Rita Coolidge | |
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![]() Coolidge performing at an outdoor concert in Seattle in September 2002 | |
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Born | Lafayette, Tennessee, U.S. | May 1, 1945
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Years active | 1969–present |
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Tatsuya Suda
(m. 2004; div. 2012)Joe Hutto (m. 2018) |
Website | ritacoolidge |
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] Her recordings include "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," "We're All Alone", "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love", and the theme song for the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy: "All Time High".