The Oscar nominated songstress performed a stunning cover of Minnie Riperton’s “Memory Lane” during the show’s In Memoriam. Late icons such as Clarence Avant, Tina Turner, Andre Braugher ...

“It creates a triangle of music for different reasons,” she says. Cabral starts humming “Lovin You,” probably Riperton’s most famous song, to herself. She says whenever her father would play ...

Many fans may not know that Rudolph got her vocal range from her late mom, Minnie Riperton, who was known for the hit song "Lovin' You." Tragically, Riperton died from breast cancer in 1979 when ...

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The tragedy of Minnie Riperton’s death from cancer at the age of just 31 in 1979 is a story for another day. For now, we’re celebrating the pinnacle of her chart career four years earlier.

American Singer Minnie Riperton was born Minnie Julia Riperton on 8th November, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA and passed away on 12th Jul 1979 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, ...

Time to take her out of the margins and belatedly put her into the spotlight. Born Minnie Julia Riperton in Chicago, 8 November 1947, Riperton was blessed with talents in ballet, modern dance ...