LOVE IT!.| FIRST TIME HEARING Minnie Ripperton - Lovin You REACTION

[@abelincoln3287]

Minnie was absolutely in a league of her own. Unfortunately Minnie died in 1979 at the age of 31 from breast cancer. She left us a beautiful memory.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

Yes. Her death was so tragic. She did bring beauty into this world in her short life, though.

[@emilyconnolly134]

Beautifully said

[@lisahumphries3898]

And a beautiful and funny daughter, Maya Rudolph.

[@nathalieplum2137]

@@lisahumphries3898 Maya was only 6 years old when her mommy died 😔

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

@@nathalieplum2137 The scatting she is saying Maya Maya her daughter's name.

[@carenhelms8518]

That "scatting" at the very end was her saying, "Maya, Maya, Maya, Maya." As others said below, she wrote it for her daughter, the wonderful Maya Rudolph. I'm glad Maya has this as a reminder of how much her mother loved her.

[@jennytalks5882]

I can't picture her writing this song for her daughter though. She says "Makin' love to you....".....and that line "and everytime that we...Ooooooo.." .

[@grannysgonerabid7425]

She didn't write it about or for Maya, but according to an interview with Maya, Maya was in the recording studio that day and Minnie ad libbed that when she looked over and saw Maya watching her on the other side of the sound-proof glass with the sound engineer.

[@jennytalks5882]

@@grannysgonerabid7425 interesting. Thank you!

[@grannysgonerabid7425]

@@jennytalks5882 yeah I think Maya said she was like 5 or 6 at the time. Just a little kid.

[@harryparker153]

If I’m not mistaken Steve Wonder wrote this for her

[@debbiewashabaugh9891]

She had a 5 octave range! That’s so rare and amazing!

[@manpretty5816]

Hey husband, the one playing guitar, wrote the song for her. It was his love song to her. She was dying from breast cancer during the recording of the video. She fought on for 3 or 4 more years, loss the use of her right arm to cancer but kept singing on stage and TV. She sang and did an interview on the Merv Griffen show 4 days before she was bed ridden and 3 weeks before she died. She wasn't able to walk on her own at that point and had to be helped on to the stage to sing two song for Merv. 31...WAY too young. F-cancer...

[@JO3DIEDEN]

thats sad definitely f cancer her voice was so calming 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@landreaulover]

Oh wow! Didn't know that was her husband. Thanks for that!

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@leahlister6474]

Minnie was doing whistle notes long before Mariah and Ariana. But she doesn’t get the credit!! She is the freaking OG!!!!

[@michaelasay8587]

Because she died so early, that's why

[@brynneholt1990]

Of course, she is older and died way before Ariana was even born. I don’t agree that she doesn’t get recognition.

[@joanbenson4381]

Watch the vid: 'Who sang the legendary whistle notes the best in Loving you the best'.. Yes Minnie R. got the credits. She was awesome. Edit: Minnie is the first and last person singing....in the last clip........WOW !!!

[@DJ_Mescalino]

She is (for me) the OG in whistle notes

[@loriannrichardson7644]

Also, Betty Wright -- long b4 Mariah and Ariana.

[@MrSteveLoucks]

My favorite meta part about this song is that Minnie Riperton was singing to her baby Maya, and even sings "Maya, Maya, Maya, Maya" on the long version of this tune. Maya would grow up to be the incomparable Maya Rudolph.

[@jennifermorris6848]

Maya Maya at the end is her singing to her baby daughter Maya Rudolph.

[@Salomon-pi8cb]

What a voice. Her voice stands alone in a league of its own. We miss you and we will always love you. What a gifted woman she was❤❤❤R.I.P

[@carolholly1608]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MisterWondrous]

Such a sweet song and voice, and her daughter, Maya Rudolph, is also very talented.

[@autumnfairy15]

Yes she is an absolutely amazing and talented comedian/Actress but she can sang too.

[@ngkky]

"Stay with me while we grow old and we will live each day in springtime" As a dad with a young daughter, that is the part of the song that gets me emotional every damn time. Minnie Ripperton was blessed with so much in life except for the gift of time. Maya should be so proud of her mom. "Maya Maya Maya Maya ..."

[@annettekline6553]

Minnie died 4 yrs later of breast cancer....that was her husband behind her on the guitar. They are the parents of Maya Rudolph!

[@walterrutherford8321]

I found a live performance and she not only hit that note, she hit two notes higher! 😳😮

[@bonnielee78]

i love that performance

[@lilk4812]

Yeah they watch the wrong version of the performance. Someone cut the end before she did that part. It's a shame they missed out!

