Bette Midler (62 page)

Baker, Robb.
Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M
. Popular Library, 1975.

Bego, Mark.
Bette Midler: Outrageously Divine
. New American Library, 1987.

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Cher: If You Believe
. Cooper Square, 2001.

Halliwell, Leslie.
Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion, Ninth Edition
. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1988.

Kingston, Victoria.
Simon & Garfunkel: The Biography
. Fromm International, 1998.

Mair, George.
Bette: An Intimate Biography of Bette Midler
. Birch Lane, 1995.

Maltin, Leonard
1998 Movie & Video Guide
. Signet, 1997.

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Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide 2002
. Signet, 2001.

Martin, Mick, and Marsha Porter.
Video Movie Guide 2001
. Ballantine, 2000.

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Video Movie Guide 2002
. Ballantine, 2001.

Manilow, Berry.
Sweetlife: Adventures on the Way to Paradise
. McGraw Hill, 1986.

McAleer, Dave.
The Book of Hit Singles
. Miller Freeman, 1999.

Midler, Bette.
A View from a Broad
. Simon and Schuster, 1980.

Rees, Dafydd, and Luke Crampton.
VH1 Rock Stars Encyclopedia
. DK Publishing, 1999.

Rivera, Geraldo, with Daniel Paisner.
Exposing Myself
. Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, 1991.

Seaman, Barbara.
Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann
. Morrow, 1987.

Spada, James.
The Divine Bette Midler
. Collier, 1984.

Waldman, Allison J.
The Bette Midler Scrapbook
. Citadel, 1997.

Whitburn, Joel.
Top Pop 1955–1982
. Record Research Inc., 1983.

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Top 40 Albums
. Record Research Inc., 1995.

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Top Pop Albums 1955–1985
. Record Research Inc., 1985.

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Top 10 Singles Charts
. Record Research Inc., 2001.

1.
“THE DIVINE MISS M”
(Atlantic Records) 1972

1. “Do You Want to Dance?” (Bobby Freeman) 2:56

Producer: Joel Dorn

2. “Chapel of Love” (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector) 2:52

Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun

3. “Superstar” (Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlet) 5:09

Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun

4. “Daytime Hustler” (Jeff Kent) 3:29

Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun

5. “Am I Blue?” (Grant Clarke and Harry Akst) 5:21

Producer: Joel Dorn

6. “Friends” (Mark Klingman and Buzzy Linhart) 2:49

Producers: Joel Dorn

7. “Hello in There” (John Prine)

Producer: Joel Dorn

8. “Leader of the Pack” (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and George Morton) 3:41

Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun

9. “Delta Dawn” (Alex Harvey and Larry Collins) 5:16

Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun

10. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (Don Raye and Hughie Prince) 2:26

Producer: Joel Dorn

11. “Friends” (Mark Klingman and Buzzy Linhart) 2:50

Producers: Barry Manilow, Geoffrey Haslam, and Ahmet Ertegun

2.
“BETTE MIDLER”
(Atlantic Records) 1973

1. “Skylark” (Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer) 3:02

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

2. “Drinking Again” (Doris Tauber and Johnny Mercer) 2:46

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

3. “Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (Denise LaSalle) 3:47

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

4. “Surabaya Johnny” (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, and Herbert Hartig) 4:52

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

5. “I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan) 4:55

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

6. “Optimistic Voices” (E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen, and Herbert Stothart)

“Lullaby of Broadway” (Al Durbin and Harry Warren) 2:26

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

7. “In the Mood” (Joe Garland and Andy Razaf) 2:37

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

8. “Uptown” (Thomas McKinney)

“Da Doo Run Run” (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, and Jeff Barry) 3:22

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

9. “Twisted” (Wardell Gray and Annie Ross) 2:23

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

10. “Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)”

(Gary Lee Jackson, Carl W. Smith, and Raynard Miner) 4:08

Producers: Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow

3.
“SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION”
(Atlantic Records) 1976

1. “Strangers in the Night”

(Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, and Bert Kaempfert) 3:17

Producer: Arif Mardin

2. “I Don’t Want the Night to End” (Phoebe Snow) 3:46

Producer: Moogy Klingman

3. “Mr. Rockefeller” (Bette Midler and Jerry Blatt) 4:02

Producer: Moogy Klingman

4. “Old Cape Cod” (Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, and Milt Yakus) 2:47

Producers: Joel Dorn and Bette Midler

5. “Buckets of Rain” duet: Bette Midler and Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan) 3:54

