K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life (Official Video)

Blackstreet - No Diggity (Official Music Video) ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen

Temptations - My Girl & Get Ready - (Rare Stereo Studio - .. & TV Remaster.

Wynton Marsalis Jam w. Mark O'Connor, Jonathan Batiste, Frank Vignola

The Stylistics LIVE "Betcha By Golly Wow" / "You Make Me Feel Brand New"

I Miss You - Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - [ LYRICS ]

  

 - I MISS YOU (Kenneth Gamble / Leon Huff) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes -- 

 Ooh...ooh... (Oh, I) Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh... 

(Oh, I) (I miss you, baby) (Oh...) (Oh, I) Oh, I (Oh, I) 

(Miss you) 

I miss you, baby (Miss you) (Miss you, miss you) I swear I do (Miss you) Mmm, hmm 

 Every since you went away I ain't been doing nothing but (Thinking, thinking) (2x) With my head in my hands (Thinking) You been away from so long and I just don't think I can carry on so I start (Drinking, drinking) (2x) Each and every night (Drinking) (Ah...ah...ah...)

 Trying to drown all my loneliness away I don't forget a day Fall down on my knees wishing for your return And oh, how I hurt 'Cause I (Oh, I) Oh, I (Oh, I) 

(Miss you) I miss you, baby (Miss you) (Miss you, miss you) Oh, Lord (Miss you) You can look at my eyes and see That a great big man like me has been (Crying, crying) (2x) Crying my heart and soul out to you, baby (Crying) Sitting in my lonely room Filled with nothing but gloom and I feel like (Dying, dying) (2x) Hey, y'all help me (Dying) (Ah...ah...ah...) 'Cause ever since the day you left I don't know what to do with myself Oh...

I wish for your return And oh, how I hurt 'Cause I (Oh, I) Oh, I (Oh, I) (Miss you) I miss you, baby (Miss you) (Miss you, miss you) I miss you, baby (Miss you), oh...I (Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...)

 Oh, I I miss you, baby (Miss you, miss you) (2x) I swear I do (Miss you) Oh, I (2x) (Oh, I) Oh, I (Oh, I) (Miss you, miss you) I miss you, baby, without you, baby, they're ain't no future (Miss you, miss you, miss you) Yeah, oh...no (Oh, I) Oh, I (Oh, I) 

I miss you, baby (Miss you, miss you) I miss you, baby, I miss you, baby (Miss you, miss you, miss you) Without you I don't know what to do with myself, what to do with my time Hmm Hello Did I disturb you I didn't mean to take up too much of your time but Just thought I'd give you a ring and see how you was doing

 How's, how's everything A friend of mine told me he saw you the other day Said you was still looking good Heh, made me feel kind of good, you know Told me, told me that you did ask about me Heh I been really meaning to try to get to talk to you For now but You know how a man's pride is Sometimes it kind of won't let him do what he wanna do (Oh, I) Yeah, baby (Oh, I), come back to me, darling (Miss you, miss you) (2x) (Miss you, miss you) I don't want nobody else, hey, hey, baby (Miss you) (Oh, I, Oh, I) Hey, baby (Miss you, miss you) I miss you, baby (Miss you, miss you, miss you) I miss you, baby, I don't know what to do with my time, with myself Without you, baby Hmm, guess what I know this will knock you dead but I even went out and got a gig Oh, forgot you know hip to the hip talk Plain J-O-B, baby In eight hours a day, all the overtime I can get I don't know,

 I guess it might be too late but I swear I miss you (Oh, I, Oh, I) Yeah, Lord knows (Miss you, miss you) (Miss you) Don't do me like this, baby (Miss you, miss you) Yeah, I'm on my knees, I'm begging you please (Oh, I, Oh, I) Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, I miss you, baby (Miss you, miss you) (Miss you) Oh, Lord (Miss you, miss you) Hey, girl, hey, girl Hey, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (Oh, I, Oh, I) I can't go on without you, baby (Miss you, miss you) (Miss you, miss you, miss you) What am I gonna do, what can I say I love you, baby, ha Heh, remember how

 I used to always say how lucky I done been You know being they got that lottery, I hit it I'd like to kind of make up for A lot of things that just seemed not to go right Don't want you to think I'm trying to buy back your love or your friendship But now I feel I got a chance to kind of make things up to you a little bit Heh, enough about you and me How's my little son? Hmm, he ever ask about me? 

