Rita Coolidge (album)

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

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
 * 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