1971 Rita Coolidge – Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is the self-titled debut album by Rita Coolidge.
Tracks
1 That Man Is My Weakness (Craig Doerge; Donna Weiss) 03:56
2 Second Story Window (Marc Benno) 03:00
3 Crazy Love (Van Morrison) 03:37
4 The Happy Song (Otis Redding; Steve Cropper) 03:55
5 Seven Bridges Road (Steve Young) 05:58
6 Born Under A Bad Sign (Booker T Jones; William Bell) 04:19
7 Ain’t That Peculiar (Robert Rogers; Warren Moore; William Robinson Jr) 03:55
8 (I Always Called Them) Mountains (Marc Benno) 04:05
9 Mud Island (Donna Weiss; Mary Unobsky) 04:30
10 I Believe In You (Neil Young) 03:18
Biography
Musicians
1 That Man Is My Weakness
| Bass | Chris Ethridge |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Clarence White |
| Guitar | Marc Benno |
| Organ | Leon Russell |
| Electric Piano | Spooner Oldham |
| Piano | Leon Russell |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
2 Second Story Window
| Bass | Booker T Jones |
| Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Stills |
| Percussion | Jim Keltner |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
3 Crazy Love
| Bass | Donald Dunn |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Bobby Womack |
| Guitar | Stephen Stills |
| Organ | Booker T Jones |
| Piano | Booker T Jones |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Background Vocals | Bob Segarini |
| Background Vocals | Graham Nash |
| Background Vocals | Randy Bishop |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
4 The Happy Song
| Bass | Chris Ethridge |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Clarence White |
| Guitar | Jerry McGee |
| Organ | Booker T Jones |
| Electric Piano | Spooner Oldham |
| Tambourine | Bobbye Hall |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
5 Seven Bridges Road
| Bass | Chris Ethridge |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Acoustic Guitar | Clarence White |
| Dobro | Jerry McGee |
| Sitar | Jerry McGee |
| Organ | Spooner Oldham |
| Piano | Booker T Jones |
| Sax | Plas Johnson |
| Bongos | Bobbye Hall |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
6 Born Under A Bad Sign
| Bass | Chris Ethridge |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Clarence White |
| Slide Guitar | Ry Cooder |
| Electric Piano | Booker T Jones |
| Organ | Spooner Oldham |
| Sax | Clifford Scott |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
7 Ain’t That Peculiar
| Bass | Chris Ethridge |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Clarence White |
| Guitar | Jerry McGee |
| Electric Piano | Booker T Jones |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
8 (I Always Called Them) Mountains
| Bass | Chris Ethridge |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Clarence White |
| Acoustic Guitar | Jerry McGee |
| Organ | Spooner Oldham |
| Piano | Spooner Oldham |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
9 Mud Island
| Bass | Calvin Samuels |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Guitar | Clarence White |
| Slide Guitar | Ry Cooder |
| Electric Piano | Spooner Oldham |
| Organ | Booker T Jones |
| Piano | Booker T Jones |
| Congas | Bobbye Hall |
| Tambourine | Bobbye Hall |
| Percussion | Jim Keltner |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
10 I Believe In You
| Bass | Booker T Jones |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Acoustic Guitar | Clarence White |
| Acoustic Guitar | Jerry McGee |
| Electric Piano | Spooner Oldham |
| Vocals | Rita Coolidge |
Other Musicians
| Clarinet | Don Menza |
| Flugelhorn | Al Aarons |
| Flugelhorn | Chuck Findley |
| Flugelhorn | Dalton Smith |
| Flugelhorn | Ollie Mitchell |
| French Horn | Arthur Maebe |
| French Horn | David Duke |
| French Horn | Vince DeRosa |
| French Horn | William Hinshaw |
| Horns | George Bohanon |
| Sax | Jim Horn |
| Sax | Plas Johnson |
| Sax | Don Menza |
| Sax | Clifford Scott |
| Sax | Pete Christlieb |
| Sax | John Kelson |
| Trombone | Dick Hyde |
| Trombone | Ernie Tack |
| Trombone | Jack Redmond |
| Trombone | Lew McCreary |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trumpet | Al Aarons |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Dalton Smith |
| Trumpet | Ollie Mitchell |
| Background Vocals | Priscilla Coolidge |
| Background Vocals | Donna Weiss |
Strings
Cello – Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich
Viola – Gareth Nuttycombe, Samuel Boghossian
Violin – Harry Bluestone, James Getzoff, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch
Viola – Gareth Nuttycombe, Samuel Boghossian
Violin – Harry Bluestone, James Getzoff, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch
Liner Notes
Producer – David Anderle
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Jim Horn And His Dynamite Horn Section (Tracks 1, 6, 7)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Booker T. Jones (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Art Direction – Roland Young
Photography By – Joel Bernstein
Recorded At Sunset Sound Recorders
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Jim Horn And His Dynamite Horn Section (Tracks 1, 6, 7)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Booker T. Jones (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Art Direction – Roland Young
Photography By – Joel Bernstein
Recorded At Sunset Sound Recorders