"There are just some songs you just don't touch because they're done so well, so like, don't even try," says 24-year-old Moses Sumney. "But I'm going to try." On Saturday night under the stars in ...

Before gifted singers-songwriters such as Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, SZA and Lalah Hathaway were murmurs in anyone’s ears, there was Minnie Riperton. Graced with an extraordinary ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new memoir by a Philadelphia journalist tells the story of Minnie Riperton, a popular 1970's soprano turned breast cancer advocate. Sheila Simmons was just a little girl when ...

With one of the highest registers in soul, Minnie Riperton was among the most impressive vocalists of the 1970s. Her small, but impactful catalog in that decade, full of angelic hits like “Lovin’ You, ...

Minnie Riperton is best known for her rare, five-octave vocal register that reached into what professional musicians call "the whistle range." With the release of her 1974 "Perfect Angel" album, many ...

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Minnie Riperton’s debut album, the proverbial “perfect angel” was honored with an A-list tribute on a beautifully, starry night at the Hollywood Bowl. Stevie ...

I was a little kid in 1975, when I was first introduced to Minnie Riperton via her hit “Loving You” and its major presence on the AM pop-radio stations. I didn’t know that the singer had grown up in a ...

Stevie Wonder is on the phone recounting the experience — trying to recount the experience — of recording “Lovin’ You” half a century ago with his friend, the late Minnie Riperton. “We were down at ...

Chlöe Bailey showed off her impressive singing chops once again. On Jan. 24, the “Have Mercy” singer posted a video of herself singing a cover of Minnie Riperton’s 1974 classic, “Lovin You” on her ...

Chloe Bailey said on Twitter Monday that she is taking criticism about her cover of Minnie Riperton's hit song "Lovin' You" as "a compliment" Chloe Bailey can't be bothered with haters. The Chloe x ...

With Minnie Riperton, each album, from the cover to the music inside, carried a concept. It was often subtle but it usually centered on romantic love. Her pop breakthrough, 1974’s Stevie ...