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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Rita Coolidge| image = Rita Coolidge, 2002 - cropped.jpg| caption = Rita Coolidge performing at an outdoor concert in Seattle in September 2002.| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Rita Coolidge| birth_date = birth date and age|1945|05|01|mf=y| origin = Lafayette, Tennessee|Lafayette , Tennessee , United States | instrument = Vocals | genre = Pop music|Pop , Adult Contemporary , Country Music|Country , Native American music|Native American http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rita-coolidge-p3961/biography AllMusic.com Biography| occupation = Singing|Singer | years_active = 1969present| label = A& M Records | associated_acts = Eric Clapton , Leon Russell , Kris Kristofferson , Joe Cocker | website = http://www.ritacoolidge.com/ Rita Coolidge official website Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is a multiple Grammy Award -winning United States|American vocalist . During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop music|Pop , Country music|Country , Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.
Early-Life
Coolidge was born in Lafayette, Tennessee|Lafayette , Tennessee . She is of Scotland|Scottish and Cherokee Native Americans in the United States|Native American ancestry.cite web|url= http://www.allthingscherokee.com/articles_culture_guess_010102.html |title=Article Guess Who's a Cherokee Rita Coolidge |publisher=All Things Cherokee |date= |accessdate=2010-04-10cite web|url= http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003484/Rita-Coolidge.html |title=Rita Coolidge Biography |publisher=Musicianguide.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-10
Career
Coolidge is a graduate of Florida State University in Tallahassee. She became known as "The Delta Lady" and inspired Leon Russell to write a song of the same name for her. http://www.allmusic.com/song/delta-lady-t2531510 AllMusic.com Song Review of Delta Lady In November 1970, she met Kris Kristofferson at the LA airport when they were both catching the same flight to Tennessee and he got off in Memphis with her rather than go on his originally planned stop in Nashville; the two married in 1973. With him, she recorded several duet albums which sold well, and earned them a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1974 for "From the Bottle to the Bottom", and in 1976 for "Lover Please". Willie Nelson references her in Devil in a Sleepin' Bag on Shotgun Willie , singing: :Just got back from New York City :Kris (Kristofferson) and Rita (Coolidge) done it all :Bought perfection there for all the world to see :Lord, I heard an angel singing in that Philharmonic Hall :Rita Coolidge, Rita Coolidge, cleft for me
Coolidge's greatest success on the pop charts came during 1977-1978 with four consecutive top 25 hits. The list consisted of remakes of Jackie Wilson 's " (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher ", Boz Scaggs ' " We're All Alone ", and The Temptations ' " The Way You Do The Things You Do ", followed by "You".
Personal life
Coolidge was married to Kris Kristofferson from 19731980. They have one daughter, Casey. Coolidge previously had romantic liaisons with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash ; her leaving Stills for Nash has been cited as a contributing factor behind the initial 1970 breakup of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young .Zimmer, Dave, and Diltz, Henry (1984). Crosby Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography (First edition) , St. Martins Press, ISBN 0-312-17660-0.
Coolidge now lives in Fallbrook, California|Fallbrook , a small town in southern California . She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. http://alphagammadelta.org/AboutAGD/AccomplishedAlphaGams.html#Entertainment Accomplished Alpha Gams, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
Walela
In 1997, Coolidge was one of the founding members of Walela , a Native Americans in the United States|Native American music trio, that also includes Coolidge's sister Priscilla and Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield. The trio released studio albums in 1997 ( Walela ) and 2000 ( Unbearable Love ), a live album and DVD ( Live in Concert ) in 2004 and a compilation album ( The Best of Walela ) in 2007. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/walela-p215987 AllMusic.com Biography of Walela Walela means hummingbird in Cherokee .
http://www.onamrecords.com/gallery/view/Rita%20Coolidge Rita Coolidge on A& M Records
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128995 Records discography
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