Odia Coates

Odia Coates (1942 - May 19, 1991) was an American singer.

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1942 - May 19 - 1991 - American

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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.

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Evangelical - Minister - Vicksburg, Mississippi - Watts, California

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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." Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success.

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Paul Anka - No. 1 - Billboard - Top 10 & Top 20

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Odia Coates passed away in 1991 at the age of forty-nine of breast cancer.

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