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  1. Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on Billboard magazine's pop , country , adult contemporary , and jazz charts, [ 1 ] and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and then-husband Kris Kristofferson . [ 2 ]

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Rita Coolidge was born on May 1, 1944, in Lafayette, Tennessee, near Nashville. Coolidge and her two sisters, Priscilla and Linda, were all gifted singers.

  3. Jun 15, 2020 · Rita Coolidge was born on the 1st of May 1945 in Lafayette, Tennessee. Her lt. father, Dick Coolidge was a minister whereas her mother, Charlotte Coolidge was a schoolteacher. She has three siblings including two sisters, Linda and Priscilla, and a brother, Raymond. They are of Scottish-Cherokee ethnicity.

  4. rita coolidge Safe in the Arms of Time is colored by Rita’s pivotal role in the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene of the 1970s, where she made her bones as a top backup singer—that’s Rita on the refrains of Stephen Stills’s “Love the One You’re With” and Eric Clapton’s “After Midnight”—before embarking on a platinum-selling solo career.

  5. Apr 12, 2016 · In 1977, Rita Coolidge was 33 and one of the most in-demand rock vocalists in LA. The legendary Delta Lady of the song had won two Grammys for performances with her husband at the time, Kris ...

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  6. Mar 23, 2016 · Seventies songbird Rita Coolidge 's headline-making romance and marriage to singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson may have ended in divorce in 1980, but she says the two still share a "bond" that ...

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  8. Sep 30, 2024 · Rita Coolidge's journey to fame began in the late 1960s when she moved to Memphis and started working as a backup singer for Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Her exceptional vocal talent quickly led her to perform with some of the biggest names in rock, including Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stephen Stills.

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