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Chanteuse Country US née le 1er
Mai 1945, originaire de Nashville (Tennessee). Rita Coolidge a débuté en 1969 en compagnie de Joe Cocker. Elle fait un premier album en 1971 pour le label A & M Records et se marie avec
Kris Kristofferson en 1973. Rita Coolidge chante de la variété Pop qui n'a rien à voir avec la Country Music et pourtant elle est considérée comme une chanteuse de ce style.
A versatile singer
blessed with a clear, pure voice, Rita Coolidge was a capable stylist in rock,
pop, R&B, country, and folk, and was a hugely in-demand session vocalist outside
of her own solo recording career. Born near Nashville, TN, in the town of
Lafayette in 1945, Coolidge was part Cherokee and first sang in the church where
her father was a minister. She studied art at Florida State University, but also
sang and wrote songs on the side, and decided to give music a shot before
settling into teaching. She moved to Memphis after graduation and worked singing
commercial jingles, sometimes with her sister, Priscilla, and soon landed a job
touring with Delaney & Bonnie as a backup vocalist. She subsequently relocated
to Los Angeles, where she sang on recording sessions by the likes of Eric
Clapton, Stephen Stills, Leon Russell, and Joe Cocker, among others. After
returning from the supporting tour for Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Coolidge
landed her own solo contract with A&M.
Coolidge's self-titled debut album was released in 1971, but despite critical
acclaim for it and the follow-up, Nice Feelin', she failed to break through
commercially. Over the course of the next few years, she moved into country-rock
and Southern California soft rock, working territory not too dissimilar from
Linda Ronstadt. She also married progressive country singer/songwriter
Kris Kristofferson in 1973, the
same year she recorded a duo album with him titled Full Moon. Full Moon topped
the country charts, and "From the Bottle to the Bottom" won a Grammy for Best
Country Vocals by a Duo or Group. The following year, the couple released a
follow-up, Breakaway, whose "Lover Please" won them another Grammy in the same
category. Coolidge finally broke through in her own right with 1977's Anytime,
Anywhere, a collection of well-chosen covers with a strong R&B bent. Paced by
the hit singles "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" (a Jackie Wilson
cover that went to number two pop), "We're All Alone" (Top Ten), and "The Way
You Do the Things You Do" (a Top 20 Temptations cover), Anytime, Anywhere
climbed into the Top Ten and sold over a million copies. Coolidge and
Kristofferson released one final duo album, Natural Act, in 1979, but their
marriage was on the rocks, and they separated by the end of the year.
Coolidge never repeated the pop success of Anytime, Anywhere, but she did
continue to land hits on the adult contemporary charts through the early '80s,
including "You," "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love," and "All Time High" (the
theme for the James Bond flick Octopussy). She parted ways with A&M after 1984's
Inside the Fire, and spent some time away from the music business to devote
herself to various social causes. She returned to recording with 1992's Love
Lessons, on Critique, and went on to cut several albums for other small labels
during the latter half of the '90s. 1995's Cherokee, in particular, signaled a
renewed interest in her Native American musical heritage, and she teamed up with
her sister, Priscilla, and her niece, Laura Satterfield, to form Walela, which
explored those roots in greater detail over two albums in 1997 and 2000,
respectively. Several anthology collections were released in the early 2000s;
And So Is Love, an album of traditional jazz standards, marked Coolidge's first
release for Concord in 2005.
