Sophia Ripley

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Member Since: 12/10/2006
Band Website: www.sophiaripley.com
Band Members: Sophia Ripley collaborating with Adam Benton, Pete Hemsley and Lee Vernon.
Influences: There are many and without compromise they are all listed whether they inspired me or I just love/loved listening to them! All the first ladies of Jazz, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Peggy Lee, Joni Mitchel etc (respectfully) The first gents also,Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole all The Rat Pack etc, Harry Connick Jnr, love all the monster jazz singers, especially love early Aretha Franklin doing her thing with the standards all of the above sing/sang! Soul and other ; Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Randy Crawford, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner,Diana Ross, Faith Evans, Mary j, Anita Baker, Alyson Williams, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, Angie Stone, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Eryka Badu, Chante Moore, Mary Black, K D Lang, Rickie Lee Jones, Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Sade, Lisa Stansfield, Dorothy Moore, Mica Paris, Madonna, Bjork etc Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding (profoundly) Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Teddy P, Temptations, James Brown, George Benson, Barry White, Keith Sweat, Prince, Omar, Alexander O'Neal, Michael McDonald, Conner Reeves, Freddie Jackson, Sherrick, The Jackson 5, Bobby Brown, Musiq Soulchild, Boys 2 Men, Earth Wind and Fire, Dru Hill,The Commodores, Rose Royce, Bill Withers, John Lennon, The Manhattans, Heatwave, Kool and the Gang, Jamiroquai, incognito, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Weller, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Sting, U2, Coldplay, The Foo Fighters, E.L.O :) Radiohead, Santana, Massive Attack, Everything But The Girl, Finley Quaye, Olive, Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Cliff, Pavarotti, Streisand....loads of Broadway tunes, Judy garland, loads of chill out tunes, The Gypsy Kings, Rare Silk.... tired now....there's too many!
Sounds Like: Sophia Ripley!
Type of Label: Unsigned