[@empire7179]

@@lilk4812 On a lot of their reactions they picked the wrong recording especially when they do the live ones that take away from the recording.. like they did Boz Scaggs "Dirty Lowdown" live and it sound nothing like the record. I pleaded with them to play it again but the record not the live version. The record sound a thousand times better than live.

[@davidhuggan6315]

@@empire7179 Same with Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harum. They watched the live version and loved it, but I think you need to listen to the production of the studio first.

[@davidjamesoliverbeckwith5993]

In her song "Inside My Love" she holds that note for over 20 seconds. It's amazing. She was a one of a kind voice that we may never hear the equal of.

[@dodster11]

Gotta listen to the album version of "Inside my Love" she holds that whistle note a little more than 22 seconds. It's beyond amazing.

[@HaFannyHa]

Oh yes! Minnie just knocked it out of the park on that note!!!@@dodster11

[@sharoninglima1217]

Minnie’s voice was so beautiful and angelic. It’s so sad she passed so young. Her Daughter Maya Randolph is the SNL great!

[@TheBlack-my5yf]

She goes to an even higher note when she performs this live on the "Midnight Special" show. Speaking of angel, this song is from her album "Perfect Angel."

[@muzikman4399]

She hits those notes so effortlessly! Agree she was lost to us way too soon!

[@emsparamedic5183]

One thing about Minnie's beautiful soul is when she sings you truly believe that she means what she's saying. She died way too young.

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Beautiful soulful singing. Such a pure expression.

[@patrickmiller1834]

She was a once in two lifetime voices. Her whistle notes are the strongest ever recorded. One music mogul once said Minnie riperton could sing Barbara Streisand under the table. That speaks volumes because Streisand is no slouch

[@locomotivebreath2831]

Listen to the last few seconds again! She sings Maya, Maya! She is singing this song to her daughter comedian Maya Rudolph. Beautiful voice!

[@elza32358]

I hope you'll react to Les Fleur by Minnie Ripperton. It features her voice in a more powerful manner, and will definitely give you goosebumps. Fun fact: This 1975 song was composed by Minnie and her husband Richard Rudolph as a lullaby to their daughter, Maya Rudolph (of Saturday Night Live fame). Minnie's husband, Richard, is playing acoustic guitar in the background of this video. 🌞

[@erikagholston6610]

Minnie was gone way to soon. I remember listening to her music with my parents when I was a child. I love her song Memory Lane.

[@rowanmayfair9249]

This was written by Minnie and her husband who is playing guitar in the background, the one with dark shaggy hair and beard, Richard Rudolph. Their daughter is Maya Rudolph. Could you imagine THAT woman singing you to sleep at night?!

[@alisonstevens2712]

At the end she sings "maya maya maya" which sounds like scatting but it's her daughter's name; actress Maya Rudolph

[@lisasolina-hampton3239]

At the end of the song she says Mya, Mya, Mya. Her daughter is Mya Rudolf. She was the best friend in the movie Bridesmaids.

[@elizabethchristian727]

Such a great comment! Her daughter is Maya Rudolph who is a very talented actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live) and singer!

[@kennbicknell5492]

Maya.

[@laurahigginbottom6037]

She was the bride, not the bridesmaid

[@lisasolina-hampton3239]

@@laurahigginbottom6037 re-read my response. I said she was the best friend, not the bride.

[@KarenMcGehee]

I owned two albums in the '70s that I loved! One was Minnie Ripperton, the other one was Natalie Cole. Amazing women and performers.

[@user-bz7fg1pk4lbo7]

She was amazing and had such a sweet voice. I tear up whenever I hear it. And it was EVERYWHERE you went back then. On radio, in the mall, in the grocery store, at your friends house. You just heard this song everywhere. That is her Husband Richard Rudolph in the video. They both wrote this song and many other songs together. She passed away at the too young age of 31 years old, and was said that she died in her husband's arms. He said they were so in love until her death, and that he still felt many years later like a part of him was missing.

[@craigmarkowski7156]

And that is a beautiful beautiful song !

[@michelleortega1514]

Minnie's daughter is actress/comedian Maya rudolph.

[@wickedwillis5611]

Love how she sings Maya Maya at the end of this song

[@murrayspiffy2815]

Didn't know - thanks.

[@cathy8964]

One of a kind!!

[@bernardcaillouet5565]

One of the best female vocalist I have ever heard in my lifetime.

