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
Coolidge performing at an outdoor concert in Seattle in September 2002
Coolidge at Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic in 1972
Cashbox advertisement, June 25, 1977
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
"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love
Rita Coolidge
…Lady" and inspired Russell to write a song of the same name for her. Coolidge also did not receive songwriting credits for the coda of the 1971 single "Layla" by Eric Clapton's band Derek and the Dominos. In 2016, Coolidge stated that she recorded a demo with her boyfriend, the band's drummer Jim Gordon…