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Biography
Unreferenced|date=October 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Odia Coates| image = Odia Coates.jpg| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| birth_date = November 13, 1941| birth_place = Vicksburg, Mississippi | Died = death date and age|1991|5|19|1941|11|13| origin =| genre =| associated_acts = Paul Anka | occupation = Singer | years_active =| label =| website = Odia Coates (November 13, 1941 – May 19, 1991) was an United States|American singer, best known for her work with Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka .
Early life
The daughter of an evangelicalism|evangelical clergy|minister , Odia Coates was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi but as a young girl her family moved to Watts, California . From an early age, she sang in her church choir and eventually became a member of the Southern California State Youth Choir.
Work with Paul Anka
Coates is best remembered for her duet with Paul Anka called " (You're) Having My Baby " that went to Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1974 (USA)|No. 1 on the Billboard magazine|Billboard charts in 1974. They recorded several more duets that produced Billboard Hot 100|Top 10 & Top 20 hits such as 1974's " One Man Woman/One Woman Man " plus in 1975 " I Don't Like To Sleep Alone " and " (I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love ". Coates also recorded "Make It Up To Me in Love", a sequel to "One Man Woman/One Woman Man", with Anka in 1977. Though the disco-flavored track was one of producer Tom Moulton 's best worksCitation needed|date=July 2010, the single failed to chart.
Solo work
She had minor success as a solo artist with the Anka-penned track "You Come And You Go" and a cover of the Electric Light Orchestra song Showdown (Electric Light Orchestra song)|Showdown . Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success.
Death
Odia Coates died from breast cancer in 1991, aged 49.
Persondata | NAME = Coates, Odia | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1942 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Vicksburg, Mississippi | DATE OF DEATH = May 19, 1991 | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Coates, Odia Category:1942 births Category:1991 deaths Category:African American female singers Category:American pop singers Category:Deaths from breast cancer Category:American performers of Christian music Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:People from Vicksburg, Mississippi Category:Epic Records artists