Producer: Moogy Klingman

6. “Love Says It’s Waiting” (Nick Holmes) 1:37

Producer: Moogy Klingman

7. “Shiver Me Timbers” (Tom Waits)

“Samedi et Vendredi” (Bette Midler and Moogy Klingman) 6:20

Producer: Moogy Klingman

8. “No Jestering” (Carlton Malcolm) 3:57

Producer: Moogy Klingman

9. “Tragedy” (Gerald Nelson and Fred Burch) 3:03

Producer: Moody Klingman

10. “Marahuana” (Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow) 2:27

Producers: Joel Dorn and Bette Midler

11. “Let Me Just Follow Behind” (Moogy Klingman) 3:30

Producer: Moogy Klingman

4.
“LIVE AT LAST
” (Atlantic Records) 1977

1. “Backstage” (dialogue) 0:18

Producer: Lew Hahn

2. “Friends” (Moogy Klingman and Buzzy Linhart)

“Oh, My, My” (Richard Starkey and Vincent Poncia) 2:28

Producer: Lew Hahn

3. “Bang, You’re Dead” (Valerie Simpson and Nicholas Ashford) 3:15

Producer: Lew Hahn

4. “Birds” (Neil Young) 4:39

Producer: Lew Hahn

5. “Comic Relief” (dialogue) 2:38

Producer: Lew Hahn

6. “In the Mood” (Joe Garland and Andy Razaf) 2:09

Producer: Lew Hahn

7. “Hurry On Down” (Nellie Lutcher) 2:07

Producer: Lew Hahn

8. “Shiver Me Timbers” (Tom Waits) 4:00

Producer: Lew Hahn

9. “The Vicki Eydie Show” 13:37 total time

a. “Around the World” (Victor Young and Harold Admanson) 0:23

b. “Istanbul” (Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon) 0:55

c. “Fiesta in Rio” (Bette Midler and Jerry Blatt) 1:52

d. “South Seas Scene” (Rik Carlok)
“Hawaiian War Chant” (Freed/Lileiohaku/Noble) 5:13 combined time

e. “Lullaby of Broadway” (Al Dubin and Harry Warren) 2:00

Producer: Lew Hahn

10. “You’re Moving Out Today”

(Bette Midler, Carol Bayer Sager, and Bruce Roberts) 2:56

Producer: Tom Dowd

11. “Delta Dawn” (Alex Harvey and Larry Collins) 5:54

Producer: Lew Hahn

12. “Long John Blues” (Tommy George) 2:36

Producer: Lew Hahn

13. “Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes” (dialogue) 2:38

Producer: Lew Hahn

14. “Story of Nanette”

a. “Nanette” (Howard Ditz and Arthur Schwartz) 0:54

b. “Alabama Song” (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill)

c. “Mr. Rockefeller” (Bette Midler and Jerry Blatt)

d. “Ready to Begin Again” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)

“Do You Want to Dance?” (Bobby Freeman) 3:23

Producer: Lew Hahn

15. “Fried Eggs” (dialogue) 2:37
Producer: Lew Hahn

16. “Hello in There” (John Prine) 3:16

Producer: Lew Hahn

17. “Finale”

a. “Up the Ladder to the Roof” (Vincent DiMirco and Frank Wilson) 2:45

b. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (Don Raye and Hughie Prince) 3:40

c. “Friends” (Moogy Klingman and Buzzy Linhart) 3:04

Producer: Lew Hahn

NOTE: Entire Album’s “Remote Producer”: Arif Mardin

5.
“BROKEN BLOSSOM
” (Atlantic Records) 1977

1. “Make Yourself Comfortable” (B. Merrill) 3:59

Producer: Brooks Arthur

2. “You Don’t Know Me” (Eddie Arnold and Cindy Walker) 3:39

Producer: Brooks Arthur

3. “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” (Billy Joel) 3:02

Producer: Brooks Arthur

4. “I Never Talk to Strangers” duet: Bette Midler and Tom Waits (Tom Waits) 3:39

Producer: Bones Howe

5. “Storybook Children” (David Pomeranz and Spencer Proffer) 3:40

Producer: Brooks Arthur

6. “Red” (John Carter and Sammy Hagar) 3:17

Producer: Brooks Arthur

7. “Empty Bed Blues” (J. C. Johnson) 3:19

Producer: Brooks Arthur

8. “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes”

(Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston) 3:09

Producer: Brooks Arthur

9. “Paradise” (Perry Botkin Jr., Gil Garfield, and Harry Nilsson) 4:15

Producer: Brooks Arthur

10. “Yellow Beach Umbrella” (Craig Doerge and Judy Henske) 4:24

Producer: Brooks Arthur

11. “La Vie en Rose” (Mack David, Louiguy, and Edith Piaf) 2:59

Producer: Brooks Arthur

6.
“THIGHS AND WHISPERS”
(Atlantic Records) 1979

1. “Big Noise from Winnetka”

(Gil Rodin, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart, and Ray Bauduc) 6:56

Producer: Arif Mardin

2. “Millworker” (James Taylor) 4:06

Producer: Arif Mardin

3. “Cradle Days” (Aaron Neville and Tony Berg) 5:00

Producer: Arif Mardin

4. “My Knight in Black Leather” (Jerry Ragovoy and Estelle Levitt) 4:53

Producers: Arif Mardin and Jerry Ragovoy

5. “Hang On in There Baby” (Johnny Bristol) 6:07

Producer: Arif Mardin

6. “Hurricane” (Bette Midler and Randy Kerber) 7:21

Producer: Arif Mardin

7. “Rain” (Mack Debennack) 3:41

Producer: Arif Mardin

8. “Married Men” (Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker) 4:01

Producer: Arif Mardin

7.
“THE ROSE”
Original Soundtrack Album (Atlantic Records) 1979

1. “Whose Side Are You On?” (Kenny Hopkins and Charley Williams) 3:38

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

2. “Midnight in Memphis” (Tony Johnson) 3:23

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

3. “Concert Monologue” (monologue) 2:42

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

4. “When a Man Loves a Woman” (Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright) 4:32

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

5. “Sold My Soul to Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Gene Pistilli) 3:23

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

6. “Keep On Rockin’ ” (Sam Hagar and John Carter) 3:02

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

7. “Love Me with a Feeling” (Hudson Whittaker) 3:38

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

8. “Homecoming Monologue” (monologue) 1:22

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

9. “Stay with Me” (Jerry Ragavoy and George Weiss) 5:00

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

10. “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (Beth Slater Whitson and Lou Friedman) 1:30

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

11. “The Rose” (Amanda McBroom) 3:40

Producer: Paul A. Rothchild

8.
“DIVINE MADNESS”
Original Soundtrack Album (Atlantic Records) 1980

1. “Big Noise from Winnetka”

(Gil Rodin Bob Crosby, Bog Haggart, and Ray Baudue) 3:52

Producer: Dennis Kirk

2. “Paradise” (Harry Nilsson, Gil Garfield, and Barry Botkin Jr.) 4:09

Producer: Dennis Kirk

3. “Shiver Me Timbers” (Tom Waits) 3:56

Producer: Dennis Kirk

4. “Fire Down Below” (Bob Seger) 3:05

Producer: Dennis Kirk

5. “Stay with Me” (Jerry Ragovoy and George Weiss) 6:24

Producer: Dennis Kirk

6. “My Mother’s Eyes” (Tom Jans) 2:29

Producer: Dennis Kirk

7. a. “Chapel of Love” (Jerry Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector)

b. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”

(Don Raye and Hughie Prince) 4:02 combined time

Producer: Dennis Kirk

8. a. “E Street Shuffle” (Bruce Springsteen)

b. “Summer (the First Time)” (Bobby Goldsboro)

c. “Leader of the Pack”

(Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and George Morton) 9:42 combined time

Producer: Dennis Kirk

9. a. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)

b. “I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan) 5:56 combined time

Producer: Dennis Kirk

9.
“NO FRILLS”
(Atlantic Records) 1983

1. “Is It Love?” (Nick Giulder and Jimmy McCulloch) 4:43

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

2. “My Favorite Waste of Time” (Marshall Crenshaw) 2:43

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

3. “All I Need to Know” (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Tom Snow) 4:08

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

4. “Only in Miami” (Max Gronenthal) 4:35

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

5. “Heart Over Head” (Andy Goldmark, Robin Bartteau, and Brock Walsh) 2:52

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

6. “Let Me Drive” (Gregg Prestopino and Matthew Wilde) 4:02

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

7. “My Eye on You” (Moon Martin and Bill House) 4:03

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

8. “Beast of Burden” (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) 3:48

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

9. “Soda and a Souvenir” (Jessica Harper) 3:23