Daily Eighties Flashback: Bette Midler “When a Man Loves a Woman”
Two of Bette Midler‘s songs from the soundtrack to the 1979 film The Rose hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1980, the first of that pair of songs, her...
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Music to Help Us Get Through Everything Together: Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”
To honor Bette Midler‘s 75th birthday yesterday, today’s song to help us get through everything together is her “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
DEF: Bette Midler “The Rose”
At the 1981 Grammy awards, Bette Midler‘s “The Rose,” from the 1979 film of the same name in which she starred, beat out Irene Cara’s “Fame,” Olivia Newton-John’s “Magic,” Barbra Streisand’s “Woman in Love,”...
DEF: Bette Midler “Beast of Burden”
Two songs from Bette Midler‘s 1983 album No Frills made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1984, the second of that pair of songs, a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Beast of...
DEF: Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Among Bette Midler‘s eighteen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, her biggest hit is her lone number one hit, “Wind Beneath My Wings,” from the 1988 film Beaches. Exactly 30 years ago, “Wind Beneath My Wings”...
DEF: Bette Midler “My Mother’s Eyes”
Following up on her Top 5 hit “The Rose,” in late 1980 Bette Midler released the song “My Mother’s Eyes” from her film Divine Madness. On this date in 1981, “My Mother’s Eyes” climbed to...
25 Years Ago in the Nineties: Bette Midler “From A Distance”
Honolulu-born singer Bette Midler has reached the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times, first with “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” which hit number 8 in 1973; then with “The Rose,” which (pun intended)...
