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She was born in Vicksburg,
Mississippi. As a child her family moved to Watts,
California, where her father was a
pastor. She sung in the
church choir and eventually in the Southern Californian State Choir. Her first professional singing job
was working with Sly and the Family Stone in the Batman's Cave at the
Wayne's Manor Club. She was
introduced to Paul
Anka by
Edwin Hawkins and went off to have several hit songs with him including
"She's Having My Baby" and "I Don't Like to
Sleep Alone". She sang
with John Denver on his 1971 hit "Take Me Home, Country
Roads". She also had a
solo hit with the remake of ELO's hit
"Showdown" in 1976.
She later went back to session working and the church. She died of breast cancer, age 49,
on 19th
May 1991.
Paul
Anka Recordings
(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love
(Paul
Anka )
Source:
1.
www.discomuseum.com/OdiaCoates.html
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