American Songwriter

6 Legendary Albums You Didn’t Know Feature Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge—armed with a crystal clear voice and proficiency across genres—has been a secret weapon of sorts in the music industry. Her immensely impressive solo catalog aside, she has also been a ...
LAist

Rita Coolidge, Warming Up to Torch Songs

In the early 1970s, Rita Coolidge won fans as a backup singer for Delaney and Bonnie, Stephen Stills, Leon Russell and Joe Cocker. She also won awards for country duets with former husband, Kris ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson’s First Collaborative Album With Wife Rita Coolidge Knocked His Previous Album off the Top of the Chart

[RELATED: On This Day in 1973, Kris Kristofferson Landed His First and Only Solo No. 1 on the Country Albums Chart] She was right, the pair said “I do” in August 1973. They released Full Moon the next ...
WWLTV

In new book, singer Rita Coolidge says she co-wrote 'Layla' coda

In late 1970, singer Rita Coolidge, who had graduated from Florida State University three years earlier, was having her promotional photos taken for her upcoming, self-titled debut album on A&M ...
The Spokesman-Review

50 years ago in Expo history: Sonny and Cher could never, one S-R music critic argued in his rave review of the fair’s Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson performance

Spokesman-Review music critic Les Blumenthal raved about the Kris Kristofferson-Rita Coolidge concert at Expo ’74. He said they performed “the type of music that doesn’t fit into any neat, little ...