Just a little bit does he still like to go down by the supermarket? If I could just If I could just see you Can't really say what you mean or what you want over the phone I swear I miss you You done heard it ten times or more but I swear I done changed (2) (Oh, I, Oh, I) I miss you, baby (Miss you, miss you) (Miss you, miss you) Oh, Lord) Miss you, baby, yeah, baby, yeah, baby, yeah, baby (Oh, I, Oh, I) (Miss you, miss you) (Miss you, miss you, miss you, baby) If You Don't Know Me By Now Don't Leave Me This Way Teddy Pendergrass Thelma Houston the dead presidents soundtrack

Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (Audio)

Marvin Gaye "What's Going On / What's Happening Brother"

This live performance comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, "Save The Children" with James Jamerson on bass.

Aretha Franklin "Nessun Dorma" Liveᴴᴰ (Grammy Awards)

Minnie Riperton

“…I was a little kid and I’d hang out with musicians in their 20s and 30s, and we’d jam. I was like their little sister and they loved to see how far, vocally, I would go…”

                          Minnie Riperton

Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph born November 8, 1947 died too soon July 12, 1979,known professionally as Minnie Riperton, was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her four-octave coloratura soprano. She is also widely known for her use of the whistle register and has been referred to by the media as the "Queen 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 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.

Minnie Riperton was born, to Thelma Inez (Matthews) and Daniel Webster Riperton, a Pullman porter. At a young age, Riperton, the youngest of eight children, began taking dancing and ballet. Once she reached high school, she began singing in the Hyde Park A Capella Choir. From there, she signed her first professional contract (age 16) and began singing with an all-girl group named "The Gems" on the Chess label. After breaking from "The Gems",

Riperton made a complete switch; she joined the psychedelic rock group "The Rotary Connection" in 1967 and was installed as the lead singer in 1968. During her time with "The Rotary Connection", Riperton met songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph. They married in 1969 and had a son, Marc Rudolph. Together, Rudolph and Riperton worked on Riperton's first solo album, 1969's "Come to My Garden", which met with only minimal success. Riperton rejoined "The Rotary Connection" for their last album, 1971's "Hey Love". After finishing work with them, Riperton relocated to Gainesville, Florida, where she gave birth to her daughter Maya Rudolph. Eventually, she moved to Los Angeles to become a member of Stevie Wonder's backing group, "Wonderlove".

           Minnie Riperton Special Music playlist


After touring with Wonder, she returned to the studio to work on her second solo album, "Perfect Angel". Because of her work with Stevie Wonder, he agreed to help produce "Perfect Angel", which contained the international pop hit "Lovin' You". "Lovin' You", as the story is told, was originally supposed to be a lullaby for her then two-year-old daughter, Maya.

The year 1974 proved to be big for Riperton, as her album "Perfect Angel" was certified gold by the RIAA. In 1975, she returned to the studio to produce 1975's "Adventures in Paradise" and, although it didn't mirror the success of "Perfect Angel", it was popular with R&B audiences. The album contained the song "Inside My Love", which has now become a classic with younger audiences.

In 1976, while working on her fourth solo album, "Stay In Love: A Romantic Fantasy Set to Music", Riperton found that she was suffering from breast cancer. The following year, President Jimmy Carter presented her with the American Cancer Society's Courage Award, and she later became the chairwoman. In 1978, Riperton signed a new contract with Capitol Records and began work on her last album, titled "Minnie". The album contained the hits "Memory Lane" and "Lover and Friend".

Her health continued to decline in 1979, and eventually she lost her battle with cancer and passed away on July 12, 1979. A year after her death, Capitol released a posthumous album, "Love Lives Forever", featuring her recorded vocals with various singers such as Peabo Bryson, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. Today, Riperton's influence can be heard in the voices of Mariah Carey, Chanté Moore and Christina Aguilera. Her son, Marc Rudolph, is a music engineer. Her daughter, Maya Rudolph, is a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975).

In the album’s linernotes, Minnie wrote: ” This album is dedicated to my gradmother, Minnie Matthews, Novemebr 18, 1884-August 2, 1978. I hope she can hear it up there.”

                    Rotary Connection music of past times


          Tribute to MINNIE RIPERTON on Soul Train (1979)


    MINNIE RIPERTON - Highest Notes - Whistle Register Live (Part 1 of 2)


      Perfect Angel - Stevie Wonder Tribute to Minnie Riperton 1979.


https://www.allmusic.com/artist/minnie-riperton-mn0000500889/biography
https://minnieriperton.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/minnie-a-little-girl-a-huge-voice/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727986/
https://www.facebook.com/MinnieRipertonOfficial/posts/1132975630166126
https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Riperton