Actually, that would be "Memory Lane", when she was in the terminal stage?! This song was written&recorded as an homage to Maya being the result of their Love[...making!], she was diagnosed not long after that album's release, treated&dbl mastectomy, remission, but it came back more aggressive! SN: She was still performing, mere wks before she ultimately succumbed!(...died in her husband's arms!😢😔)
You know she had two children One girl and one boy Everyone knows Maya but Minnie's son is named Marc Rudolph Maec is now an audio engineer Had to correct myself
Actually she sang this song to Maya when she was first born as an appreciation of the love her and her father had for one another. Yes she'll always remember it, however that's not the origin of it 😅 She actually explains this on a late night television show... Not sure which one however she explained it clears as day 🤷🏾♀️
She’s singing for her daughter - the actress Maya Rudolph! I’ve had people get engaged twice when I sang this song on gigs. A beautiful talented woman gone too soon from cancer. Love her!! 💖🎶🥰🙏🏽
Minnie Ripperton RIP The one and only songbird in my opinion, Always imitated ,Never duplicated you sons that came after her Put some respect on her name....
@@mcsngs8311 Been there heard her... Minnie was the originator of "whistle notes" before Mariah. No one is putting down Miss Mariah. In the beginning "Some Day" and "Vision of Love" everyone was like "Where She Come From"? but I have to give honor where honor is due. And respectfully Mariah doesn't sound great anymore. But that's just my opinion
@@jlevans8070 Like the voice teacher said, Minnie Riperton’s clarity in her whistle tone is unmatched. As great as Mariah’s whistle tone is, it isn’t as clear as Minnie’s was. But they’re both great, and this ain’t taking away from that.
It amazes me how vocal gifts like her get so over looked and people who can’t hold a note without auto tune are put on a pedestal 🧐🤯 Her voice will always be incomparable!
Sooo slow , nothing rushed . Low notes just full with emotion ! That to me alone is beautiful and rarely heard these days by anybody. Delicate , delightful and gone!
Such a beautiful women I remember when I found a lump in my breast and the doctor told me I was to young to have breast cancer. I said true words Minnie Riperton died in her early 30's and I'm past my 30's. Well they took my persistence ass and did my test thanks be to GOD it was nothing at all
You just couldn't keep Mariah's name out of the comments now could you? She is clearly the vocal standard because you could have mentioned Betty Wright, Deb Morgan, Ariana, Milira who all sing in that register but you didn't...Enjoy the Minnie Riperton and stop comparing these wonderful women, you're only robbing yourself.
The thing I absolutely admire besides the heavenly voice is that her whistle is absolutely effortless comparing with everyone I've ever heard doing it❤❤❤❤❤
IT SURPRISES ME JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF THIS MAGICAL BEAUTIFUL GIFTED VOICE. EVEN TO THIS DAY NO OTHER SINGER COMPARES TO MINNIE'S RANGE. I STILL LISTEN TO HER MUSIC. IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T CHECK HER OUT. EVEN THO SHE HAS PASSED ON, HER MUSIC LIVES FOREVER❤❤❤
I was in the 10th grade when she died. Memory Lane was hot at the time. I cried like a damn baby when she died. My family grew tired of me playing Memory Lane on repeat over the next several months. RIL beautiful angel.
Yes!!! With some singers the whistle is the highlight of the song😅Without it they’re just one singer of many. Minnie’s voice is flawless👌🏾Even when she spoke it was melodic😢❤️
She songs just like a songbird
At the end of the song, she is singing about her daughter actress Maya Rudolph.
We knowwwwwww.
@@brownvelvet7169 ikr
Ringo too
Didn’t know that
Excelente final
“Maya, Maya, Maya” just breaks my heart. She was dying from cancer and wanted to leave something beautiful for a beloved daughter....
And it was and still is amazing!!!!
Actually, that would be "Memory Lane", when she was in the terminal stage?!
This song was written&recorded as an homage to Maya being the result of their Love[...making!], she was diagnosed not long after that album's release, treated&dbl mastectomy, remission, but it came back more aggressive!
SN: She was still performing, mere wks before she ultimately succumbed!(...died in her husband's arms!😢😔)
You know she had two children
One girl and one boy
Everyone knows Maya but Minnie's son is named Marc Rudolph
Maec is now an audio engineer
Had to correct myself
Marc Rudolph is her son
Actually she sang this song to Maya when she was first born as an appreciation of the love her and her father had for one another. Yes she'll always remember it, however that's not the origin of it 😅 She actually explains this on a late night television show... Not sure which one however she explained it clears as day 🤷🏾♀️
I'm fairly certain her angelic voice is what greets us at the pearly gates. Her voice is otherworldly.
