* 1947 – Minnie Riperton, American singer ( d. 1979 )

* July 12 – Minnie Riperton, American R & B singer ( Lovin ' You ) ( b. 1947 )

Indigo: Women of Song, a tribute album covering songs by female artists such as Joan Baez, the Carpenters, Doris Day, Nina Simone, Minnie Riperton and others, was released in 2004.

* February 15 – Minnie Riperton appears on the Grammys as a presenter with Stephen Bishop.

Stepney had previously worked with The Dells, The Rotary Connection, Terry Callier, Minnie Riperton, and the Ramsey Lewis Trio, to name a few.

* Minnie Riperton ( 1947 – 1979 ), singer

* " Baby, This Love I Have " by Minnie Riperton

Later members included Mable John, Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Minnie Riperton, Susaye Greene, Beverly LeSure and Rita Graham who recorded the album Rita Graham Vibrations produced by Ray Charles on his Tangerine label, the only major recording production Ray Charles produced on a single female artist on that label.

While it is mostly used by females, such as Mariah Carey and Minnie Riperton, there are a few male singers who use it.

Minnie Julia Riperton ( November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979 ) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her vocal range of five-and-a-half octaves, and her 1975 single " Lovin ' You ".

In April 1979, Riperton released her fifth and final album, Minnie.

Richard Rudolph wrote the song, " Now That I Have You " for Riperton, but she never got the chance to record it ; he gave the song to Teena Marie, who recorded it ( and coproduced it with Rudolph ) on Marie's second LP, Lady T. Finally, in 1981, Capitol Records released The Best of Minnie Riperton, a greatest hits collection.

* Minnie Riperton's song, " Alone in Brewster Bay ," refers to when Riperton and her husband, producer Dick Rudolph, vacationed on Cape Cod during the early 1970s, prior to the release of her 1975 hit single, " Lovin ' You ".

Epic's commercial success continued to grow in the 1970s with releases from ABBA, Boston, Cheap Trick, The Clash, Charlie Daniels, Heart, The Isley Brothers, The Jacksons, Labelle, Meat Loaf, Johnny Nash, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, Minnie Riperton, Pegasus, Charlie Rich, Sly & the Family Stone, Steve Vai and Edgar Winter.

Mýa's musical influences include Sade Adu, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Chaka Khan, Minnie Riperton, and Madonna.

Mýa calls Minnie Riperton her favorite female singer and Prince her musical hero, stating, " He's someone who takes risks.

Songs like ' Lovin ' You ' by Minnie Riperton and ' The Morning After ' by Maureen McGovern were topping the pop charts with alarming regularity, leaving many rock-and-roll fans feeling like they were left out in the cold without a jacket.

Actors Eddie Murphy and Denzel Washington were among the 120 wedding guests ; Shanice serenaded the couple by singing the Minnie Riperton classic " Lovin ' You ".

* Adventures in Paradise by Minnie Riperton

* " Here We Go ", with Minnie Riperton

Wonder makes a brief reference to singer Minnie Riperton in the song " Positivity ".

* Minnie Riperton

* Minnie Riperton Adventures in Paradise

Sidney Barnes, a songwriter within the Chess organization, also joined, as did Judy Hauff and a Chess receptionist named Minnie Riperton, who would later be successful in her own solo career.

In 1874, with Sherman having become world famous, their eldest child, Marie Ewing (" Minnie ") Sherman, also had a politically prominent wedding, attended by President Ulysses S. Grant and commemorated by a generous gift from the Khedive of Egypt.

Minnie also attended Dennis the Menace's 50th Birthday House Party.

The festival has played host to as many as 30, 000 visitors in years past, has been attended by ex-President Harry Truman, and has featured such notable musical acts as Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eddy Arnold, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, and Brenda Lee.

Buchanan told how his first musical memories were of racially mixed revival meetings he attended with his mother Minnie.

Beckham attended Minnie Gant Elementary School, Walter B. Hill Junior High School and Wilson High School, in Long Beach, California.

In 1939 Drew married Minnie Lenore Robbins, a professor of home economics at Spelman College.

Wilhelmina ( Minnie ) Vautrin ( September 27, 1886 – May 14, 1941 ) was an American missionary renowned for saving the lives of many women at the Ginling Girls College in Nanjing, China, during the Nanking Massacre.

In the 2009 movie on John Rabe, Minnie Vautrin is replaced by a fictive Valérie Dupres of an " International Girls College " as an important fellow Nanking Safety Zone committee member.

Common complaints included `` Mrs. Murphy '' leaving her windows open all the time, a fresh air fan, or the family was visiting `` Aunt Minnie '' with the house shut up but they still paid the same rate for oil.

Other productions in the United States include one in 1902 starring Minnie Maddern Fiske and a 1997 production starring Janet McTeer ( in a critically acclaimed performance ) at the Belasco Theater, which received three Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play.

Dennis the Menace's famous ' red and black ' jersey had formed the colours of a few of the Beano characters ' clothes ( Minnie the Minx has the same, although the placement of the stripes is a bit different ; Ball Boy's was a vertical red and black ; Roger the Dodger has a chessboard design top, and Danny ( from the Bash Street Kids ) has a similar cap ), but they have changed for Minnie and Ball Boy ( Minnie at one point had a red and yellow top and Ball Boy's strip is now black and blue ).

After the Maris trade, Lane acquired 25-year old Norm Cash from the White Sox for Minnie Miñoso and then traded him to Detroit before he ever played a game for the Indians ; Cash went on to hit over 350 home runs for the Tigers.

Minnie Marx did not have an entertainment industry career, but had intense ambition for her sons to go on the stage like their uncle.

This was commissioned by, and first performed at, the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 10 December 1910 with Met stars Enrico Caruso and Emmy Destinn for whom Puccini created the leading roles of Dick Johnson and Minnie.

She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way but Loose.

Mortimer later became the name of Mickey's rival for Minnie – taller than his renowned adversary and speaking with a Brooklyn accent.

Minnie Miñoso was the last Negro league player to play in a Major League game when he appeared in two games for the Chicago White Sox in 1980.

This is considered strange since most of The Bash Street Kids have a dislike for Dennis, however, upon other strips noting she is friends with Minnie the Minx it is unsurprising.

In 1964 she appeared as Minnie in her first television dramatic role in the episode " Nightingale for Sale " on Craig Stevens's short-lived CBS series, Mr. Broadway.

One should note that Charles Lindbergh also served as the inspiration for Plane Crazy ( May 15, 1928 ), the first cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.

Minnie is responsible for much of the club's day-to-day administration.

Using a roadster and remains of his plane to create another plane, he asks Minnie to join him for its first flight after she presents him with a horseshoe for good luck.

* Octavia Spencer, African-American actress best known for her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Minnie, the outspoken maid, in the 2011 film The Help.

This understanding of the characters leading separate lives was welcomed by Walt Disney who, when asked whether or not Mickey and Minnie were married, replied that the mice were indeed married in their " private li ", but that they sometimes appear as boyfriend / girlfriend for " screen purposes.

She also had appeared to put Minnie Mouse in jail for driving her car through Daisy's house to deliver a famous apple pie of hers.

He has been presented as both the uncle of Minnie Mouse, and later presented as an unrelated mouse who was Mickey's rival for Minnie's affections.

* 1897: A production by Lorimer Stoddard proved a great Broadway triumph for actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, was revived in 1902, and subsequently made into a motion picture by Adolph Zukor in 1913, starring Mrs. Fiske, of which no copies remain.

Raitt later financed memorial headstones in Mississippi for musicians Memphis Minnie, Sam Chatmon, and Tommy Johnson again with the Mt.