A
holiday album, A Rita Coolidge Christmas, arrived seven years later in 2012 from
429 Records
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Coolidge
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Piano, Actress
Style musical : Country-Pop, Pop, Soft Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1968 | SP PEPPER 443 (US) |
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Turn Around And Love You / Walkin' In The Mornin' |
| 1972 | SP A & M 1398 (US) | . | Fever / My Crew |
| 11/1973 | SP A & M S-1475 (US) | . | Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Song I'd Like To Sing / From The Bottle To The Bottom |
| 03/1974 | SP A & M S-1498 (US) | . | Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Loving Arms / I'm Down |
| 1974 | SP A & M S-1545 (US) | . | Mama Lou / ? |
| 11/1974 | SP MONUMENT ZS8-8630 (US) | . | Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Rain / What'cha Gonna Do |
| 01/1975 | SP MONUMENT ZS8-8636 (US) | . | Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Lover Please / Slow Down |
| 04/1975 | SP MONUMENT ZS8-8646 (US) | . | Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds / Sweet Susannah |
| 1977 | SP A & M1922 (US) |
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Higher And Higher / Whos To Bless And Whos To Blame |
| 1977 | SP A & M 1965 (US) |
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We're All Alone / Southern Lady |
| 1977 | SP A & M 2004 (US) |
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The Way You Do The Things You Do / ? |
| 1978 | SP A & M 2090 (US) | . | Love Me Again / The Jealous Kind |
| 1979 | SP A & M 2199 (US) | . | One Fine Day / ? |
| 1979 | SP A & M ? (US) | . | I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / ? |
| 1979 | SP A & M 2121-S (US) | . | Kris KRISTOFFERSON & Rita COOLIDGE - Not Everyone Knows / Blue As I Do |
| 04/1980 | SP CAPITOL 4865 (US) | . | Somethin' Bout You / Late Night Confession (with Glen CAMPBELL) |
| 1981 | SP A & M 2281 (US) | . | Fool That I Am / ? |
| 11/1982 | SP MONUMENT GOLDEN SERIES WS8 03441 (US) | . | Lover Please (Kris KRISTOFFERSON & Rita COOLIDGE) / For The Good Times (Kris KRISTOFFERSON) |
| 1986 | SP POLYGRAM ? (US) | . | Rita COOLIDGE & Rupert HOLMES - Touch And Go / ? |
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Albums
| 02/1971 | LP 12" A & M SP 4291 (US) |
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RITA COOLIDGE - That Man Is My Weakness / Second Story Window / Crazy Love / The Happy Song / Seven Bridges Road / Born Under A Bad Sign / Ain't That Peculiar / (I Always Call Them) Mountains / Mud Island / I Believe In You | ||
| 11/1971 | LP 12" A & M SP 4325 (US) |
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NICE FEELIN' - Family Full Of Soul / You Touched Me In The Morning / If You Were Mine / Nice Feelin' / Only You Know And I Know / I'll Be There / Better Days / Lay My Burden Down / Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) / Journey Thru The Past | ||
| 10/1972 | LP 12" A & M SP 4370 (US) |
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THE LADY'S NOT FOR SALE - My Crew / Fever / Bird On The Wire / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight / A Woman Left Lonely / Whiskey Whiskey / Everybody Loves A Winner / Donut Man / Inside Of Me / The Lady's Not For Sale | ||
| 07/1973 | LP 12" A & M SP 4403 (US) |
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FULL MOON - Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Hard To Be Friends / It's All Over All Over Again / I Never Had It So Good / From The Bottle To The Bottom / Take Time To Love / Tennessee Blues / Part Of Your Life / I'm Down But I Keep Falling / I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / After The Fact / Lovin' Arms / Song I'd Like To Sing | ||
| 04/1974 | LP 12" A & M SP 3627 (US) |
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FALL INTO SPRING - Love Has No Pride / That's What Friends Are For / Cowboys And Indians / Hold An Old Friend's Hand / We Had It All / Mama Lou / Heaven's Dream / Desperados Waiting For The Train / A Nickel For The Fiddler / The Burden Of Freedom / Now Your Baby Is A Lady / I Feel Like Going Home | ||
| 12/1974 | LP 12" MONUMENT PZ 33278 (US) |
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BREAKAWAY - Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Lover Please / We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds / Dakota The Dancing Bear / Whatcha Gonna Do / Things I Might Have Been / Slow Down / Rain / Sweet Susannah / I've Got To Have You / I'd Rather Be Sorry / Crippled Crow | ||
| 11/1975 | LP 12" A & M SP 4531 (US) |
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IT'S ONLY LOVE - Born To Love Me / I Wanted It All / Keep The Candle Burning / Don't Let Love Pass You By / It's Only Love / Star / Late Again / My Rock And Roll Man / Mean To Me / Am I Blue | ||
| 03/1977 | LP 12" A & M SP 4616 (US) |
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ANYTIME... ANYWHERE - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher / The Way You Do The Things You Do / We're All Alone / I Feel The Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders) / I Don't Want To Talk About It / Words / Good Times / Who's To Bless And Who's To Blame / Southern Lady / The Hungry Years | ||
| 12/1978 | LP 12" A & M SP 4690 (US) |
