Died too young. One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.
@bugvswindshield
3 жыл бұрын
wasn't it breast cancer? Very sad.
@paulinesmith6620
3 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this song as a young child of 10...4 years later on a school day out I heard that Minnie Riperton had passed, it broke my heart totally 😔💔 and it still brings back the same feelings of hopelessness , despair and tears when I hear it,but I can't help listening to such a beautiful song💜💜💜💜
@paulinesmith6620
3 жыл бұрын
@Mark Ames in a good way, right?
@paulinesmith6620
3 жыл бұрын
Bug vs Windshield...sadly yes😔
@leonwhitted5662
2 жыл бұрын
@@bugvswindshield yes, she died in her husbands arms after finishing her last album in the studio. She said she was tired and just passed away in his arms.
@michaelnorman3393
3 жыл бұрын
At the end, she was singing "Maya, Maya." It was for her young daughter, Maya Rudolph of SNL fame. Well done Jay! 😄
@graceholaday4793
3 жыл бұрын
Her signing Maya, Maya actually brought me to tears. So sad she had to leave her daughter so soon.
@KTRS
3 жыл бұрын
💜
@stpnwlf9
3 жыл бұрын
Maya Rudolph is known as a comedian and actress, but she is also an excellent singer.
@KTRS
3 жыл бұрын
@@stpnwlf9 maya and a friend of hers have a Prince cover band called Princess and they are AMAZING!
@breckrichardson390
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I didn't know Maya was a singer.
@sparklebaby22
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie Ripperton is the queen of the whistle tone. ❤️
@sparklebaby22
3 жыл бұрын
She is Maya Rudolph's mother and that's whose name she sings at the end.
@MrBobbyz24
3 жыл бұрын
Whoa, never knew.
@sarahdixon1943
3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap!!! I had NO. CLUE. 🤯🤯 .. Thanks for dropping that knowledge. Extremely interesting.
@findingmyrootswoolmarketms
3 жыл бұрын
Yep. Thanks for sharing this with everyone else.
@MrRondonmon
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrBobbyz24 Yes, we had great talent in the 70s, shes saying Maya, Maya, Maya at the end as a signal to her young daughter. Sadly this treasure left us in her 30s because of Cancer. RIP
@sakinah777
3 жыл бұрын
I came down here to say exactly this! So glad other people know :)
@generaines6369
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie was a true songbird and it was really tragic that she passed away at only age 31 from cancer. She still has the greatest voice I've ever heard.
@blackprix
3 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine having your mother sing this beautiful song to her wonderful husband, and at the very end she sings your name Maya and you have it as a remembrance in perpetuity love your mother… How wonderful is that!
@leahdoerr731
Жыл бұрын
The songs for her daughter Maya Rudolph SNL
@TwistedSither
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie had one of the most unforgettable voices of any recording artist. Truly one of a kind.
@andreadeamon6419
3 жыл бұрын
Sadly she passed from cancer not too long after this. Voice of an angel
@shotgunblast28
3 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s so sad. Beautiful song🙏❤️
@lanceflx63
2 жыл бұрын
She died in 1979…not right after this.
@denisemeredith2436
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie had an 8 octave voice and could hit the whistle register.
@SueK51
3 жыл бұрын
5 octaves. Very rare.
@christinerobinson548
3 жыл бұрын
@@SueK51 3 octave. Most people have 2.
@louisejohnson6767
3 жыл бұрын
@@christinerobinson548, my ex husband has a 3 1/2 octave voice. He has great range. I remember seeing Minnie, in the 70s, on one of the afternoon talk shows, singing this very song, and her vocal range wasinsane. She must have had a 5 octave range at the very least. What a beautiful and talented woman. What a loss to the world.
@serfranklin6022
3 жыл бұрын
Mariah Carey has 5 octaves, and Minnie, for as lovely as her voice is, couldn't go as low as Mariah. Low notes count too when dealing with octaves. Minnie must have had around 4/half octaves top to bottom, and that's a huge register
@markdrinkwater1508
3 жыл бұрын
@@serfranklin6022 Don't mention mediocrity in the same sentence as Minnie Riperton.