She’s singing to her daughter Maya Rudolph. Actress and comedian from Saturday Night Live. What a voice! So amazing and beautiful❤️❤️
@@HipHipHooray1111 Oh yes!!
That’s my wife 🥰🥰🥰
Yes I love the part in the extended cut when she sings Maya,Maya,Maya….. it’s so beautiful and full of Love for her BabyGirl💜
Awwwwee I never knew that it was about her daughter!?? Wow. Her voice is Epic!💯🎤🎵🎶🎶💜💜
Minnie was a phenomenal singer and a great mother to her kids. She died in such a painful way, it just breaks my heart.
What happened to her
@@Evry1god cancer 😢
Just so unbelievable, perfection. I love how she's singing to her daughter. The emotion, the silkyness, birdlike, the strength in vulnerability.
Her husband wrote this song about her, he says it in her unsung episode
Love her hair in this, so ethereal.
She’s singing for her daughter - the actress Maya Rudolph! I’ve had people get engaged twice when I sang this song on gigs. A beautiful talented woman gone too soon from cancer. Love her!! 💖🎶🥰🙏🏽
Minnie left a legacy to aspire
Minnie Riperton definitely deserves to be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
I started crying the second she started
She set the bar so high! Voice just so beautiful! My fav😍❤️❤️
Grew up to her.... NOTHING to REALLY say but amazingly GIFTED. Amazingly.
Minnie was a gem. It does make me sad she is gone more so for her family. Her husband is still mourning over her😢
The 1 And Only..Minnie Ripperton ♡
Love all of her songs
My favorite "Come To My Garden"
I still have the original obituary written in the Sun-Times
This one made me cry, too…Minnie is magnificent!!!! I could see it all in your face, Jaron!!!😉
Minnie was such a songbird. Singing about her daughter Maya Rudolph. #ChicagoSongBird #HydeParkHS
She's singing about her husband Richard Randolph and Maya. Part of the lyrics "making love with you is all I want to do" is about her husband
I just love me some Minnie! Her whistle tone and Chante Moore’s are the best to me.
Minnie Ripperton RIP The one and only songbird in my opinion, Always imitated ,Never duplicated you sons that came after her Put some respect on her name....
No one can sing it better such a pretty song.
her perfect voice + her hair filled with baby's breath flowers = exactly what i needed today
She had a fantastic voice! Just GORGEOUS! ❤
Her voice has given me chills from the first time I heard it decades ago through today!❤️❤️❤️❤️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
No one can compare to Minnie and Back Down Memory Lane her notes were ridiculous
Ms. MIMI Can hold her own as well
Only someone who has not heard Carey can hold an statement like that.
@@mcsngs8311 Been there heard her... Minnie was the originator of "whistle notes" before Mariah. No one is putting down Miss Mariah. In the beginning "Some Day" and "Vision of Love" everyone was like "Where She Come From"? but I have to give honor where honor is due. And respectfully Mariah doesn't sound great anymore. But that's just my opinion
@@jlevans8070 Like the voice teacher said, Minnie Riperton’s clarity in her whistle tone is unmatched. As great as Mariah’s whistle tone is, it isn’t as clear as Minnie’s was. But they’re both great, and this ain’t taking away from that.
@@mcsngs8311 Minnie's whistle notes are melodious whereas Mariah's hurt the ears . Not comparable 😑.
I love this song
I sure miss her !!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂✌I idolize her when I was a teenager growing up!!!!!!!
SAME!☺️
outside of her amazing vocals, I really love the flowers she put in her hair❤
It amazes me how vocal gifts like her get so over looked and people who can’t hold a note without auto tune are put on a pedestal 🧐🤯 Her voice will always be incomparable!
Ангел! Спустившийся на Землю! Можно слушать безконечно!!!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏R.I.P QUEEN.
Omgoodness! What a beautiful voice. Minnie Riperton's last album was one of my first romantic adult records. Thank you!
Her voice makes your heart flutter.
Damn, that immediately broke my heart. So beautiful
Eu ouviria a Minnie o dia todo e ainda queria mais...
Simplesmente maravilhosa
Alot of female singers can hit those notes but none can do it the way Minnie dose it it's just angelic.
My Mom studied Opera so this woman was huge in our home. Brings me back down memory lane! ❤️
What a gift she left to her daughter 🙏🏽💜🙏🏽
Yes. Some other imitations sound good, but no one like hers. Rest in Peace M Riperton.
