Priscilla Coolidge

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Priscilla June Coolidge (* 1940 or 1941; † October 3, 2014 in Thousand Oaks , California ) was an American pop musician of American Indian descent ( Cherokee ).

Life

She was the sister of the much better known singer Rita Coolidge . In addition, she was married to the African American musician Booker T. Jones from 1969 to 1979 . As a duo, they recorded three albums, two of which hit the American album charts: Booker T. & Priscilla (1971, # 106) and Home Grown (1972, # 190).

Together with her daughter Laura Satterfield and her sister Rita, Coolidge later founded the trio Walela , which released three albums and performed at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Coolidge was shot dead by her husband Michael Seibert in 2014, who subsequently committed suicide.

Private

Coolidge was married to firefighter Paul Satterfield. Their son, also Paul (* 1960), is a well-known actor in the USA, who starred in the series General Hospital , Rich and Beautiful and Love, Lies, and Passion , among others . Another daughter from the marriage to Satterfield, Laura, also became a singer and released the album Dirty Velvet Lie in 2000 . After her marriage to Booker T. Jones, Coolidge was married to Afro-American news anchor Ed Bradley from 1981 to 1984 .

Discography

Albums

  • 1970: Gypsy Queen (Sussex, later A&M)
  • 1971: Booker T. & Priscilla (A&M, with Booker T. Jones )
  • 1972: Home Grown (A&M, with Booker T. Jones)
  • 1973: Chronicles (A&M, with Booker T. Jones)
  • 1979: Flying (Capricorn, as Priscilla Coolidge-Jones )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.toacorn.com
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427607/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm , accessed on May 31, 2015
  3. ↑ http://www.powwows.com/2014/02/13/look-back-2002-olympics-opening-ceremony/
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 31, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.toacorn.com
  5. ↑ http://illfolks.blogspot.de/2010/06/priscilla-coolidge-gypsy-queen-booker-t.html , accessed on May 31, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Coolidge, Priscilla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coolidge, Priscilla June (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American American Indian (Cherokee) pop musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1940 or 1941
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 2014
Place of death Thousand Oaks , California