With all the things Rita Coolidge has gone through in her life, she’s deserving of the title Delta Lady. The 1970s singer-songwriter has gone from being a party girl and muse who dated some of the biggest names in music, to enduring a volatile marriage to Kris Kristofferson, to being robbed of credit in one of the most praised songs in rock music history.
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She was one of the most in-demand rock voices of the ‘70s as the legendary Delta Lady (of the song), but Coolidge, now 76, has so much more to her story than meets the eye.