JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
BETTE MIDLER
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Bette Midler counts singing as only one of her talents. Still, she has managed to score a number of major hits in a roller-coaster career as a recording artist. Born in Paterson, New Jersey and raised in Hawaii, Midler showed an interest in singing and acting early on, and by the '60s she had moved to New York and gotten a role in the long-running Broadway hit Fiddler on the Roof. Midler developed a nightclub act that included comedy and singing of a variety of kinds of material, including show tunes, pop hits, and even a takeoff on the Andrews Sisters, and appeared with increasing frequency in New York with her accompanist, Barry Manilow. She was signed to Atlantic Records and released The Divine Miss M (1972), which went gold and included a Top Ten single cover of the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Bette Midler (1973) was similarly successful. The Rose [Original Soundtrack]Midler's album sales fell off during the rest of the '70s, though her records always reached the Top 100 in the album chart. But in 1979 she starred in the film The Rose, a fictional account of the life of Janis Joplin, and the title track became a Top Ten hit. 1980 saw the release of Midler's concert film, Divine Madness, and her best-selling book, A View from a Broad. Her next film, Jinxed (1982), however, was a major flop, and subsequent records didn't fare well. Midler made a cinematic comeback with Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), but it wasn't until 1989 that she had another pop hit, when her version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" from her film Beaches became a number one hit. This rejuvenated her singing career, and 1990's Some People's Lives became a Top Ten, million-selling album, with the song "From a Distance" hitting number two. Midler's soundtrack album to her 1991 film For the Boys was also a gold-selling hit. Experience the Divine Bette Midler: Greatest HitsMidler appeared in a television production of the Broadway musical Gypsy that produced a charting soundtrack album in 1993 following the release of her million-selling hits collection Experience the Divine. The gold-selling Bette of Roses (1995) was her first regular album release in five years. Her 1996 film The First Wives Club was a major box office success. In 1998, she switched to Warner Bros. and released Bathhouse Betty, which went gold. With film opportunities drying up, the 54-year-old singer/actress turned to television, developing a half-hour network comedy series based on her own life. Though it didn't last long, Bette premiered on CBS on October 11, 2000; six days later, she released a second Warner Bros. album, also called Bette. During the next five years, Midler covered the songbooks of two seminal artists, Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee, and in 2006 came out with her first-ever Christmas record, Cool Yule, which included a duet with Johnny Mathis. Jackpot: The Best Bette Fans had to wait another eight years for a new studio album from Midler, but in the interim she was far from inactive. She released two compilation albums, 2008's Jackpot: The Best Bette and 2010's rarities set Memories of You; had a two-year residency at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas with her stage show The Showgirl Must Go On; appeared in the feature films The Women, Parental Guidance, and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, and starred on Broadway for the first time in 30 years in the play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers. Her 14th studio album, It's the Girls! -- a tribute to classic girl trios down the years, from the Andrews Sisters to TLC -- was released in November 2014. In 2016, The Divine Miss M was given a "deluxe" expanded reissue with a bonus disc of rare and unreleased material, as well as new liner notes from Midler. -- by William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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1972 The Divine Miss M | |||
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01. Do You Want To Dance? 02. Chapel Of Love 03. Superstar 04. Daytime Hustler 05. Am I Blue? 06. Friends (Session 1) |
07. Hello In There 08. Leader Of The Pack 09. Delta Dawn 10. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 11. Friends (Session 2) | ||
1973 Bette Midler | |||