A beautiful gift for Mya an her children her brother an all her grandchildren ❤❤
On the Unsung Documentary it mentioned that Minnie was Opera trained vocally. She made it look effortless! RIE Minnie. 🙏🏾🌹🌹
Sooo slow , nothing rushed . Low notes just full with emotion ! That to me alone is beautiful and rarely heard these days by anybody. Delicate , delightful and gone!
💜😊🎶 Love that she's singing to Maya. But, really enjoy your smile at the end. Thank you
Absolutely beautiful!! She was incredible!! God's love surround you, your family, and your brand continually in abundance 💜☦🕊🥰💖
Such a beautiful women I remember when I found a lump in my breast and the doctor told me I was to young to have breast cancer.
I said true words Minnie Riperton died in her early 30's and I'm past my 30's.
Well they took my persistence ass and did my test thanks be to GOD it was nothing at all
I never noticed she was saying her baby girls name. Beautiful.
My my my Ms Minnie
Whatever she did with her voice it was angelic, her death really upset me in 79 it still upsets me.
The best I've ever heard to do it.
Better whistle notes than Mariah Carey. The masterful voice!
You just couldn't keep Mariah's name out of the comments now could you? She is clearly the vocal standard because you could have mentioned Betty Wright, Deb Morgan, Ariana, Milira who all sing in that register but you didn't...Enjoy the Minnie Riperton and stop comparing these wonderful women, you're only robbing yourself.
@@tremaine861
The TRUTH shouldn't hurt you, so calm down! Minnie Minnie Minnie 💜🤎💜🤎💜🤎💜🤎💜🤎💜🤎
Her octave range is phenomenal. Forever singing with the angels now.
The one and only. Period
The thing I absolutely admire besides the heavenly voice is that her whistle is absolutely effortless comparing with everyone I've ever heard doing it❤❤❤❤❤
IT SURPRISES ME JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF THIS MAGICAL BEAUTIFUL GIFTED VOICE. EVEN TO THIS DAY NO OTHER SINGER COMPARES TO MINNIE'S RANGE. I STILL LISTEN TO HER MUSIC. IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T CHECK HER OUT. EVEN THO SHE HAS PASSED ON, HER MUSIC LIVES FOREVER❤❤❤
I love Minnie, her voice is like n9 other, everything I hear this song, I cry Beautiful tears!
She sounds like an angel. Such a beautiful tone.
A Chicago treasure, gem, an angel.... whom lived in Harvey for a while... history is amazing.
Omg..I remember this song as a child...I loved it!!
I don’t think there is anyone with a better whistle register.
Love you MINNIE
Memorizing and Amazing. 💞🥰💞🥰
Sounds like a human harp🥰
Have mercy!!🥰😍🤩
Just MARVELOUS!!!!!!
❤️❤️beautiful! Would you think about doing Angela Winbush? She hits high notes and does this like hum kinda thing, pretty awesome!
I remember in my childhood, that beautiful voice, I will never forget that beautiful song.
Even Mariah can't touch that
She was unique fantastic 🩵
Must listen:
Gabriel Henrique singing this song.
Great tribute to her👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Omg needed this reminder …. Breath in the shape of the vowel. Prepare!
Another favorite singer of mine. I love her daughter too.
Son voces como de angeles..
Love her
That has got to be an angel!!!!
Just beautiful 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤ SUCH AN AMAZING SINGER. LOVE HER. MISS HER.
So beautiful brings back good memories of my parents dancing to this song ! ❤
Such an angelic voice wow I love her hair too❤❤❤
My song will always be back down memory lane.
This is making water come out of my face and I don't even cry! Maya maya maya?!!!
Yep Minnie ! Nobody can touch her
This Lady...Right Here !!!!
She’s amazing !!! Check out Gabriel Henrique paying mad respect in his cover of this song and killing it to another level
One of my favorite songs... Wedding song for sure...👍🏼
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was in the 10th grade when she died. Memory Lane was hot at the time. I cried like a damn baby when she died. My family grew tired of me playing Memory Lane on repeat over the next several months. RIL beautiful angel.
We lost her too soon.
She had an amazing voice…so much more than the whistle tone.
Yes!!! With some singers the whistle is the highlight of the song😅Without it they’re just one singer of many. Minnie’s voice is flawless👌🏾Even when she spoke it was melodic😢❤️
Chills
I love her , she is the greatest ❤
I love Minne
I cry everytime her voice
So beautiful...it made me want to cry...
So funny that she sung this song about her baby Maya Rudolph who later became a regular on SNL.
The hair is ethereal
Clear voice as water
She's the Best
So beautiful....UNIQUE..!
Love ❤️
I was honored when Right on magazine printed my tribute article in a contest.every word camee from the heart❤️
Una gran y excelente cantante con una voz extraordinaria❤❤❤❤
melts my heart every time bless her