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NATURAL ACT - Rita COOLIDGE & Kris KRISTOFFERSON - Blue As I Do, Not Everyone Knows / I Fought The Law / Number One / You've Gotta Love Yourself / Loving Her Was Easier / Back In My Baby's Arms / Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends / Hoola Hop / Love Don't Live Here Anymore / Silver Mantis | ||
| 05/1978 | LP 12" A & M SP 4699 (US) |
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LOVE ME AGAIN - You / Slow Dancer / Sweet Inspiration / Love Me Again / It Just Keeps You Dancin' / Bye Bye, Love / The Jealous Kind / Hello Love, Goodbye / You're So Fine / Songbird | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" MONUMENT KR 1 (NL) |
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Souvenirs Kris and Rita European Tour 1978 Featuring Billy Swan - Not Everyone Knows (Kris KRISTOFFERSON & Rita COOLIDGE) / I Fought The Law (Kris KRISTOFFERSON & Rita COOLIDGE) / The Way You Do The Things You Do (Rita COOLIDGE) / Lay Me Down (And Love The World Away) (Kris KRISTOFFERSON) / I Can Help (Billy Swan) / We're All Alone (Rita COOLIDGE) / Help Me Make It Through The Night (Kris KRISTOFFERSON) / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (Rita COOLIDGE) / Me And Bobby McGee (Kris KRISTOFFERSON) / You're OK I'm OK (Billy Swan) |
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| 09/1979 | LP 12" A & M SP 4781 (US) |
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SATISFIED - Can She Keep You Satisfied / Crime Of Passion / Fool In Me / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / Let's Go Dancin' / One Fine Day / Pain Of Love / Sweet Emotion / Trust It All To Somebody | ||
| 12/1980 | LP 12" A & M SP 4836 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Born Under A Bad Sign / We're All Alone / Fool That I Am /(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher / Nice Feelin' / The Way You Do The Things You Do / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / Words / Only You Know And I Know / I Don't Want To Talk About It / Fever / Am I Blue | ||
| 08/1981 | LP 12" A & M SP 3727 (US) |
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HEARTBREAK RADIO - Walk On In / One More Heartache / The Closer You Get / Wishin' And Hopin' / Heartbreak Radio / Man And A Woman / I Did My Part / Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing) / Basic Lady / Stranger To Me Now / Take It Home | ||
| 1983 | LP 12" A & M SP 4914 (US) |
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NEVER LET YOU GO - I'll Never Let You Go / Tempted / Stop Wasting Your Time / Shadow In The Night / Only You / You Do It / Fools In Love / Do You Really Want To Hurt Me / You Ought To Be With Me / We've Got Tonite | ||
| 1983 | LP 12" A & M 28090 (US) |
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LOVE FROM TOKYO - Love From Tokyo / All Time High / Don't Cry Out Loud / Only You / We've Got Tonite / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / Sweet Memories / We're All Alone / Do You Really Want To Hurt Me / You / Way You Do The Things You Do / Slow Dancer | ||
| 1984 | LP 12" A & M SP 5003 (US) |
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INSIDE THE FIRE - Hit Me On The Loveside / Do You Believe In Love / I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore / Games / Wishing Star / I'm Comin' Home / Something Said Love / Love From Tokyo / Survivor / Love Is Muddy Water | ||
| 1987 | CD A & M 2504 (US) |
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CLASSICS - VOLUME 5 - Higher And Higher / Closer You Get / Words / Way You Do The Things You Do / Only You Know And I Know / We've Got Tonite / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / Bye Bye Love / You / We're All Alone / Fever / Something Said Love / One Fine Day / All Time High / Crazy Love / Love Has No Pride / You're So Fine / Love From Tokyo / Nice Feelin' | ||
| 1990 | CD POLYGRAM 1291 (US) |
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FIRE ME BACK - I'm Still Learning About Love / I Stand In Wonder / Tattler / Bed Of Roses / Someday / Hello Blues / Fascination / That's Just The Way Love Is / Old Fashioned Heart / Fire Me Back / I Would Not Change A Thing | ||
| 11/1992 | CD CRITIQUE 15410 (US) |
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LOVE LESSONS - Heart Don't Fail Me Now / Just A Kiss Away / Nobody But You / If You Find It / Love Lessons / Ain't No Reason / You've Got The Best Of Me / Girfirend / One Heartbeat / I Want to Know What Love Is / Cherokee | ||
| 1995 | CD PONY CANYON 813 (JAP) |
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BEHIND THE MEMORIES - Shower The People / All The Love / How Bout Us / Please Don't Be Scared / Old Heart Aches / How Sweet It Is / I Can't Tell You Why / This Time / Is It You / When You Are On Your Way | ||
| 05/1996 | CD VARESE 1003 (US) |
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OUT OF THE BLUES - Mean To Me / Am I Blue / Hallelujah, I Love Him So / Stormy Monday / For The Good Times / Black Coffee / Bring It On Home To Me / Nobody Wins / Man I Love / When The Night Rolls In / Out Of The Blues | ||
| 1997 | CD ZYX MUSIC 1323 (UK) |
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DANCING WITH AN ANGEL - I Just Want To Be With You / Rain / End Of The Summer / Endless Night / Another Saturday / Let It Be Me / Samarkand Blue / River Of Love / Soly Sombra / Rainy Blue / Please Don't You Cry / Suddenly / Circle Of Light | ||
| 1997 | CD JVC 60172 (US) |
