Before Mariah Carey there was Minnie Riperton. Minnie had a 5-octave vocal range and could sing extremely well in the whistle register. She was able to enunciate words in the higher registers, something most other whistle register singers cannot do well. Although she had minor hits during her career, she is best known for "Lovin' You," a song that has, over the years, suffered the unfortunate fate of being used in every corny love-themed commercial on the planet. She died in 1979, survived by daughter Maya Rudolph who grew up to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live, better known as that show that used to be funny that no one watches anymore.
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Mark, I must say, that picture of her is bugging the heck out of me! everytime I see it, I want to tell her, "YOU HAVE ICE CREAM DRIPPING DOWN YOUR HAND! CLEAN IT OFF!" such a sticky situation..
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