[@HazelelponiAbigail]

The GOAT of whistle tone

[@honeybrown1997]

Pure and perfect, was her voice. Her song "Reasons" is on almost all of my playlists.

[@terrygelinas4593]

And she sounds even more amazing live on "Midnight Special" show, back in the day

[@smedleybutler1969]

That Maya Maya Maya Maya at the end is her singing to her little daughter Maya Rudolf from Saturday Night Live!

[@abrome4106]

I ❤❤❤ Reactions to SUPER Talented singers. Minnie Ripperton not only DEFINITELY belonged to that category but her voice was UNIQUE. When she died I would have been turning 10. Finding a documentary on her while looking for this song, I only JUST learnt that she studied opera in school & had a 5-Octave Register. WOW! PHE-NOM-E-NAL Singer. ❤ the young sister's analysis/VISUALisation of her. "GOD"-given talent,

[@lamusiclover2264]

Mya Rudolph, who got her start on SNL is her daughter, and she sings very well too. At the fade-out, she is saying "Maya, Maya Maya".

[@Lfg117]

Heard songs by her & Bill Withers on the radio when I was 10 or 11. Had no idea they were music royalty. God made her a 1-of-kind icon. R.I.P. 😭😭😭

[@carolmirelez170]

OMG! Minnie Ripperton was amazing! Brings back wonderful memories!

[@cindyguillard216]

Absolutely Loved Her SO Much! 💗💗💗💗

[@barbaramelville337]

​@@cindyguillard216Same ❤

[@rodb9275]

I think it was Cinderella, you were trying to think of. The chirping birds in the background of this song was PERFECT

[@cherylcuffee5081]

Just saw your reaction to Minnie. The flowers in her hair were babies breathe very popular in the 70s. I was in college when I first heard this song it was beautiful then and it's still beautiful. Do her Down Memory Lane; you won't be disappointed.

[@bw140]

The purity and beauty of this song makes me want to cry especially in the part she sings, "Stay with me while we grow old And we will live each day in springtime", bittersweet she left us so soon.

[@louispitman7857]

Watching and listening to her what a beautiful voice so sad she left so soon make you tear up

[@albertoaguirre1101]

Thank you for this reaction. This is comedian and SNL alumni Maya Rudolph's late mother. (Succumbed to breast cancer in 1979). Y'all should hear more of her music. Thanks again 😁

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢😢may she rip amen 🙏

[@gradyburke656]

Y’all GOTTA hear INSIDE MY LOVE by her

[@valeriebelback]

Such a beautiful song of life and love and she was taken from this life of love she was so filled with. Maya Rudolph, you were robbed of your mother's love. Thank God you have her lyrics and voice to sustain you.

[@carolmillins9199]

I was a die hard punk rocker in the 70's but I absolutely adored this song

[@joiedevivre2005]

I am SO glad y'all picked this song - I've been begging for it for months! Her daughter is actress/comedian Maya Rudolph. At the end of this song, she repeats "Maya" as a love note to her daughter. The song perfectly highlights her coloratura soprano range. - which is unlike any I've heard. She wrote the lyrics & music (the music was based on a tune she would hum to Maya). She tragically died of breast cancer in 1979 at 31. President Jimmy Carter presented her with the American Cancer Society's Courage Award in 1978. You should also listen to her songs "Les Fleurs', "Expecting", "Reasons" & "Seeing You This Way".

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢so sad RIP 🙏🙏 Minnie riperton 😢

[@carltonbakerii8274]

Her daughter is Mya Rudolph (SNL, The Good Place, Bridesmaids, and more). You should listen to her duet with José Feliciano, covering his cover of "Light My Fire". And you should listen to José on his own.

[@gypsygirl3255]

Thank you, I've been trying to get Jose Feliciano on here for a while.

[@jmrx12]

Maya Rudolph.

[@carltonbakerii8274]

@@jmrx12 Stupid keyboard dropping my "a". lol!

[@errolnicholson5632]

Gone But Not Forgotten.. Rest In Peace Minnie.. Happy Heavenly New Year 2023 xx

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 happy New year coming to 2025 RIP Minnie riperton 😢😢😢😢

[@landoncamden685]

He voice was absolutely gorgeous. She was taken too soon. Her daughter *Maya Rudolph* (SNL) carries on the legacy of entertainment with singing and acting.

[@ricobonifacio1095]

Pure magic. The live version I heard is even better if you can believe it.

