" Higher and Higher" is an R&B song written by Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, and Carl Smith. It was originally recorded by The Dells in February, 1967, released in May 1967, then by Jackie Wilson for h
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Rita Coolidge is an American singer and recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on Billboard magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy A
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
…during the 2020 United States Presidential Election and again for his closing address on the opening night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Rita Coolidge remade the song as "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" for her album Anytime...Anywhere (1977). Her version has a more moderate tempo than…
Coolidge performing at an outdoor concert in Seattle in September 2002
Coolidge at Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic in 1972
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Coolidge with Kris Kristofferson at the private party after the premiere of the movie A Star Is Born, on the third floor of Dillon's Disco, Westwood, Los Angeles, on December 18, 1976