Lovin You (Minnie Riperton) - Day 37

A number one hit on the US charts in 1975, Minnie Riperton’s breakout song, Lovin’ You, may make you cringe from the schmaltzy seventies vibe and her crazy high pitched soprano notes, or maybe it’s just the tweeting birds throughout. But I listen to this song and I can close my eyes and imagine being a wide-eyed little boy at West End Elementary School, the kid whose teachers usually agreed was always distracted in the classroom, somewhat of a nuisance. Yep, they actually said that to parents back then. But man, was I cute! Small but loud, full of happiness and innocence. Minnie was diagnosed with breast cancer, shortly after the success of this song and sadly passed away in 1979. On a special Mother’s Day episode of Saturday Night Live a few years back, comedian Maya Rudolph spoke about her mother, whose lullaby ballad was the very same I had always loved. It made me love this song even that much more.