie Riperton didn't stay in Gainesville too long - only two years - but they were perhaps the most productive two years of her life. The Chicago-born singer moved here with her husband, Dick ...