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Loving you -----Minnie Riperton
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Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her five-and-a-half octave vocal range and her 1975 single "Lovin' You".
As a child Riperton studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, Riperton sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with legendary Chess records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artist 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. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at the Liturgical Conference National Convention, Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, WI. produced by James F. Colaianni. Riperton reached the apex of her short, but esteemed, career with her number-one hit single, "Lovin' You", on April 4, 1975. The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album entitled Perfect Angel.
In 1976 Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Facing a grim prognosis, she continued recording and touring, and in 1977 she became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. That same year Minnie also received the Society's Courage Award presented to her at the White House by then-President Jimmy Carter. She died at age 31 in the summer of 1979.
Early life
Riperton was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Daniel and Thelma Riperton . The youngest of eight children in a musical family, Riperton embraced the arts early on. Although she started out with ballet and modern dance, Riperton's parents recognized her vocal and musical abilities and encouraged her to pursue music and voice.
At Chicago's Lincoln Center, Riperton received operatic vocal training from Miss Marion Jeffery. She practiced breathing and phrasing, with particular emphasis on diction. Jeffery also trained Riperton to use her full range, which contradicts traditional operatic training. Many classical purists deem the seventh octave musically worthless.
While studying under Jeffery, Riperton sang operettas and show tunes, in preparation for a career in opera. Jeffery was so convinced of her pupil's abilities that she strongly pushed her to further study the classics at Chicago's Junior Lyric Opera. However, this was the 1960s, and young Riperton was becoming very interested in soul, rhythm and blues, and rock. After graduating from Hyde Park High School, now Hyde Park Career Academy, she enrolled at Loop College, but dropped out after only two weeks. While in Rotary Connection, Riperton met songwriter Richard Rudolph, whom she later married. They have a son named Marc, and a daughter, Maya Rudolph, the Saturday Night Live actress.
sweetheart
I never have told you
how much I love you
how much I care
loving you
so beautiful
Loving you
Is easy 'Cause you're beautiful
and loving you
is all I wanna do
Loving you
is more than
Just the dream come true
And everthing I do
is out of loving you
La La...Doo un doo un doo doo, Ah...
No one else can make me feel
The colours that you bring
Stay with me when we grow old
And we will live each day in spring time
Loving you has made my life so beautiful
And everyday of my life
Is filled with loving you
Loving you
I see your soul
Come shining through
And every time that we, Ooh
I'm so in love with you
La La...Doo un doo un Doo Doo, Ah..
Loving you La la...Doo un Doo un Doo Doo..Ah..
No one else can make me feel
The colours that you bring
Stay with me when we grow old
And we will live each day in spring time
loving you
it's easy
'cause you 're beautiful
every day of my life
it filled with loving you
loving you
I see you soul
Come shining through
and everytime that we
hoo~
I am so loving you
la.......
do.....
ha......
中文翻譯
Loving you is easy 'cause you're beautiful,
愛上你很容易，因為你如此美麗
Making loving you is all I wanna do.
傾心於你，是我心願唯一所係
Loving you is more then just a dream come true,
愛著你，不只是一個美夢成真
And everything that I do is out of loving you.
而我所做的一切都是出於愛你
No one else can make me feel the colors that you bring.
沒有人能夠讓我感受到你所帶來的色彩豔麗
Stay with me while we grow old
陪伴在我身邊，直到我們年華老去
And we will live each day in springtime.
而我們將春天般的度過每一個日子
'Cause loving you has
