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MUSIC WAS LITELLY OUR...
PRACTICALLY OUR FIRST LANGUAGE.
>> Narrator: MOVING TO L.A. IN
THE MID-'60s, SHE BECAME A
SOUGHT-AFTER SESON SINGER,
WORKING WITH LEGENDS LIKE
ERIC CLAPTON AND JOE COCKER.
>> Narrator: RITA SETTLED DOWN
IN 1973, MARRYG HARD-LIVING
COUNTRY HUNK KRIKRISTOFFERSON.
>> ♪ THEY SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK
U WOULD DO? ♪
>> Narrator: THE CPLE WON
GRAMMYS FOR BEST COUNTRY DUO TWO
YEARS RUNNING.
>> IT WAS EXCITING, YOU KNOW,
IT'S STILL THRILLING TO HAVE A
GRAMMY WHEREVER THEY ARE.
>> Narrator: MEANWHI, RITA
LAUNCHED A SOLO CAREER.
>> ♪ ONE FINE DAY
YOU'LL LOOK AT ME... ♪
>> Narrator: HER GOSPEL-TINGED
POP TOOK OFF IN 1977.
>> ♪ YOUR LOVE
IS LIFTING ME HIGHER... ♪
>> Nartor: HER SINGLE "HIGHER
AND HIGHER" LIFTED RITA ALTHE
WAY TO NUMBER TWO.BOUNCED BACK,
SCORING ANOTHER TOP-40 HIT IN
1983 WITH "ALL TIMHIGH," A
TUNE FROM THE JAMES BOND FLICK
OCTOPUSSY.
>> ♪ RITA COOLIDGE! ♪
Narrator: TWO YEARS LATER,
RITA MADE A CAREER CHANG
TAKING A GIG AS A V.J. ON THIS
VERY NWORK.
>> ♪ VH-1
VH-1! ♪
>> YOU'RE WATCHING VH-1, ONE HIT
AFTER ANOTHER.
>> Nartor: SHE NEVER RETURNED
THE POCHARTS.
SO WHERE IS RITAOW?
>> ♪ YOU HAVEN'T LIVED
IN MY SKIN
FELT THE ARROW'S PRCE... ♪
>> Narrato SHE'S RECONNECTING
WITH HER NATIVE AMERAN ROOTS,
WORKING WITH A FAMILY ACT.
>> WALELA CONSISTS OF MY SISTER
PRISCILLA AND HER DAUGHTER,
LAURA ZATTERFIELD, AND ME.
AND "WALELA" IS THE CHEROKEE
WORD FOR HUMMINGBIRD.
( group singing )
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO
YOU PRISCILLA COOLIDGE, LAURA
ZATTERFIELD, AND RITA COOLIDGE.
>> Narrator: THE GROUP GOT THEIR
START IN 1994, PLAYING ON ROBBIE
ROBERTSON'S MUSIC FOR NATIVE
AMERICS PROJECT.
>> HE'S THE GUY THAT HELPED KIND
OF PUSUS OUT AND GIVE BIRTH TO
OUR GROUP, JUST BY BELIEVING IN
US AND ALLOWING US TO SHARE THAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> Narrator: AFTER RELEASING
THEIR DEBUT IN 199 WALELA TOOK
HOME SOME HARDWARE AT E FIRST
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIAWARDS.
>> WE N "SONG OF THE YEAR,"
ANTHEN THE SECOND AWARD WAS
FOR "DEBUT GROUP" OR "ARTIST OF
THE YEAR."
IT'S REALLY COOL AT THIS POINT
IN MY CAREER TO GET, YOUNOW,
LI, AN AWARD FOR DEBUT ALBUM.■■
>> Narrator: FOR RITA, HOME IS
WHERE THE HEARIS, SUNNY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> THE AVOCADOS ARE A PLUS.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS COMING DOWN
SAYING, AN I HAVE SOME
AVADOS?"
YEAH, JUST DRIVE DOWN THE