Rita Coolidge

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  • Rita Coolidge is a versatile female R&B, rock, pop, country and folk vocalist. Coolidge began her career as a backing vocalist in the 1960s. Her first recorded song was "Turn around and Love you." Her hit singles include "We're All Alone," "Higher and Higher," "The Way you do The Things You Do," "I'd Rather Leave While I am in Love," and "All Time High."

    Coolidge received Grammy Awards in 1974 and 1976 for the "Best Country Performance by a duo or group" with her then-husband Kris Kristofferson.http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difyxqw5ldte~T1 http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Rita_Coolidge#encyclopedia

  • Later Career

    In 1997, Coolidge formed a the group Walela with her sister Priscilla Coolidge, and her niece Laura Satterfield. Coolidge released an anthology of her complete career entitled Delta Lady- The Rita Coolidge Anthology in 2004. In 2006, she released a Jazz CD, "So is Love," and toured the United Kingdom with Don Williams and Kenny Rogers as a member of the Once in a Lifetime Country Tour.http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Rita_Coolidge#encyclopedia

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