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

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Rita Coolidge
Studio album by Rita Coolidge
Released	February 1971
Studio	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop
Length	40:18
Label	A&M
Producer	David Anderle for Willow Productions
Rita Coolidge chronology
Rita Coolidge (1971) Nice Feelin' (1971)

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Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]

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"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
• Vincent DeRosa – 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