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GIVING SOME LOVIN' BACK TO MINNIE RIPERTON
Los Angeles Times
|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

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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.
This story is from the September 24, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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