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01. Skylark 02. Drinking Again 03. Breaking Up Somebody's Home 04. Surabaya Johnny 05. I Shall Be Released |
06. Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway 07. In The Mood 08. Uptown/Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)/Da Doo Run Run 09. Twisted 10. Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) | ||
1976 Songs for the New Depression | |||
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01. Strangers In The Night 02. I Don't Want The Night To End 03. Mr. Rockefeller 04. Old Cape Cod 05. Buckets Of Rain 06. Love Says It's Waiting |
07. Shiver Me Timbers/Samedi Et Vendredi 08. No Jestering 09. Tragedy 10. Marahuana 11. Let Me Just Follow Behind | ||
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1977 Live at Last | |||
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01. Backstage (Live) 02. Friends/Oh My My (Live) 03. Bang, You're Dead ( Live) 04. Birds ( Live) 05. Comic Relief (Live) [Explicit] 06. In The Mood (Live) 07. Hurry On Down (Live) 08. Shiver Me Timbers (Live) 09. The Vickie Eydie Show: Around The World/Istanbul/Fiesta In Rio/South Seas Scene/Hawaiian War Chant/Lullabye of Broadway |
10. Intermission: Your Moving Out Today 11. Delta Dawn (Live) 12. Long John Blues 13. Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes 14. The Story Of Nanette:Nanette/Alabama Song/Drinkin' Again/Mr. Rockefeller/Do You Wanna Dance (Live) 15. Fried Eggs (Live) 16. Hello In There (Live) 17. Finale (Up The Ladder To The Roof/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/Friends) (Live) | ||
1977 Broken Blossom | |||
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01. Make Yourself Comfortable 02. You Don't Know Me 03. Say Goodbye to Hollywood 04. I Never Talk to Strangers 05. Storybook Children 06. Red |
07. Empty Bed Blues 08. A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes 09. Paradise 10. Yellow Beach Umbrella 11. La Vie en Rose | ||
1979 Thighs and Whispers | |||
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01. Big Noise From Winnetka 02. Millworker 03. Cradle Days 04. My Knight In Black Leather |
05. Hang On In There Baby 06. Hurricane 07. Rain 08. Married Men | ||
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1979 The Rose [Original Soundtrack] | |||
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01. Whose Side Are You On 02. Midnight In Memphis 03. Concert Monologue 04. When A Man Loves A Woman 05. Sold My Soul To Rock N' Roll 06. Keep On Rockin' |
07. Love Me With A Feeling 08. Camellia 09. Homecoming Monologue 10. Stay With Me 11. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 12. The Rose | ||
1980 Divine Madness | |||
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01. Big Noise From Winnetka 02. Paradise 03. Shiver Me Timbers 04. Fire Down Below 05. Stay With Me |
06. My Mother's Eyes 07. Chapel of Love/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 08. E Street Shuffle/Summer (The First Time)/Leader of the Pack 09. You Can't Always Get What You Want/I Shall Be Released | ||
1983 No Frills | |||
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01. Is It Love? 02. Favorite Waste of Time 03. All I Need to Know 04. Only in Miami 05. Heart Over Head |
06. Let Me Drive 07. My Eye on You 08. Beast of Burden 09. Soda and a Souvenir 10. Come Back Jimmy Dean | ||
1985 Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! | |||
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01. Taking Aim 02. Fit Or Fat "Fat As I Am" 03. Marriage, Movies, Madonna And Mick [Explicit] 04. Vickie Eydie "I'm Singing Broadway" 05. Coping |
06. The Unfettered Boob 07. "Otto Titsling" 08. Why Bother? 09. Soph | ||
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1989 Beaches [Original Soundtrack] | |||
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01. Under The Boardwalk 02. Wind Beneath My Wings 03. I've Still Got My Health 04. I Think It's Going To Rain Today 05. Otto Titsling |
06. I Know You By Heart 07. The Glory Of Love 08. Baby Mine 09. Oh Industry 10. The Friendship Theme | ||
1990 Some People's Lives | |||
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01. One More Round 02. Some People's Lives 03. Miss Otis Regrets 04. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 05. Night And Day 06. The Girl Is On To You |
07. From A Distance 08. Moonlight Dancing 09. He Was Too Good For Me/Since You Stayed Here 10. All Of A Sudden 11. The Gift Of Love | ||
1991 For the Boys [Motion Picture Soundtrack] | |||