@lisac9930
3 жыл бұрын
You know there's no need for an audio version, on old school music; THEY CAN SING!!! The one & only, Ms. Minnie Riperton. CLASSIC! 👍👍👍👍👍
@graciesmom1477
3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for you to freak out when she hit that note. lol
@phillipsarrazine9072
3 жыл бұрын
That is her voice. She was incredible. 🤗❤
@jas8815
3 жыл бұрын
At the end, she sings "Maya, Maya, Maya", for her daughter Maya Rudolph, as Jess4metoo mentioned below.Beautiful Minnie, we lost you way too soon.
@TheBlack-my5yf
3 жыл бұрын
That was her voice. And, she was singing live.
@cathyreed6723
3 жыл бұрын
Her life was cut so short - she was an amazing singer! It was about her daughter!!!
@TheNoncritical1
3 жыл бұрын
This was even better than the recording, if that's possible. The backing music is awesome.
@jacquelinejohnson6447
3 жыл бұрын
Before Mariah Carey, Minnie Riperton was voice. Tragically, she died in 1979 at 31 from breast cancer
@Jacob-nl2ct
3 жыл бұрын
BEFORE WHITNEY HOUSTON 🔝💯🔝
@sharonkeel7963
3 жыл бұрын
Those insanely high notes bring a tear 😢🥰
@biddylisduff
2 жыл бұрын
Me too, it just gets me.. Like that version of "Oh Happy Day" in Sister Act..
@jeffoxner3688
3 жыл бұрын
That's her voice my brother. The world was robbed when she passed away.
@phillipsarrazine9072
3 жыл бұрын
She was married. That's who she was singing to. 🤗❤
@theresapisa6085
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie Riperton is one of a kind. So special
@cindyguillard216
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@dtha0820
3 жыл бұрын
"You done cracked the code" 😳😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@klb9142
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie studied to be an opera singer, but fell in love with a different genre of music. She applied the opera skills to her new found love, and the rest was history.
@davidcohen4536
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie ripperton had a great voice with a wide range. At the time she was diagnosed , chances of surviving breast cancer was not as good as today. She was just so young when she passed. RIP💕
@j.bo.e2579
3 жыл бұрын
The song was a HUGE across the board hit... Her album was called "Perfect Angel" - which she was.
@trishgift7959
3 жыл бұрын
Yep. That's her voice. And people think Mariah Carey was the first to sing like that.
@rw4487
3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing
@looneygardener
3 жыл бұрын
Maya Rudolph's mom
@guycarter6692
3 жыл бұрын
That's one of the reasons that I never was a big fan of Mariah. I felt she was trying to imitate Minnie. Her voice is truly beautiful!
@sexysadie2901
3 жыл бұрын
Nobody thinks that.
@sexysadie2901
3 жыл бұрын
@@guycarter6692 She was not, the whistle has been used by many artists after Minnie and before Mariah.
@lisawilliams9504
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jay! This is a serious throwback song from back in the day. Minnie had a voice like an angel, soft and sensual. She was gone to soon but her beautiful voice still lives on. 🥰
@tais1355
3 жыл бұрын
oh Minnie...I’m only 28, but first heard this song when I was 7 or 8. fell deeply in love with her, in the way little kids do sometimes. she was a gorgeous soul, an angel walking on the earth.
@lindachristensen1783
3 жыл бұрын
Still get goosebumps when she hits the “whistle” tone! Beautiful! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎧
@lamusiclover2264
3 жыл бұрын
She's the first singer most of us ever heard singing a "whistle note". It's very real. Mariah Carey does it too, but not as well in my opinion.
@sexysadie2901
3 жыл бұрын
She does it even better.
@lamusiclover2264
3 жыл бұрын
Mariah? No, it's not better, and sometimes she can't do it.
@smoniqueable
3 жыл бұрын
Deniece Williams also can do it. Check her out: "Let's Hear It for the Boy", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle"
@lamusiclover2264
3 жыл бұрын
@@smoniqueable oh she's amazing. She does it much better than Mariah. Her voice is pretty high anyway, but she does it like it's nothing ..like butter! She does it on "Free" and " Silly" too.
