Rotary Connection-Want You To Know

KSHE Classic from 1970 by Chicago group known for wide variations in their style of music. Members included the late Minnie Ripperton, Sidney Barnes, Mitch Aliotta (of Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah), and was produced by Charles Stepney (famous producer for Dells, Earth Wind & Fire, Emotions, Ramsey Lewis, Deniece Williams before his early passing in 1976).

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[SupernalOne]

well I'll be blessed - somehow I never knew that Minnie Riperton had been in this band before her solo career - !

[hoopskmccann]

@SupernalOne Learn something new everyday it seems-and I'm pretty old but there is plenty to learn!

Glad you enjoyed the information and the music. Thanks for your comment.

Hoops

[labellavita4me]

this song always makes me sad..in a happy way. i always think of my Dad when i hear this :)

[hoopskmccann]

@labellavita4me It is amazing what music can mean to us. Hope the memory makes you feel good and not sad-think of the wonderful side of those good times with him. thanks for sharing.

Hoops

[CharlesBarry]

Dam, That song gives me chills ! ! !

[hoopskmccann]

@CharlesBarry Then you have excellent taste in music-it is a classic.

Thanks for the comment

Hoops

[TheyKnowNoShame]

i have a special place for songs/music that with simple words reach deep deep into the our soul/ and when a song like this is addressed to those gone missing(such as death) i wish with all my heart and soul they can hear this song as moves through my heart, and my eyes that moisten--yes to ALL, as best can be shared with others, it need not be one--no? My advice to all, remember if you get chance, before someone is gone that you feel this way--send to he or she, this song BEFORE they are gone.

[L78lancer]

She (Minnie) actually was in another group before Rotary Connection - The Starletts. She also recorded under the name Andrea Davis in the mid 60s. He was basically only a teenager, but unitl the itme of her passing he had been singing and recording for a long time. Thanks for posting and keeping her music alive!

Charles Stepney had a brief but amazng career also!



[shyphyre]

This is song is bittersweet in that it reminds me of early childhood. It reminds me of 1969/1970

[DannyBkyn]

I have a solo version of this by Minnie Riperton on CD. But I've never heard this version - which hit #96 in Billboard the very first week of the 1970's. Thanks for the post.  Gosh, I love YouTube! By the way, for those who didn't know, Minnie Riperton is the mother of Maya Rudolph.