Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Fifty years on from Riperton’s biggest album, Perfect Angel, we look back at the joyous, octave-jumping oeuvre that turned her from backing singer to pop star

Like Motown’s Martha Reeves and Syreeta Wright, Minnie Riperton moonlit as a secretary (at legendary Chicago label Chess) while starting out. Soon she was singing back-up on Chess releases (including Fontella Bass’s wonderful Rescue Me), and the label released 10 singles by her Supremes-like girl-group, the Gems. This was their most charming pitch at the charts.

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