American singer from Lafayette,Tenessee, Rita Coolidge joined in the music industry as backing vocalist for Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. After D & B she moved to L.A. and lended her voice to albums and live acts of Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and Leon Russell. Rita Coolidge 1971 is her debut album a strong mix of folk-rock, blues, soul,country and pop backed by an all-star cast..

Rita Coolidge - vocals.
Booker T Jones - organ, electric piano, piano, guitar, bass.
Chris Ethridge, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Fuzzy Samuels- bass.
Spooner Oldham - piano, electric piano, organ.
Leon Russell - piano, organ.
Clarence White - acoustic guitar, guitar.
Ry Cooder - bottleneck guitar, dobro, electric sitar.
Jerry McGee - guitar, dobro,e lectric sitar.
Stephen Stills - acoustic guitar, guitar.
Bobbye Hall Porter - tambourine, congas, bongos.
Jim Horn - alto, baritone & tenor saxophone.
Plas Johnson - alto & tenor saxophone.
Clifford Scott,Peter Christlieb - tenor saxophone.
Don Menza - alto & tenor saxophone, bass clarinet.
John Kelson - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet.
Dick Hyde, Ernie Tack, Jack Redmont,Lew McCreary - trombone.
George Bohanon - trombone, baritone horns.
Al Aarons, Charles Findley, Dalton Smith, Oliver Mitchell - trumpet, flugelhorn.
Gareth Nuttycombe,Samuel Boghossian - viola.
Harry Bluestone, James Getzoff, Leonard Malarskv, Ralph Schaeffer, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch - violin.
Arthur Maebe, David Duke, Vince DeRosa, Bill Hinshaw - French horn.
Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich - cello.
Jim Horn and his Dynamite Horn Section - horns.
Priscilla Coolidge, Randy Bishop, Graham Nash, Donna Weiss, Bob Segarini, The Blackberries - backing vocals.

That man is my weakness.
Second story window.
Crazy love.
The happy song.
Seven Bridges Road.
Born under a bad sign.
Ain't that peculiar.
(I always called them) Mountains.
Mud Island.
I believe in you.