Rita Coolidge
- MatchRita Coolidge
- 100%Anne Murray
- 100%Helen Reddy
- 98%Carly Simon
- 87%Lobo
- 82%Sheena Easton
- 78%Melissa Manchester
- 78%Trisha Yearwood
- 75%Linda Ronstadt
- 75%Shirley Bassey
- 74%Lynn Anderson
Biography
1 May 1944, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, from mixed white and Cherokee Indian parentage. Coolidges father was a Baptist minister and she first sang radio jingles in Memphis with her sister Priscilla. Coolidge recorded briefly for local label Pepper before moving to Los Angeles in the mid-60s. There she became a highly regarded session singer, working with Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills and many others. She had a relationship with Stills and he wrote a number of songs about her including... Read more