Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), known professionally as Minnie Riperton, was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in 1979. They had two children: music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya Rudolph.
Riperton grew up on Chicago's South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, she sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with the legendary Chicago-based Chess Records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artists 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. On April 5, 1975, Riperton reached the apex of her career with her #1 single, "Lovin' You". The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.
Tales of Brave Ulysses
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" is a song performed by the 1960s group Cream. The lyrics were written by artist Martin Sharp, and the music was composed by Eric Clapton. Arranged by Robert Stigwood, the song is featured on Cream's album Disraeli Gears. The song is credited on the single to P. Brown, J. Bruce, and E. Clapton.
Clapton was at The Speakeasy Club with his girlfriend, French model Charlotte Martin, mother of photographer Scarlet Page. Charlotte introduced him to Sharp, and "we hit it off, I liked him a lot". Sharp said he'd just written a song, Clapton replied he'd just written some music, so Sharp wrote the lyrics down on a serviette along with his address and handed them over. Sharp had written them to the tune of Judy Collins' version of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne". Clapton was a fan of guitarist Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin' Spoonful, and had heard their Summer in the City a year earlier, and has said that the Tale of Brave Ulysses riff "was straight out of it". It was Bassist Jack Bruce that found a way to sing the lyrics over Clapton's riff. The day before writing the song, Clapton discovered the wah-wah pedal, which added "atmospherics" to the song.
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ALBUMS
- Stay in Love / Minnie released: 2004
- Perfect Angel / Adventures in Paradise released: 2004
- The Best of Minnie Riperton: Anthology released: 2002
- Adventures in Paradise released: 2002
- Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection released: 2001
- Les Fleurs: The Minnie Riperton Anthology released: 2001
- Free Soul: The Classics of Minnie Riperton released: 1999
- Perfect Angel released: 1998
- Her Chess Years (feat. The Gems & Rotary Connection) released: 1997
- Capitol Gold: The Best of Minnie Riperton released: 1993
- Only When I'm Dreaming released: 1990
- The Best of Minnie Riperton released: 1981
- Love Lives Forever released: 1980
- Minnie released: 1979
- Stay in Love released: 1977
- Come to My Garden released: 1970
Stay in Love / Minnie
Released 2004- Young Willing and Able
- Could It Be I'm in Love
- Oh Darlin'... Life Goes On
- Can You Feel What I'm Saying?
- Gettin' Ready for Your Love
- Stick Together
- Wouldn't Matter Where You Are
- How Could I Love You More
- Stay in Love
- Memory Lane
- Lover and Friend
- Return to Forever
- Dancin' and Actin' Crazy
- Love Hurts
- Never Existed Before
- I'm a Woman
- Light My Fire
Perfect Angel / Adventures in Paradise
Released 2004- Reasons
- It's So Nice (To See Old Friends)
- Take a Little Trip
- Seeing You This Way
- The Edge of a Dream
- Perfect Angel
- Every Time He Comes Around
- Lovin' You
- Our Lives
- Baby, This Love I Have
- Feelin' That the Feeling's Good
- When It Comes Down to It
- Minnie's Lament
- Love and It's Glory
- Adventures in Paradise
- Inside My Love
- Alone in Brewster Bay
- Simple Things
- Don't Let Anyone Bring You Down
Free Soul: The Classics of Minnie Riperton
Released 1999- Simple Things
- Could It Be I'm in Love
- Never Existed Before
- Our Lives
- Seeing You This Way
- Stay in Love
- Perfect Angel
- Stick Together
- Love and Its Glory
- Wouldn't Matter Where You Are
- Young Willing and Able
- Can You Feel What I'm Saying?
- Take a Little Trip
- Inside My Love
- Feelin' That Your Feelin's Right
- Baby, This Love I Have
- Lovin' You
- The Edge of a Dream
- Don't Let Anyone Bring You Down
Capitol Gold: The Best of Minnie Riperton
Released 1993- Perfect Angel
- Lover and Friend (single version)
- Memory Lane (single version)
- Woman of Heart and Mind
- Lovin' You
- Young Willing and Able
- Can You Feel What I'm Saying
- Stick Together
- Wouldn't Matter Where You Are
- Stay in Love
- Inside My Love
- Here We Go
- Give Me Time (single version)
- You Take My Breath Away
- Adventures in Paradise
- Simple Things
- Light My Fire
Born: 1947-11-08
Died: 1979-07-12
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Les Fleur
by: Minnie Riperton(C. Stepney - R. Rudolph)
Will somebody wear me to the fair?
Will a lady pin me in her hair?
Will a child find me by a stream?
Kiss my petals and weave me through a dream.
For all of these simple things and much more a flower was born
It blooms to spread love and joy faith and hope to people forlorn
Inside every man lives the seed of a flower
If he looks within he finds beauty and power
Ring all the bells sing and tell the people that be everywhere that the flower has come
Light up the sky with your prayers of gladness and rejoice for the darkness is gone
Throw off your fears let your heart beat freely at the sign that a new time is born