Of the singers that Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph sang backup for, which one was born with the name Ellas Otha Bates?
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Minnie Riperton Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), known professionally as Minnie Riperton, was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her five-octave vocal range. Born in 1947, Riperton grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, she sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with the legendary Chicago-based Chess Records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971.
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Bo Diddley Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American R&B singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll, and influenced artists including Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, George Thorogood, Parliament-Funkadelic, and The Clash.
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Spensha Baker Spensha Baker is an American singer from Hampton, Virginia who recently released her album "Outloud!".
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Ella Mae Morse Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) was an American popular singer.
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David Shire David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtracks to "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", "The Conversation" and "All the President's Men", and parts of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline", are some of his best-known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film "Return to Oz" (the "sequel-in-part" of "The Wizard of Oz"), and the stage musical scores of "Baby", "", "Closer Than Ever", and "Starting Here, Starting Now". Shire is married to actress Didi Conn.
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Toni Lynn Washington Toni Lynn Washington (born Dorothy Kearns, December 6, 1937, Southern Pines, North Carolina) is an American blues singer.
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Jessie Mueller Jessica Ruth "Jessie" Mueller pronounced MEW-ler (born February 20, 1983) is an American actress and singer. She started her career in Chicago and won a Joseph Jefferson Award in 2008 for her role as Carrie Pipperidge in "Carousel". In 2011, she moved to New York City to star in the Broadway revival of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever". She won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the lead role of Carole King in "," and originated the lead role of Jenna in the musical "Waitress" on Broadway.
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Manhattan (song) "Manhattan" is a popular song and part of the Great American Songbook. It has been performed by the Supremes, Lee Wiley, Oscar Peterson, Blossom Dearie, Tony Martin, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme, among many others. It is often known as "We'll Have Manhattan" based on the opening line. The music was written by Richard Rodgers and the words by Lorenz Hart for the 1925 revue "Garrick Gaieties". It was introduced by Sterling Holloway (later the voice of the animated Winnie the Pooh) and June Cochran.
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Cissy Houston Emily "Cissy" Houston (née Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work. Houston is the mother of singer Whitney Houston, grandmother of Whitney's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, aunt of singers Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price.
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Aunt Molly Jackson Aunt Molly Jackson (1880 – September 1, 1960) was an influential American folk singer and a union activist. Her full name was Mary Magdalene Garland Stewart Jackson Stamos.
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Kell Osborne Kell Osborne (March 12, 1939 – January 29, 2012) was an American singer best known as a member of The Primes, a group which would later be known as The Temptations.
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Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American jazz and pop music singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over 70 years appearing in film, television, and theater. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of 16 and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the 1943 films "Cabin in the Sky" and "Stormy Weather". Because of the Red Scare and her political activism, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood.
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Marion Morgan Marion Morgan ("née " Swires; born 14 December 1923) was an American vocalist who sang with Harry James from 1946 to 1949 before embarking on a solo career that flourished throughout the early 1950s.
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The Blacksmith Blues "The Blacksmith Blues" is a song which was written for Ella Mae Morse by Jack Holmes. The recording reached #3 on the "Billboard" chart when it was released in 1952, and sold over a million copies. Recordings were later made by Bing Crosby, the John Barry Seven, and others. Harry James released a recording on Columbia 39671 with Toni Harper on vocals.
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Helen Ramsay Helen Ramsay (born April 25, 1931 in Bedford, Massachusetts) is an American singer and entertainer. She is best known for being in the Lawrence Welk group "The Champagne Ladies" from 1947 to 1949, before being replaced by Roberta Linn.
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Marion Telva Marion Telva (December 6, 1897 – October 23, 1962) was an American opera singer who was the leading mezzo-soprano at New York's Metropolitan Opera for a decade.
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Alice Burville Alice Julia Burville (11 July 1856 – 4 July 1944) was an English soprano and actress, best known for her performances in Gilbert and Sullivan operas and other operettas in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Patsy Vidalia Patsy Vidalia (born Irving Ale; 1921 – August 29, 1982), also known as Jack-Patsy Vidalia, was an American female impersonator, singer and entertainer who was prominent in the social life of New Orleans from the 1940s to 1960s. His second name is given with various spellings, including Valdalia, Valdelar, Valdeler, Vadalia, and Valdia.
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Kathy Barr Kathy Barr (born Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia; June 4, 1929 – June 21, 2008) was an American vocalist who performed and recorded popular music, jazz, musical theater, and operettas. Barr flourished during the 1950s in nightclubs, television, and radio. Barr was acclaimed for her soprano range and ability to sing pop, jazz, and classical. According to print media, she was a sexy, green-eyed, flaming redhead.
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Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (April 14, 1876–1952), born Tryphosa Duncan Bates, was an American socialite, club woman and concert singer. She is often mentioned in the same context as Florence Foster Jenkins: both are apt to be criticised as people who were publicly tolerated and even celebrated as singers due to their wealth and social position, despite a lack of talent.
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Olive Kline Olive Kline (sometimes given as Olive Kline Hulihan or the pseudonym Alice Green) (July 7, 1887 – July 29, 1976) was an American soprano who is chiefly remembered for her recordings for Victor Records from 1912 to 1935. She recorded a wide range of music from operas and Broadways musicals to sacred music, popular music, and songs from the classical concert repertoire.
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Emma Juch Emma Johanna Antonia Juch (July 4, 1861 – March 6, 1939) was a popular soprano opera singer of the 1880s and 1890s from Vienna, Austria. She sang with several companies and later formed her own company.