(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
Rita CoolidgeRelease: 1977Source checked
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A cover of Jackie Wilson's song about the uplifting power of love
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About Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge worked as a background singer in the Los Angeles recording scene, contributing to recordings by Stephen Stills and Eric Clapton before establishing her solo career. Her A&M album Anytime... Anywhere brought together interpretations of Higher and Higher, We're All Alone and The Way You Do the Things You Do in 1977. Her catalog also includes later songwriting and roots-oriented material on Safe in the Arms of Time, connecting her own songs with her work interpreting other writers.
Artist background sources
Blue Elan Records - Rita Coolidge biography
Singer and songwriter, Los Angeles background-vocal work including Stephen Stills and Eric Clapton, later solo career and Safe in the Arms of Time. No unsupported current career claim. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
uDiscover Music / UMG - Rita Coolidge album history
1977 album and singles, David Anderle production, Booker T. Jones arrangement source for Higher and Higher, and alternate title wording. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
1977
1978
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This cover version was inspired by The Temptations' original 1964 recording.
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This cover version was inspired by Boz Scaggs' original recording from 1976.
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The song was inspired by the all-encompassing nature of love.
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