@yousexymf
3 жыл бұрын
@@lamusiclover2264 exactly
@MarciIsRenee
2 жыл бұрын
Her husband wrote the song for her and she delivered it so perfectly every time R.I.H Queen Minnie!
@torpedoboy4
2 жыл бұрын
“I’ve never heard anything like this before”. And you never will again. She was one of a kind.
@luattack123
3 жыл бұрын
OMG I got goosebumps 🌹🌹🌹🌹🤭🤭🤭
@APatriarca1
3 жыл бұрын
It's real stuff. R I P Minnie Ripperton
@veganapiranha7365
3 жыл бұрын
So glad you did a live version or you wouldn't believe it. She was such an amazing talent to make that tiny little voice so big.
@virginiaviola5097
3 жыл бұрын
Awww, beautiful Minnie Ripperton. Brings back happy memories.
@N_Rish_67
3 жыл бұрын
I still have that album. My favorite. 💘
@rmf9522
3 жыл бұрын
I knew she was going to blow you away with those high notes! 😏
@debra6961
3 жыл бұрын
Love, love, love Miss Minnie. 🐕
@terrishaw203
3 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite songs growing up as a little kid. I was running around until I heard the radio playing this song and then I had to sit and listen to, Minnie Riperton beautiful songstress.
@Tes7000
3 жыл бұрын
In the 60's, Minnie Riperton sang under the name Andrea Davis. She had a hit called Lonely Girl, which featured a wonderful crescendo topped off by her awesome whistle register. Please check it out. You will not be disappointed.
@micah19641
3 жыл бұрын
Midnight Special was awesome! And so was Minnie!
@guidonewyork
3 жыл бұрын
Just wow! No one before or since can emit pure gorgeous emotion like Minnie Ripperton.
@mackelwarren8600
2 жыл бұрын
That was the best version of her singing that song. Beyond heavenly ❤️🙏
@sinenominecc
3 жыл бұрын
Legendary range. Legendary voice.
@lindam9618
3 жыл бұрын
I loved Minnie Riperton. Everyone loved her. All us girls tried singing like her which was impossible! What a loss the music industry and the world as a whole experienced with her passing. ❤
@JennRighter
3 жыл бұрын
I'm straight as could be yet I feel in love with her after this, lol.
@aisharay9861
7 күн бұрын
She sounds exactly the same live and on record. Beautiful voice😊
@jess4metoo
3 жыл бұрын
Maya Rudolph from SNL is her daughter.
@estellasreyes6847
3 жыл бұрын
THANX FOR THAT 😃
@jankypop-a-matic58
3 жыл бұрын
Maya was only 3-years-old when Minnie sang this live version! 😁 👩🏾💼
@jess4metoo
3 жыл бұрын
@@jankypop-a-matic58 It’s so sad yet beautiful.
@quantumhelix8668
3 жыл бұрын
Raw talent. Live, no autotune. Just raw talent. Didn't know she died so young.
@alangreenley3257
2 жыл бұрын
only in the 70,s real soul real talent, never to be repeated
@King-Vis
3 жыл бұрын
She wrote that song with her husband Richard Riperton. So she's singing to her husband, but at the very end of this performance she's singing "Maya, Maya..." to her daughter (then) little daughter Maya Rudolph. She's an actress/comedian now.
@rosarmagdaleno6843
3 жыл бұрын
Hello jayvee such a soft beautiful song. This song touches anybody who listens to it . She is a great singer, love this song.
@SHERRYNYCREACTS
3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes this song was popping the year i was born 1975 ..loving you is easy cause your beautiful..la la la🎶🎶
@lordmaul3
3 жыл бұрын
Bro Minnie Riperton was a soprano. Minnie was one of those rare singers you don't hear these days. You got to have some pipes to sing like she did. Her Whistle Notes inspired a generation of singers. RIP Minnie Riperton!
@atheistinalabama4206
3 жыл бұрын
Get Here by Oleta Adams you won't regret it💯 I absolutely ♥️ your reactions!!!!!!
