Profile
Rita Coolidge
Singer + Musician
Female
Born
May 1, 1945
Age
68
Genres
Adult Contemporar...
Instruments
Vocals
Performed With
Kris Kristofferso...
Record Label
A&M Records
Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.
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Rita Coolidge
Age 68
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1945
Birth
Born on May 1, 1945.
TWENTIES
Coolidge is a graduate of Florida State University. She became known as "The Delta Lady" and inspired Leon Russell to write a song of the same name for her. In November 1970, she met Kris Kristofferson at the Los Angeles airport when they were both catching the same flight to Tennessee and he got off in Memphis with her rather than go on to his originally intended stop in Nashville; the two married in 1973.
1974
29 Years Old
With him, she recorded several duet albums which sold well, and earned the duo 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".
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FIFTIES
1997
52 Years Old
In 1997, Coolidge was one of the founding members of Walela, a Native American music trio, that also includes Coolidge's sister Priscilla and Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2012
67 Years Old
Coolidge married Tatsuya Suda (mistakenly referred to as "Sudaon" by the Chicago Tribune) on June 19, 2012 in the Cook Islands. Coolidge was married to Kris Kristofferson from 1973–1980.
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