I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.

She is of Scottish and Cherokee ancestry. With him Rita Coolidge recorded several duet albums which sold well and earned the duo a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1974 for "From the Bottle to the Bottom" and in 1976 for "Lover Please". Willie Nelson.

During the 1970s and 1980s Rita Coolidge charted hits on Billboard's pop country adult contemporary and jazz charts.