@Hollingsworth2781
3 жыл бұрын
yes!
@mezellenjohnson2753
3 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic voice that beautiful lady had, and yes this lady had that wonderful voice and this live performance is just like the studio version as that is the only one I ever heard before today. She died so young bless her RIP Minnie Riperton. I loved your reactions to her voice, I know one of my sisters absolutely loved to listen to her. Take care and stay safe please everyone God bless you all love hugs and peace Mary-Ellen UK
@dianeweiss313
3 жыл бұрын
One of my top all time songs, loved Minnie's voice. One of the first voices that made me feel welcome in this world. I felt her vocal range all through my soul.
@jackypearson361
3 жыл бұрын
no one hit those high note higher or better that the queen of of voice ❤️
@gloriaandrea2539
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous!!
@cindybird3247
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard the audio of this many times but never saw Minnie sing live. THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL!! I may have enjoyed this more! So sad she passed so young.
@aisharay9861
7 күн бұрын
Her and her husband wrote this together. The melody started off as a lullaby for their daughter who is Maya Rudolph. She says her name at the end of the song
@Ayemorena
2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣--> Your face went 😐 when she hit that note😂😂😂I just can't 👍👍👍❣💋
@boggoutt
9 ай бұрын
I feel you bro. A beautiful voice a beautiful girl a haunting song combined to make one of the greatest classics of the golden 70s. Magnificent performance here she did. Unbeknownst to Minnie Riperton, she unintendedly established the gold standard on which future "whistle-blowers" who wish to cover the song will be measured.
@dianefiske-foy4717
3 жыл бұрын
Haven’t heard this song in quite some time. And that is her voice, totally. Love her voice!
@susucattayls4679
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a teeny bopper!
@goaway2803
3 жыл бұрын
XD when you said Is that her voice. I laughed because I knew what was coming next. She sings this song beautifully live. Glad this was suggested for you and take care, Mate
@gina.1
3 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Period.
@angel12boucher17
3 жыл бұрын
I remember singing to this on the radio when I was a small child ....she was amazing
@katkat-fm3wj
2 жыл бұрын
I love your your reactions. You don't waste time explaining the lyrics, which most of the time are self explanatory. You compliment talent, vocals, etc
@flyycurls
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Minnie Ripperton song is Back Down Memory Lane... beautiful voice.
@blackbutterfly243
3 жыл бұрын
I love Minnie Riperton!!!! Beautiful song!!!💕
@CandleLight1974
3 жыл бұрын
I love that reaction every time that anyone hears Minnie Riperton's recordings, never mind live. Incredible voice. Minnie sadly died of cancer in 1979, aged just 31 and two weeks before the 7th birthday of her daughter, the actress Maya Rudolph. Her son is music engineer Marc Rudolph. Trying to reach that high note is a classic of karaokes or singalongs around the world and there is a funny and touching moment in one of Maya's movies, Wine Country, in which she and her friends are on a road trip and when this song comes on the radio, they all try to reach the note.
@larrywt656
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that was her amazing voice. She had one of the most beautiful and versatile voices in the history of music. It was so sad that she was taken from us so soon. This live version is nice, but the studio version is amazing. One of my favorite records in my collection. This is one of those songs that can make me, a 56-year-old, 6'2", 250 lb. man cry like a baby! She wrote this song for her daughter, who went on to become Maya Rudolph of Saturday Night Live fame.
@sharonkay8638
3 жыл бұрын
There was nobody like Minnie Ripperton. My first serious boyfriend bought me this record back in the seventies and every time I hear it I’m back in the middle of great memories. Minnie was singing to her daughter Maya and that’s her name at the end of the song. Sadly she died of breast cancer very young and we were deprived of a fantastic voice. 😔
@S1MPLECAVEMAN
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie is from another dimension cus that voice is outta this world.
@operationskypebbles8583
3 жыл бұрын
I remember that song when it came out and it was so beautiful and soulful that it always made me cry and 46 years later, it still does.
