Rita Coolidge (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Rita Coolidge
Type = Album
Artist = Rita Coolidge


Released = February 1971
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 40:18
Label = A&M
Producer = David Anderle for Willow Productions
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifpxqe5ldae] |
Last album =
This album = "Rita Coolidge"
(1971)
Next album = "Nice Feelin'"
(1971)

"Rita Coolidge" is the self-titled debut album by Rita Coolidge.

Track listing

ide one

#"That Man Is My Weakness" (Donna Weiss, Craig Doerge) — 3:50
#"Second Story Window" (Marc Benno) — 3:00
#"Crazy Love" (Van Morrison) — 3:35
#"The Happy Song" (Otis Redding, Steve Cooper) — 3:50
#"Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young) — 5:55

ide two

#"Born Under A Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) — 4:10
#"Ain’t That Peculiar" (W. Robinson, W. Moore, Rogers) — 4:02
#"I Always Called Them Mountains" (Benno) — 3:47
#"Mud Island" (Weiss, Mary Unobsky) — 4:28
#"I Believe In You" (Neil Young) — 3:10

Album Notes

"That Man Is My Weakness"
*Leon Russell – Piano, Organ
*Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
*Clarence White – Guitar
*Marc Benno – Guitar
*Chris Ethridge – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums

"Second Story Window"
*Stephen Stills – Acoustic Guitars
*Booker T. Jones – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Percussion

"Crazy Love"
*Booker T. Jones – Piano, Organ
*Stephen Stills – Guitar
*Bobby Womack – Guitar
*Donald "Duck" Dunn – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums
*Bobbye Hall Porter – Tamberine

"The Happy Song"
*Booker T. Jones – Organ
*Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
*Clarence White – Guitar
*Jerry McGee – Guitar
*Chris Ethridge – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums
*Bobbye Hall Porter – Tambourine

"Seven Bridges Road"
*Booker T. Jones – Piano
*Spooner Oldham - Organ
*Clarence White – Acoustic Guitar
*Jerry McGee – Dobro, Electric Sitar
*Chris Ethridge – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums
*Bobbye Hall Porter – Bongos
*Plas Johnson – Alto Saxophone

"Born Under A Bad Sign"
*Booker T. Jones – Electric Piano
*Spooner Oldham – Organ
*Clarence White – Guitar
*Ry Cooder – Bottleneck Guitar
*Chris Ethridge – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums
*Bobbye Hall Porter – Congas
*Clifford Scott – Tenor Saxophone

"Ain’t That Peculiar"
*Booker T. Jones – Electric Piano
*Clarence White – Guitar
*Jerry McGee – Guitar
*Chris Ethridge – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums
*Bobbye Hall Porter – Tambourine, Congas

"(I Always Called Them) Mountains"
*Clarence White – Guitar
*Jerry Mcgee – Acoustic Guitar
*Spooner Oldham – Organ, Piano
*Chris Ethridge – Bass
*Jim Keltner - Drums

"Mud Island"
*Booker T. Jones – Organ, Guitar
*Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
*Clarence White – Guitar
*Ry Cooder – Bottleneck Guitar
*Fuzzy Samuels – Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums, Percussion
*Bobbye Hall Porter – Tambourine, Congas

"I Believe In You"
*Spooner Oldham – Electric Piano
*Clarence White – Acoustic Guitar
*Jerry McGee – Acoustic Guitar
*Booker T. Jones– Bass
*Jim Keltner – Drums

Horns
*Jim Horn- Baritone, Alto & Tenor Saxophone
*John Kelson – Tenor Saxophone & Bass Clarinet
*Don Menza – Tenor & Alto Saxophone & Bass Clarinet
*Clifford Scott – Tenor Saxophone
*Peter Christlieb – Tenor Saxophone
*Plas Johnson – Tenor & Alto Saxophone
*George Bohanon – Trombone & Baritone Horn
*Lew McCreary – Trombone
*Ernie Tack – Trombone
*Jack Redmond – Trombone
*Dick Hyde – Trombone
*Oliver Mitchell – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
*Charles Findley – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
*Al Aarons – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
*Dalton Smith – Trumpet & Flugal Horn
*Vince De Rosa – French Horn
*Bill Hinshaw – French Horn
*Arthur Maebe – French Horn
*David Duke – French Horn

Strings
*Jesse Ehrlich – Cello
*Jerome Kessler – Cello
*Leonard Malarsky – Violin
*William Kurasch – Violin
*Wilbert Nutycomb - Violin
*James Getzoff – Violin
*Harry Bluestone – Violin
*Ralph Schaeffer – Violin
*Gareth Nuttycombe – Viola
*Samuel Boghossian – Viola

Background Vocals
*(THE BLACKBERRIES – Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Priscilla Coolidge, Donna Weiss, and Rita Coolidge with Graham Nash, Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop on “Crazy Love"

*Arranger: String and Horn Arrangements by Booker T. Jones with the exception of “Ain’t That Peculiar”, “Born Under A Bad Sign”, and “That Man Is My Weakness” arranged by Jim Horn and his Dynamite Horn Section.
*Engineer: Bruce Botnick
*Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders
*Cover Photograph: Joel Bernstein
*Art Direction: Roland Young