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01. Billy-A-Dick 02. Stuff Like That There 03. P.S. I Love You 04. The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish 05. I Remember You/Dixie's Dream 06. Baby, It's Cold Outside 07. Dreamland |
08. Vickie and Mr. Valves 09. For All We Know 10. Come Rain or Come Shine 11. In My Life 12. I Remember You 13. Every Road Leads Back To You | ||
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1993 Gypsy [1993 CBS Television Cast] | |||
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01. Overture 02. May We Entertain You 03. Some People 04. Small World 05. Baby June And Her Newsboys 06. Mr. Goldstone 07. Little Lamb 08. You'll Never Get Away From Me 09. Dainty June And Her Farmboys |
10. If Momma Was Married 11. All I Need Is The Girl 12. Everything's Coming Up Roses 13. Together, Wherever We Go 14. You Gotta Get A Gimmick 15. Let Me Entertain You 16. Rose's Turn 17. End Credits | ||
1995 Bette of Roses | |||
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01. I Know This Town 02. In This Life 03. Bottomless 04. To Comfort You 05. To Deserve You 06. The Last Time |
07. Bed of Roses 08. The Perfect Kiss 09. As Dreams Go By 10. It's Too Late 11. I Believe in You | ||
1998 Bathhouse Betty | |||
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01. Song of Bernadette 02. I'm Beautiful 03. Lullaby in Blue 04. Ukulele Lady 05. I'm Hip 06. I Sold My Heart to the Junkman |
07. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 08. Boxing 09. Big Socks 10. That's How Love Moves 11. My One True Friend 12. Laughing Matters | ||
2000 Bette | |||
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01. That's How Heartaches Are Made 02. In These Shoes? 03. God Give Me Strength 04. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 05. Love T.K.O. 06. Moses |
07. Nobody Else But You 08. Color of Roses 09. Bless You Child 10. When Your Life Was Low 11. Shining Star | ||
2003 Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook | |||
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01. You'll Never Know 02. This Ole House 03. On a Slow Boat to China 04. Hey There 05. Tenderly 06. Come On-A My House |
07. Mambo Italiano 08. Sisters (White Christmas) 09. Memories of You 10. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening 11. White Christmas (White Christmas) | ||
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2005 Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook | |||
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01. Fever 02. Alright, Okay, You Win 03. I Love Being Here With You 04. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe 05. Is That All There Is? |
06. I'm A Woman 07. He's A Tramp 08. The Folks Who Live On The Hill 09. Big Spender 10. Mr. Wonderful | ||
2006 Cool Yule | |||
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01. Merry Christmas 02. Cool Yule 03. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 04. Winter Wonderland / Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 05. I'll Be Home For Christmas 06. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? |
07. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 08. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 09. Mele Kalikimaka 10. From a Distance (Christmas Version) 11. White Christmas | ||
2014 It's the Girls! | |||
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01. Be My Baby 02. One Fine Day 03. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon 04. Baby It's You 05. Tell Him 06. He's Sure The Boy I Love (duet with Darlene Love) 07. Mr. Sandman 08. Come and Get These Memories |
09. Too Many Fish in the Sea 10. Teach Me Tonight 11. Waterfalls 12. You Can't Hurry Love 13. Give Him A Great Big Kiss 14. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow 15. It's the Girls | ||
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2017 Hello Dolly [with Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman] | |||
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ACT I 01. Overture 02. Call On Dolly 03. I Put My Hand In 04. It Takes A Woman 05. Put On Your Sunday Clothes 06. Ribbons Down My Back 07. Motherhood 08. Dancing 09. Before The Parade Passes By |
ACT II 10. Penny In My Pocket 11. Elegance 12. The Waiters' Gallop 13. Hello, Dolly! 14. It Only Takes A Moment 15. So Long Dearie 16. Finale | ||
| MAIN PAGE | GOLDEN VOICES | OLD SCHOOL FUNK PAGE |
| SILKY SOUL SINGERS | GREAT GROUPS | RHYTHM AND BLUES |
| ROCK AND ROLL | JAZZ | E-MAIL JANICE |
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