@markmeade2937
3 жыл бұрын
She sung like an angel, looked like an angel and returned back to god as one of his angels , and her beautiful music and performances along with her daughter are her legacy 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
@johnstonwalker1712
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song, Beatifully sung and so poignant knowing she passed so young. Always makes me shiver
@marshagreen9759
3 жыл бұрын
Love your show and your amazing reactions. Minnie is awesome.
@melissaward6311
3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful voice and talent. I still remember hearing this on the radio when it came out. Blown away. Thankful for these old videos. I didn't know she was Maya Rudolph s mom.
@fausty150
3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song. R.I.P Minnie. Her song Les Fleur is incredible and Black Gold of the Sun.
@freemoves9610
10 ай бұрын
Your reaction is probably my favorite on KZitem for this song. Growing up my mom used to play the hell out of this song. When I found out she died it broke my heart and still to this day this song gets me very emotional.
@andieffion2980
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie and Elvis...memories of the late 70s passing on. I still have a huge soft spot for Minnie
@jackiewacky2354
3 жыл бұрын
One of a kind. She is a treasure !!!
@guycarter6692
3 жыл бұрын
One of my FAVORITE singers!!! I've met a couple of Mayas in my life, & I always sing to them Maya, Maya,.... Maya, Maya... Maya, Maya, MAAAAYA MAAAAYA!!!!.... You should check out "Back Down Memory Lane" & "Baby This Love" also. Her voice was truly one of a kind.
@ginamontminy4339
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this reaction. I’m Ms. Ruperton’s age. Loved her music. Learned tonight Maya Rudolph was her daughter. Thanks people.
@MaddyN999
3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful voice ❤️
@t.a.k.palfrey3882
3 жыл бұрын
Minnie Ripperton was one of those rare singers whose voice was lauded by many other female artistes of her time. She had a range of over five octaves, and was seen as the best popular exponent of the whistle register, the highest possible with the human voice. You must now try Joan Armatrading's Love & Affection for another, multi award-winning, unique singer/songwriter.
@cici7333
3 жыл бұрын
Such beautiful talent. I miss her so. 💜😢💜😢
@haydeeze
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you just heard what you heard. The late great Minnie Ripleton. One of the most unforgettable songs ever. It still brings me to tears.
@Lfg117
2 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥. Icon. Words r not enuf. This represented songs on radio when I was a kid. Loved her then. Now an old, I love the old school bro's & sisters so much more.
@cherylmaloney8841
3 жыл бұрын
She is actually better live, it really shows off her amazing voice. Glad you played the live version. She was amazing. RIP left us so young. Her daughter is one of my fav actresses.
@TexasRose50
3 жыл бұрын
I love that you did the live version. She had such natural beauty without a ton of makeup on. Yep, she was definitely one of a kind. Great reaction! 👍
@Ricketik65
3 жыл бұрын
I was 10 when this song came out and my parents played it all the time. In my head I can still hear the crack that was in that record. This song always gives me chills and then tears. The sweetness of her voice and the sadness over her dying at such a young age always get me.
@bugvswindshield
3 жыл бұрын
omg...so many old memories of my parents. Wow. Thanks man.
@neatdesign
3 жыл бұрын
From Wikipedia: "According to the liner notes from Riperton's compilation album Petals, the melody for "Lovin' You" was created to be a distraction for her baby daughter (Maya Rudolph) so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with Riperton on the day it was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter's name at the end, but only in the unedited or album version. The song fades out early in the radio edit because the disc jockeys felt that the repeated "Maya" was being overdone and that it would be misunderstood as a religious chant."
@kimberlyjohnson7926
3 жыл бұрын
That's her. Outstanding voice 💜
@leonwhitted5662
2 жыл бұрын
Yes this is her voice and she doesn't need any enhancement!! She followed Diana Ross on Soul Train and Diana Ross brought the house down, but Minnie sang this song and the audience went silent!!! They had to go to commercial and edit the show because the audience didn't want her to come off the stage. For those who saw it when it happened it's something you won't forget.
@jodihertle5319
3 жыл бұрын
1977 on my way to high school would hear this song in my car. Blew me away, then and now!
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