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| ⚫ | '''Odia Coates''' (] - ] ]) was an ] singer. | ||
| The daughter of an ] ], she was born in ] but as a young girl her family moved to ]. From an early age, she sang in her church choir and eventually became a member of the Southern California State Youth Choir. | The daughter of an ] ], she was born in ] but as a young girl her family moved to ]. From an early age, she sang in her church choir and eventually became a member of the Southern California State Youth Choir. | ||
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| Coates is best remembered for her duet with ] called "(You're) Having My Baby" that went to ] on the ] charts in 1974. They recorded several more duets that produced ] hits such as 1974's "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" plus in 1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" and "There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love". She had minor success as a solo artist with the Anka-penned track "You Come And You Go". She's also well remembered for singing another Top 10 Hit, "Country Roads" with ] in 1971. Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success. | Coates is best remembered for her duet with ] called "(You're) Having My Baby" that went to ] on the ] charts in 1974. They recorded several more duets that produced ] hits such as 1974's "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" plus in 1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" and "There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love". She had minor success as a solo artist with the Anka-penned track "You Come And You Go". She's also well remembered for singing another Top 10 Hit, "Country Roads" with ] in 1971. Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success. | ||
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Odia Coates (1942 - May 19 1991) was an American singer.
The daughter of an evangelical minister, she was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi but as a young girl her family moved to Watts, California. From an early age, she sang in her church choir and eventually became a member of the Southern California State Youth Choir.
Coates is best remembered for her duet with Paul Anka called "(You're) Having My Baby" that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1974. They recorded several more duets that produced Top 10 & Top 20 hits such as 1974's "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" plus in 1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" and "There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love". She had minor success as a solo artist with the Anka-penned track "You Come And You Go". She's also well remembered for singing another Top 10 Hit, "Country Roads" with John Denver in 1971. Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success.
Odia Coates died from breast cancer in 1991, aged 48 or 49.
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