[@ashleehughes1194]

I think you would love Roberta Flack if you loved this. "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is soooo good, and her song "Killing Me Softly" was so good that The Fugees covered it. Would love to see a reaction to her if you haven't reacted to her before.

[@cunningdeb3129]

Those songs bring me to tears everytime.

[@iguillo]

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is PHENOMENAL!

[@Ceractucus]

Roberta Flack is incredible, but not too much like Minnie Ripperton IMO.

[@mitchellroberts9984]

I LOVE Roberta 🙌

[@ashleehughes1194]

@@Ceractucus Oh for sure, vastly different voice types. As far as the lyrics and the era of music is concerned however, I do think that most anyone who likes Minnie Ripperton can appreciate Roberta Flack's music just as much. They both have that "ethereal earth mother" vibe that they mentioned they felt in this video reacting to Minnie. I feel that same calming emotion whenever I listen to Roberta as much as I do Minnie.

[@startoysomaha6361]

At the very end of the song she sings 'Maya, Maya, Maya Maya...' - she was singing to her toddler daughter who was at the recording studio at the time - Maya Rudolph, who would go on to be a cast member of SNL and a fantastic comedian in tons of TV shows and movies. I named my daughter Maya after hearing that in her song.

[@johnj2763]

Minnie is one of the great, but nearly forgotten singers that were spectacular in their own right. She began her career as a member of The Gems ( There was also a new York group of the same name) who were a Chicago girl group in the 1960s. The group became the primary backup vocal group for Chess Records. The group included Minnie who also recorded under the name Andrea Davis, who would go on to a career with the Chicago pscych-rock group Rotary Connection before embarking on a solo career highlighted by her hit song "Lovin' You." As a member of The Gems she provided the background vocals for one of the greatest R&B hits of the 60's, 'Rescue Me' sung by the equally forgotten but incredibly spectacular artist Fontella Bass. The musicians on that recording included Maurice White and Louis Satterfield later of Earth, Wind and Fire and Leonard Caston of MoTown. Minnie was one of the very 1st celebrities who went public with her breast cancer diagnosis. She passed at 31 in 1979.

[@davep.7770]

Heard her voice many many times. Never saw her face before. What a beautiful Woman.

[@drdr76]

I have never heard anyone sing that high note like her!

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

Me either, I don't think anyone else can👍✌️

[@stephanienewbern769]

Mariah Carey can. ☺

[@kevinhartwell4402]

I cried on the day she died. Love her version of Light my fire.

[@davidbentley145]

Dearest Minnie had an amazing 4 octave range ...such a sweet angelic range tho...others with an amazing range includes Roy Orbison with 5...These truly are treasures and count ourselves as blessed that there is such a record of amazing music for present and future generations to enjoy...Ty guys...once agin hitting the ball out of the park with this fine example...best wishes..always

[@markzalubas5793]

Oh yeah, this is one of the best. It doesn't seem possible. Minnie, thanks for something more valuable than gold.

[@NessieT]

This was our wedding song, we adore Minnie’s voice an in particular this song.❤

[@tvdroid22]

Another time when my words are inadequate to the task of describing the pure beauty of her voice. I can only thing that we have a jealous creator that could no longer bear to be without her.

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

Her voice was definitely a musical instrument.

[@willowway4104]

She’s the BEST.

[@jamesferris4573]

My wife and I were newlyweds when this song came out and I had to work nights. Every morning as I drove into our driveway the radio station played this song. I never grew tired of hearing her beautiful voice and would sit in my car until the song finished. This is a beautiful song and those are beautiful memories.

[@clintondoner1133]

I Have been inlove with Minnie my whole life!!

[@Kellie_Curtis-Holmes]

Such a beautiful voice and song. I'm a rocker, but I find this incredibly touching xxx

[@brianp1230]

Music is magical and she is one of the best musicians ever. RIP.

[@caseymoe816]

Minnie! That voice! Like a bird! So so good!🔥🤙

[@gradyburke656]

Minnie Riperton Baby, This Love I Have !!!!!!!

[@dominique8233]

So glad you have managed to listen to Minnie, an amazing singer.

[@marskeins]

The original queen of the whistle note. Song is such a classic.

[@RIXRADvidz]

watching the bodily reaction to MInnie's top notes, you see the rush J and Amber taken aback , Literally. That is the voice of Miss Minnie Riperton

[@robertlentink5300]

From Minni Ripperton with her beautiful voice you will love Rachell Ferrell. She has every vocal range available and then some.

