Rita Coolidge (album)

Rita Coolidge
Studio album by Rita Coolidge
Released	February 1971
Recorded	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop
Length	40:18
Label	A&M
Producer	David Anderle for Willow Productions
Rita Coolidge chronology
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Rita Coolidge is the self-titled debut album by Rita Coolidge.

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) — 4:10
2. "Ain't That Peculiar" (William Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin) — 4:02
3. "I Always Called Them Mountains" (Marc Benno) — 3:47
4. "Mud Island" (Donna Weiss, Mary Unobsky) — 4:28
5. "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 – Tambourine

"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

References

1. Carpenter, Bil. Rita Coolidge at AllMusic