Rita Coolidge

American singer

Birthday: May 1, 1945

Birthplace: Lafayette, Tennessee, U.S.

Age: 75 years old

Sign: Taurus

About Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge is a renowned singer-songwriter who gained international stardom in the 1970s with commercially successful albums such as 1977's Anytime...Anywhere and 1978'sLove Me Again. She also recorded multiple successful duet albums with singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson.

Family Life

She is the daughter of Charlotte and Dick Coolidge. Her first marriage was to singer Kris Kristofferson in 1973. The marriage produced her only child, a daughter named Casey before ending in divorce in 1980. Her second marriage was to Tatsuya Suda in 2004.

Awards

She and former husband singer Kris Kristofferson won two Grammy Awards at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards for their collaboration on the songs Lover Please and Love Will Keep Us Together.

Trivia

Her singer sister Priscilla Coolidge and her husband were both found dead in their matrimonial home in 2014. Police investigations concluded that the couple's death came as a result of a murder-suicide, which was allegedly committed by Priscilla's husband.

Rita Coolidge Photo Gallery

Title

Rita Coolidge at the Dripping Springs reunion, that later became Willie Nelson's 4th of July picnic.

Author

Bozotexino at English Wikipedia

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rita_01.jpg

Attribution

Bozotexino at English Wikipedia

License

CC BY 3.0

Title

Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson at the private party after the premiere of the movie A STAR IS BORN, on the third floor of Dillon's Disco 12/18/76 (photo is poor quality because it's a Polaroid SX-70 photo)

Author

Alan Light

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rita_Coolidge_and_Kris_Kristofferson_after_the_premiere_of_the_movie_A_STAR_IS_BORN.jpg

Attribution

photo by Alan Light

License

CC BY 2.0

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Rita Coolidge's Popularity

Rita Coolidge is a famous American singer, who was born on May 1, 1945. As a person born on this date, Rita Coolidge is listed in our database as the 41st most popular celebrity for the day (May 1) and the 72nd most popular for the year (1945).

People born on May 1 fall under the Zodiac sign of Taurus, the Bull. Rita Coolidge is the 1278th most popular Taurus.

Aside from information specific to Rita Coolidge's birthday, Rita Coolidge is the 8358th most famous American.

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