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Minnie Riperton, Queen of the Whistle Register

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Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register. The whistle register is the highest register of the human voice, lying above the modal register and falsetto register.

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