Early Life
Colter was born Miriam Johnson and raised in Phoenix, Arizona in a strict Pentecostal home. Her mother was a Pentecostal preacher and her father was a racecar driver. At age 11, Colter became the pianist at her church. After high school (Mesa High, AZ 1961), she began singing in local clubs in Phoenix.
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