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MIDLER Bette
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

01.12.1945

(Paterson, New Jersey, USA, as Bette Davis Midler)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Divine Miss M	07.11.1972	Atlantic			8
2.	Bette Midler	12/1973	Atlantic			29
3.	That's Entertainment	1975
4.	Songs For A New Depression	11/1975	Atlantic			14
5.	Live At Last	7/1977	Atlantic
6.	Best Of Bette Midler	08.09.1978	Atlantic
7.	Broken Blossom	5/1979	Atlantic
8.	Thighs And Whispers	10/1979	Atlantic
9.	Divine Madness	05.12.1980	Atlantic
10.	No Frills	09.09.1983	Atlantic			113
11.	Mud Will Be Flung Tonight	12/1985				183
12.	Beaches	7/1989			21
13.	Some People's Lives	15.10.1990	Teldec/Atlantic		5	6
14.	For The Boys	12.11.1991	Atlantic		75	22
15.	Experience The Divine: Greatest Hits	22.06.1993	Atlantic		5	50
16.	Bette Of Roses	7/1995	Atlantic		55	45
17.	Bathhouse Betty	15.09.1998	Warner Music			32
18.	3 For One	2000
19.	Bette, Bath & Beyond produced by: Don Was	03.10.2000	Warner Bros			69
20.	Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook produced by: Barry Manilow	30.09.2003	Columbia			14
21.	Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook	25.10.2005	Columbia		41	10
22.	Cool Yule	10.10.2006	Columbia			68
23.	Jackpot: The Best Bette	23.09.2008	Rhino/Atlantic		6	66
24.	Memories Of You	30.11.2010	Rhino		45
25.	Original Album Series	18.10.2011	Warner Bros
26.	Bette Midler Box Set: A Retrospective (7" box set)	16.10.2012
27.	One Fine Day	21.10.2014	Warner Bros
28.	It's The Girls!	04.11.2014	Warner Bros		6	3
29.	A Gift Of Love	04.12.2015	Rhino		25
30.	Do You Want to Dance	09.09.2016	Atlantic

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Do You Want To Dance?	12.01.1973	Atlantic		13
2.	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	25.05.1973	Atlantic		6
3.	Friends / Chapel Of Love	19.10.1973	Atlantic		40
4.	In The Mood (v GB 1.3.75)	1/1974	Atlantic		51
5.	Strangers In The Night	19.03.1976	Atlantic
6.	You're Moving Out Today (v GB 20.5.77)	3/1977	Atlantic		42
7.	Storybook Children (Daybreak)	1/1978	Atlantic		57
8.	Say Goodbye To Hollywood	24.02.1978	Atlantic
9.	Married Men	5/1979	Atlantic		40
10.	Big Noise From Winnetka	16.11.1979	Atlantic
11.	When A Man Loves A Woman	1/1980	Atlantic		24
12.	The Rose	3/1980	Atlantic		2
13.	My Mother's Eyes	11/1980	Atlantic		39
14.	Big Noise From Winnetka	16.01.1981	Atlantic
15.	All I Need To Know	8/1983	Atlantic		77
16.	Favourite Waste Of Time (v GB 2.12.83)	10/1983	Atlantic		78
17.	Beast Of Burden	10.02.1984	Atlantic		71
18.	Wind Beneath My Wing produced by: Arif Mardin	2/1989	Atlantic	3	1
19.	Under The Boardwalk	7/1989
20.	From A Distance	9/1990	Atlantic	6	2
21.	Night And Day	15.01.1991			62
22.	Moonlight Dancing	17.04.1991
23.	Gift Of Love	08.08.1991
24.	Every Road Leads Back To You	14.11.1991	Atlantic		78
25.	In My Life	13.02.1992
26.	To Deserve You	1995
27.	In This Life	30.11.1995		172
28.	To Deserve You (Remix)	19.08.1996	Atlantic/east west
29.	That's How Love Moves	09.11.1998	Warner Bros
30.	My One True Friend	23.11.1998		58
31.	I'm Beautiful	26.01.1999
32.	In These Shoes	15.05.2001
33.	Fever	20.03.2006	Columbia
34.	Wind Beneath My Wings	9/2008		70
35.	Be My Baby / It's The Girl	11.11.2014	east west
36.	Superstar (Alternate Version)	14.10.2016	Atlantic

Movies:

1. The Rose (1980, starring, directed by Mark Rydell)
2. Jinxed (1982, starring)
3. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986, starring)
4. For The Boys (1991, starring)
5. Klub odložených žen (1996, starring, directed by H. Wilson)
6. Drowning Mona (2000, starring, directed by Nick Gomez)
7. The Stepford Wives (2004, starring)

Bibliography:

Bette Midler: A View From A Broad (1980)

Awards:

1973 Grammy Awards - Best New Artist Of The Year
1980 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female ("The Rose")
1989 Grammy Awards

- Record Of The Year ("Wind Beneath My Wings")
- Song Of The Year ("Wind Beneath My Wings")

1990 Grammy Awards - Song Of The Year ("From A Distance")

WWW Links:

http://www.bettemidler.com

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks: Beatin' The Heat (15.8.00, Surfdog)
Rod Stewart: Stardust ... The Great American Songbook: Volume III (19.10.04, J)

Compilation Appearances:

"Is That All There Is" on hurricane Katrina benefit live CD "Higher Ground", 22.11.05, Blue Note, & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1980	6		182
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	30.12.1972	3
1973	10	10.03.1973	58	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	13	31.03.1973	30	American Music Scene
1973	21	26.05.1973	19	New Pop Singles	single review
1975	17	26.04.1975	54	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	12	20.03.1976	3	Singles	single review
1977	21	21.05.1977	21	Singles	single review
1977	29	16.07.1977	27	Albums - Short Takes	album review
1978	32	12.08.1978	5	News
1978	38	26.09.1978	38		interview
1979	19	19.05.1979	35	Albums	album review
1979	41	27.10.1979	29	Albums	album review
1979	43	17.11.1979	50	Singles	single review
1981	3	17.01.1981	11	Singles	single review
1981	5	31.01.1981	3	As It Happens ...
1984	6	11.02.1984	22	Singles	single review
1990	0	20.10.1990	40	Albums - In Briefs	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	13.01.1973	34	Albums	album review
1973	0	17.02.1973	36
1973	0	26.05.1973	18
1974	0	19.01.1974	27	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1974	0	26.01.1974	19	Albums	album review
1975	0	08.03.1975	11	Thrills
1976	0	17.01.1976	41	On The Town	gig review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	15	02.08.1991	20	Recenze	album review
1998	12		113	Recenze - Atd.	album review
2008	9		57	Record	album review