[@AbbyC543]

Your simultaneous jump-backs at the whistle note was everything! Yes, Minnie was all that and more. Minnie was so sensual. She made you fall in love again in the most beautiful way. She was special.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

Minnie Ripperton “Back Down Memory Lane”. I mean, just……❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ajruther67]

I've been telling you for months to do this one to hear her Whistle Register note. It took you 6 months to get to it. Although you should have done live on The Midnight Special.

[@dianesinnett4391]

RIP MINNIE. Maya Rudolph is Minnie Riperton daughter

[@karenmeliones656]

Any song on her Perfect Angel album. When you play her album, you just fall in love with her more and more each song.

[@ednafenton7558]

I loved my Country Music, but l loved this song & bought the 45 record. I still have it. A beautiful song.

[@TeriJansen]

For your next female Friday, listen to Linda Ronstadt, Blue Bayou

[@sandyca1106]

Minnie is a 60s/70s 'flower child' ... beautiful

[@blackprix]

The end of the song she addresses her daughter Maya who is very young at the time she sang this song, “Maya Maya”. What a great memory for her daughter the actress Mýa Rudolph her mom left her a message

[@laineydavey]

Her "Les Fleurs" will give you more of that Mother Nature vibe!

[@Grizzam721]

I'm so happy that you both enjoyed this beautiful and legendary voice. Suggestion: check out Deniece Williams' "Black Butterfly". Another incredible voice and a beautiful song.

[@paulnorville3812]

Les Fleur by Minnie Riperton is also a Great Song!!!!!

[@caretaker158]

She could actually sing in that whistle range and be understood. A feat rarely, if ever, achieved no matter how talented the singer.

[@hagar6359]

my favourite female singer, died so young. You can listen to other tracks from her she has such a great voice, Memory Lane, Lover and Friend, Light my Fire. All very very good. Thanks

[@salsanchez4177]

She passed at such a young age. One of the highest pitched voices in the world. Her daughter is comic actress Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, Idiocracy).

[@lulugurl6547]

I didn’t know she was Maya’s Mom. Thanks 🥰

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢😢😢 sad gone to soon RIP 😢

[@jimmydaves]

Her daughter is Maya Rudolph from SNL fame!

[@barbaramelville337]

😢😢😢😢

[@donnab8000]

Amber mentioned that she felt Minnie transported her to paradise. Minnie Riperton has a wonderful song called “Adventures in Paradise” that really shows off her vocal range.

[@elaine8013]

Wonderful memories of living on the beach in Puerto Rico, first love, and beautiful moments. Life was so simple then. Roberta Flack's First Time I Saw Your Face is another beautiful love song from that era.

[@LMmccallL57]

Yay, finally! Now you know why many of us wanted you to see what we meant by Mariah and Ariana not being the pioneers of whistle register singers. Minnie and also Deniece Williams were way ahead of the game. Did Jordan use the word "screech" to describe Minnie's voice? Yikes! There will be coal in his Christmas stocking tomorrow morning. Amber, Minnie was known to wear baby's breath (which I love) in her hair regularly. If not that, she'd often have some sort of decorative item in her hair. The part where she says "my, my, my..."; in the longer version she clearly says "Maya, Maya, Maya.....", who is her daughter, actress Maya Rudolph. Maya was a baby at the time and she would sing to her and added her name to the song. :) Check out her song "Memory Lane" (sometimes titled "Back Down Memory Lane".)

[@nadinethomas4080]

At the very end she is saying, Maya, Maya, Maya, a nod to her daughter Maya Rudolph!

[@kennydeez..1774]

This Is A Great Vid React.. Minnie Riperton Is One Of "The Best Vocalist EVER!!".."HANDS DOWN!!"..🔥🔥🔥👍🏿👍🏿

[@IAMRUSTEDROOT]

This song brings back my childhood memories in full force. I can vividly picture myself and my sister in back of our Mom's 1972 VW bug, cruising the coast on highway 1 in California with this song playing at full volume.

[@Ndugu19]

She had one of the best voices ever. If you really want to hear her talents check out the album "come to my garden" nuff said.

[@mjbelko9443]

Oh my goodness! I'm old enough to remember when this was getting heavy play on the radio! Love this song!

[@lavenderbee3611]

Minnie was such a beautiful soul with a voice of a goddess. Great reaction. Have you reacted to Yma Sumac's song Chuncho? Another woman with an unworldly voice.

[@SlyVaughnHOBH]

She breaks glass with her high notes!

[@FJA---]

She had a truly incredible voice with amazing range. She was gone much, much too early.