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The list consisted of remakes of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher", Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone", and The Temptations' "The Way You Do The Things You Do", followed by "You".Ĭoolidge was married to Kris Kristofferson from 1973–1980. Just got back from New York City Kris (Kristofferson) and Rita (Coolidge) done it all Bought perfection there for all the world to see Lord, I heard an angel singing in that Philharmonic Hall Rita Coolidge, Rita Coolidge, cleft for meĬoolidge's greatest success on the pop charts came during 1977-1978 with four consecutive top 25 hits. Willie Nelson references her in Devil in a Sleepin' Bag on Shotgun Willie, singing: With him, she recorded several duet albums which sold well, and earned them 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". In November 1970, she met Kris Kristofferson at the LA airport when they were both catching the same flight to Tennessee and he got off in Memphis with her rather than go on his originally planned stop in Nashville the two married in 1973. She became known as "The Delta Lady" and inspired Leon Russell to write a song of the same name for her. She is of Scottish and Cherokee Native American ancestry.Ĭoolidge is a graduate of Florida State University in Tallahassee. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's pop, country, adult contemporary and jazz charts.Ĭoolidge was born in Lafayette, Tennessee. Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist.