Rita Coolidge
Pop Singer
Recorded successful duet albums with husband Kris Kristofferson and who has released many popular albums, including Anytime...Anywhere, which charted at #6 in the United States.
She graduated from Florida State University before meeting Kris Kristofferson on her way to Memphis from Los Angeles.
She is known as the Delta Lady.
She and Kris Kristofferson got married on August 17, 1973 and they divorced on June 26, 1980. She then married Tatsuya Suda in 2004. She had a son named Casey with Kristofferson.
She provided backing vocals on Joe Cocker's album Mad Dogs and Englishmen.