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LETTING YOU GO WITH LOVE - Letting You Go With Love / Way I Loved You / I'm Not Your Lover / Everybody Needs / Shoo Rah / Without Love / I've Been Thinking About You / Runaway Love / Love Without Mercy| / What's It Gonna Be / I'll Remember You | ||
| 03/1998 | CD 404 MUSIC 2100 (US) |
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THINKIN' ABOUT YOU - Shoo Rah / Love Without Mercy / Without Love / Letting You Go With Love / Runaway Love / What's It Gonna Be / The Way I Loved You / I've Been Thinking About You / I'm Not Your Lover / Everybody Needs / I'll Remember You | ||
| 11/1998 | CD SPECTRUM 120568 (UK) |
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THE COLLECTION - We're All Alone / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher / Crazy Love / Seven Bridges Road / I Believe In You / Bird On The Wire / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight / I Don't Want To Talk About It / Words / One Fine Day / Fool That I Am / Tempted / All Time High / Walk On In / Wishin' And Hopin' / Slow Dancer / You / Sweet Inspiration / You're So Fine | ||
| 02/2000 | CD INTERSCOPE 490604 (CAN) |
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THE MILLENIUM COLLECTION - THE BEST OF RITA COOLIDGE - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher / All Time High / Way You Do The Things You Do / Superstar [live] / Only You Know And I Know / Loving Arms / One Fine Day / Fever / You / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / We're All Alone | ||
| 2001 | CD SPECTRUM 550079 (UK) |
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ALL TIME HIGH - We're All Alone / I Don't Want To Talk About It / Loving Arms (with Kris KRISTOFFERSON / The Closer You Get / You're So Fine / (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher / The Way You Do The Things You Do / All Time High / We've Got Tonite / Wishin' And Hopin' / You / One Fine Day / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / Words | ||
| 10/2001 | CD UNIVERSAL INT. 490870 (US) |
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THE UNIVERSAL MASTERS COLLECTION - All Time High / Sweet Inspiration / (You Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher / The Way You Do The Things You Do / Only You Know And I Know / One Fine Day / Fever / You / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / We're All Alone / Words / Slow Dancer / You're So Fine / I Don't Want To Talk About It / Bird On The Wire / The Closer You Get / Songbird / Love Me Again | ||
| 10/2002 | CD SOULFOOD ? (US) |
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SHAMAN'S WAY - SOULFOOD & Rita COOLIDGE - Dreaming Taos / Shaman's Journey, Pt 1 / Vision Quest / Way / Prophecy / Shaman's Way / Echo Canyon / Shaman's Journey, Pt 2 / Sky Creek | ||
| 02/2004 | 2 CD HIP-O / A & M 000156802 (US) |
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DELTA LADY - THE RITA COOLIDGE ANTHOLOGY :
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| 06/2005 | CD CONCORD 2271 (US) |
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AND SO IS LOVE - Come Rain Or Come Shine / Save Your Love For Me / Cry Me A River / I Thought About You / We're All Alone / Estaté (with Herb ALPERT) / More Than You Know / Sentimental Journey / The Masquerade Is Over / I Don't Know Enough About You / Don't Smoke In Bed / Don't Go To Strangers | ||
| 06/2005 | CD UNIVERSAL UICY-9932 (JAP) |
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THE COLLECTION - THE BEST 1200 - We're All Alone / I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love / Higher And Higher / Crazy Love / Seven Bridges Road / I Believe In You / Bird On The Wire / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight / I Don't Want To Talk About It / Words / One Fine Day / Fool That I Am / Tempted / All Time High / Walk On In / Wishin' And Hopin' / Slow Dancer / You / Sweet Inspiration / You're So Fine | ||
| 02/2009 | CD BEAT GOES ON 846 (UK) |
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RITA COOLIDGE / NICE FEELIN' - That Man Is My Weakness / Second Story Window / Crazy Love / The Happy Song / Seven Bridges Road / Born Under A Bad Sign / Ain't That Peculiar / (I Always Called Them) Mountains / Mud Island / I Believe In You / Family Full Of Soul / You Touched Me In The Morning / If You Were Mine / Nice Feelin' / Only You Know And I Know / I'll Be Here / Better Days / Lay My Burden Down / Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) / Journey Through The Past | ||
| 04/2010 | 2 CD RAVEN RVCD-315 (AUS) |
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THE LADY'S NOT FOR SALE /
FALL INTO SPRING / IT'S ONLY LOVE :
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| 10/2012 | CD 429 FTN 17899 (US) |
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A RITA COOLIDGE CHRISTMAS - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Santa Baby / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Winter Wonderland / Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Lynn COULTER) / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / Little Drummer Boy / Jingle Bell Rock / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / Circle Of Light (feat. ST. GENEVIEVE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR) / Amazing Grace (feat. ST. GENEVIEVE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR) / Love In This Room |
© Rocky Productions 1/11/2012
