Sunday 12 July 2009

We will live each day in springtime



Time really does fly so quickly - it is three decades since the very lovely Minnie Riperton died at the age of 31.

It is impossible to guess exactly what kind of glittering career the former backing singer for artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass and Chuck Berry might have had if she had lived, but hers was indeed a unique voice...

We should celebrate this magnificent song as her legacy:


Minnie Riperton biography on BBC Music

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