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GIVING SOME LOVIN' BACK TO MINNIE RIPERTON

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September 24, 2025

Ahead of a Hollywood Bowl tribute concert featuring Stevie Wonder and others, those close to the late R&B singer reflect on her life and legacy

- BY MIKAEL WOOD POP MUSIC CRITIC

GIVING SOME LOVIN' BACK TO MINNIE RIPERTON

MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES Getty Images

FIFTY YEARS have passed since "Lovin' You," from Minnie Riperton's album "Perfect Angel," hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.

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.

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