{"id":4343,"date":"2013-01-28T12:54:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T20:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2016-05-01T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T05:22:43","slug":"was-maya-rudolph-referenced-in-the-song-loving-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/01\/28\/was-maya-rudolph-referenced-in-the-song-loving-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Maya Rudolph Referenced in the Song &#8220;Loving You&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/music-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">MUSIC URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>:  Maya Rudolph is referenced in the song &#8220;Loving You.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maya Rudolph was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999 until 2007.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/snlmaya.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/snlmaya.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"snlmaya\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/snlmaya.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/snlmaya-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00103589Y&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s appeared in a number of films, perhaps most notable as the bride in Bridesmaids&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bridesmaids.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bridesmaids.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bridesmaids\" width=\"375\" height=\"555\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bridesmaids.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bridesmaids-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B00466HN7M&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She is currently co-staring in the sitcom Up All Night with Christina Applegate and Will Arnett&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/upallnight.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/upallnight.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"upallnight\" width=\"375\" height=\"523\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/upallnight.jpg 375w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/upallnight-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B008F5HOXI&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rudolph is the daughter of songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph and singer Minnie Riperton. <\/p>\n<p>Riperton tragically died of breast cancer at the far too young age of 31 when Rudolph was just shy of her seventh birthday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/minnie.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Riperton&#8217;s biggest hit was the lovely tune, &#8220;Loving You,&#8221; whose lyrics appear on her gravestone (&#8220;Loving you is easy because you&#8217;re beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lovingyou.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B0026ASTA0&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe song originated as a lullaby that Riperton would sing to her infant daughter, Rudolph. Her husband developed the song, which is most famous for the high notes that Riperton hits.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the song, Riperton specifically references her daughter, almost chanting &#8220;Maya, Maya, Maya, Maya&#8221; as the song fades out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful legacy left to a daughter who lost her mother way at way too young of an age.<\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is &#98;c&#x72;o&#x6e;i&#x6e;&#64;&#x6c;&#101;g&#x65;n&#x64;s&#x72;e&#x76;&#101;&#x61;&#108;e&#x64;.&#x63;o&#x6d;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far. MUSIC URBAN LEGEND: Maya Rudolph is referenced in the song &#8220;Loving You.&#8221; Maya Rudolph was a cast member of Saturday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[9],"tags":[1934,1936,1659,1933,1939,1938,1523,1935,1937],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-183","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4185,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/12\/20\/did-montgomery-ward-give-the-rights-to-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-back-to-the-songs-author-for-free\/","url_meta":{"origin":4343,"position":0},"title":"Did Montgomery Ward Give the Rights to &#8220;Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer&#8221; Back to the Story&#8217;s Author for Free?","date":"December 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. 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