6 Videos
Minnie's Collaborations In Music
3 Videos
Minnie on Mike Douglas Show - September 23, 1977
5 Videos
Minnie @ Awards
10 Videos
Stay In Love album 1977
3 Videos
Minnie on Mike Douglas Show June 15, 1979
2 Videos
The Rotary Connection on The Jerry G. 1969
7 Videos
Love Lives Forever album 1980
10 Videos
Perfect Angel album 1974
2 Videos
Minnie on Mike Douglas Nov 12, 1974
3 Videos
Minnie on Mike Douglas Sep 19, 1975
3 Videos
Minnie on Sammy & Co. Dec 13, 1975
3 Videos
Minnie on RockIt! TV Show - April 17, 1979
6 Videos
TV Commercials
3 Videos
MUSIC VIDEOS
8 Videos
MINNIE album 1979
9 Videos
Adventures In Paradise album 1975
5 Videos
Minnie at 1969 Texas International Pop Festival
9 Videos
A Tribute To Minnie Riperton on Soul Train - Sep 15, 1979
10 Videos
Come To My Garden album 1970
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About
Minnie Riperton was born in Chicago 11/08/47, and for her vocal and musical abilities have been recognized since very young,
Minnie is perhaps best remembered today for her ability to sing in the whistle register in which she had rare facility. She possessed a five-octave vocal range.
She has also been credited for her ability to sustain notes in the sixth and seventh octave for long periods of time.
Having an innate ability to imitate many instruments and was also known as Songbird singer because of the ability to imitate the sound of birds.
In her recordings, Minnie's highest recorded note reached in the whistle register was F7 on one of her songs.
Minnie died of breast cancer in 1979, with only thirty-one years of age.
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