Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge is one of those voices that just gets under your skin — warm, smoky, effortlessly soulful. Growing up in Nashville with Cherokee heritage on both sides of her family, she brought something genuinely different to the soft-rock and country-pop world of the 1970s. Her run of hits like "We're All Alone" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" made her a genuine star, and those two Grammy Awards she shared with Kris Kristofferson (her husband at the time) for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal show she could hold her own with some serious songwriting royalty. She also sang the James Bond theme "All Time High" for Octopussy, which is honestly a cooler resume line than most people ever get. I feel like she deserves more recognition than she gets today — she was a real presence in an era packed with talent, and that voice never let you forget it.

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Name (English)

Rita Coolidge

Name (Japanese)

リタ・クーリッジ

Reading

りた・くーりっじ

Born

May 1, 1945 (age 81)

Origin

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Occupation

singer / painter / songwriter / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

High school

Andrew Jackson High School

University

Florida State University

• Official sitehttps://www.ritacoolidge.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ritacoolidge/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita%20Coolidge
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268604

Tags

• Tennessee
• singer
• painter
• songwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.