Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge (født 1. maj 1945) er en amerikansk sangerinde. I løbet af 1970'erne og 1980'erne nåede flere af hendes sang ind på Billboards hitlister over pop, country, adult contemporary og jazz,^[2], og hun vandt to Grammy Awards sammen med sine medmusikanter og daværende mand Kris Kristofferson. Hendes mest berømte numre inkluderer "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher", "We're All Alone", og temasangen fra James Bond-filmen Octopussy: "All Time High" fra 1983.

Rita Coolidge
Coolidge under en udendørs koncert i Seattle i september 2002.
Information
Født	1. maj 1945 (80 år) Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Oprindelse	Lafayette, Tennessee, USA U.S.
Genre	Pop Adult contemporary Country Native American[1] soft rock
Beskæftigelse	Sanger, musiker
Aktive år	1969 - nu
Pladeselskab	A&M Monument Attic Alpha Pony Canyon Concord
Associeret med	Joe Cocker Leon Russell Kris Kristofferson Delaney & Bonnie Eric Clapton Stephen Stills
Eksterne henvisninger
www.ritacoolidge.com

Diskografi

Albums (Nordamerika)

År	Album	Højeste hitlisteplacering			Pladeselskab
		US	US Country	CAN
1971	Rita Coolidge	105	—	71	A&M
	Nice Feelin'	135	—	—
1972	The Lady's Not for Sale	46	—	27
1974	Fall into Spring	55	—	41
1975	It's Only Love	85	—	—
1977	Anytime...Anywhere	6	23	4
1978	Love Me Again	32	—	39
1979	Satisfied	95	—	58
1980	Greatest Hits	107	—	47
1981	Heartbreak Radio	160	—	—
1983	Never Let You Go	—	—	—
1984	Inside the Fire	—	—	—
1992	Love Lessons	—	—	—	Caliber/Critique
1996	Out of the Blues	—	—	—	Beacon
1998	Thinkin' About You	—	—	—	Innerworks
2005	And So Is Love	—	—	—	Concord
2012	A Rita Coolidge Christmas	—	—	—	429 Records Arkiveret 11. november 2020 hos Wayback Machine

Albums med Kris Kristofferson

År	Album	Højeste hitlisteplacering			Pladeselskab
		US Country	US	CAN
1973	Full Moon	1	26	7	A&M
1974	Breakaway	19	103	81	Monument
1978	Natural Act	24	106	—	A&M

Internationale albums

År	Album	Pladeselskab
1990	Fire Me Back	Attic
1991	Dancing with an Angel
1993	For You	Alpha
1995	Behind the Memories	Pony Canyon

Opsamlingsalbums

År	Album	Pladeselskab
1979	All About Rita Coolidge (Japanese release)	A&M
1980	Greatest Hits
1987	Classics Volume 5
1991	A&M Gold Series (West German release)
1994	All Time High: Best of Rita Coolidge
1995	The Collection (australsk udgivelse)	Spectrum
1999	Master Series	A&M
2000	20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection
2001	Universal Masters Collection
2004	Delta Lady – The Rita Coolidge Anthology

Singler

Højeste hitlisteplacering	Single	Højeste hitlisteplacering								Album
		US	US AC	US Country	CA	CA AC	CA Country	UK[3]	AU
1969	"Turn Around and Love You"	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	single only
1971	"I Believe in You"	—	—	—	38	16	—	—	—	Rita Coolidge
1972	"Fever"	76	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Lady's Not for Sale
1973	"My Crew"A	flip	38	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Whiskey, Whiskey"	106	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"A Song I'd Like to Sing" (med Kris Kristofferson)	49	12	92	53	3	54	—	97	Full Moon
1974	"Loving Arms" (med Kris Kristofferson)	86	25	98	83	9	—	—	96
	"Mama Lou"	—	—	94	—	—	—	—	—	Fall Into Spring
	"Rain" (med Kris Kristofferson)	—	44	87	—	40	—	—	—	Breakaway
1975	"Lover Please" (med Kris Kristofferson)	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher"	2	5	—	1	3	—	48	6B	Anytime...Anywhere
	"We're All Alone"	7	1	82	5	1	—	6	32
1978	"The Way You Do the Things You Do"	20	9	—	16	6	—	—	74
	"Words"	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	—
	"You"	25	3	—	17	1	—	—	—	Love Me Again
	"The Jealous Kind"	—	—	63	—	—	—	—	—
	"Love Me Again"	68	20	83	73	35	—	—	—
	"Slow Dancer"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
1979	"Hello, Love, Goodbye"	—	—	—	—	27	—	—	—
	"One Fine Day"	66	15	—	89	4	—	—	68	Satisfied
	"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love"	38	3	32	87	1	24	—	—
1980	"Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like" (med Glen Campbell)	42	39	60	—	36	23	—	—	Somethin' Bout You Baby I Like (Glen Campbell album)
	"Fool That I Am"	46	15	72	—	—	52	—	—	Coast to Coast soundtrack
	"We Could Stay Together" (med Booker T. Jones)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	The Best of You (Booker T. Jones album)
1981	"Let's Go Dancing" (med Booker T. Jones)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	Satisfied
	"The Closer You Get"	103	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	Heartbreak Radio
1983	"Lake Freeze"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Lake Freeze – The Raccoons Songtrack
	"All Time High"	36	1	—	38	1	—	75	80	Octopussy soundtrack
	"Only You"	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	Never Let You Go
1984	"Something Said Love"	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	Inside the Fire
1990	"I Stand in Wonder"	—	—	—	49	21	—	—	—	Fire Me Back

• ^A B-side af "Fever"
• ^B På hitlisten som en dobbelt A-side i Australien med "I Don't Want to Talk About It"