SINGER

Minnie Riperton

1947 - 1979

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Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1974 single "Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register. Born in 1947, Riperton grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama and dance at Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Center. In her teen years, she sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group The Gems. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Minnie Riperton is the 781st most popular singer (up from 803rd in 2019), the 4,599th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,277th in 2019) and the 239th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Minnie Riperton ranks 781 out of 4,381. Before her are Sergio Endrigo, Reinhard Mey, AJ McLean, Adrian Belew, Anne-Marie, and Blaze Bayley. After her are Ljuba Welitsch, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Floor Jansen, Daddy Yankee, Ingvar Wixell, and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Minnie Riperton ranks 326. Before her are George Kobayashi, Sally Oldfield, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Regina Duarte, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Mick Fleetwood. After her are Hitoshi Igarashi, Frédéric Mitterrand, Haruomi Hosono, Michael McKean, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, and Riccardo Fogli. Among people deceased in 1979, Minnie Riperton ranks 124. Before her are Issa Pliyev, Jean Rhys, David Butler, Barbara Hutton, Rebecca Clarke, and Walter Legge. After her are Lothar Wolleh, Vsevolod Bobrov, Juana de Ibarbourou, Frederick Stafford, Agop Dilâçar, and Henri Saint Cyr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Minnie Riperton ranks 4,599 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Paul Volcker (1927), Dean Smith (1932), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Andre Norton (1912), and Robert Penn Warren (1905). After her are Joey Jordison (1975), Milton L. Humason (1891), Douglas Diamond (1953), Peter MacNicol (1954), Randall Duk Kim (1943), and George Church (1954).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Minnie Riperton ranks 239. Before her are Halsey (1994), Redman (1970), Judy Collins (1939), B. J. Thomas (1942), AJ McLean (1978), and Adrian Belew (1949). After her are Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Ronnie Spector (1943), Faith Hill (1967), Melanie Thornton (1967), and Mike Love (1941).

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