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Jesus Was a Capricorn is the fourth album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 1972 on Monument Records. The album cover pictures Kristofferson and his soon-to-be wife Rita Coolidge. "Why Me" reached #1 on the Country singles charts.
Coolidge had contributed vocals to Kristofferson's previous two albums, including two duets on Jesus Was a Capricorn. At the time Kristofferson was the bigger star, having just topped the country charts with the gospel song " Why Me ," and topped the country album charts with its parent album Jesus Was a Capricorn.
When the couple recorded their first duet album Full Moon in 1973, Kristofferson was the bigger recording star, having won several awards for his songwriting and scoring a massive hit with “Why Me” from his gold selling LP Jesus Was a Capricorn, while Coolidge was still developing as an artist.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of "Jesus Was A Capricorn" on Discogs.
COUNTRY · 1972. Preview. Kris Kristofferson's fourth album was his first with the honey-voiced Rita Coolidge, who sang with her then boyfriend on the Hammond heavy "It Sure Was (Love)" and on the amorous "Give It Time To Be Tender."
Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on Billboard magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, [1] and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and then-husband Kris Kristofferson. [2] .
Listen to Jesus Was a Capricorn by Kris Kristofferson on Deezer. Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine), Nobody Wins, It Sure Was (Love) (with Rita Coolidge)...
