“You never saw me because I was really shy and I used to stand behind a curtain with a microphone and a monitor and a music stand," he shared. "For all those years, I was the fourth Harlette."

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Bette Midler sings New York, New York from her HBO special, Diva Las Vegas, 1997

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Performance date: September 27-29, 1979. Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI

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Video from Life As A Harlette: Bette Midler's "Experience The Divine" - Friends, I Look Good & Miss Otis Regrets, San Francisco, 1994.

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A Fan asks if Melissa Manchester was ever part of an act with Bette Midler?

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Melissa Manchester talks about meeting with Bette Midler and joining the Harlettes!

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I knew that I wanted to be Bette Midler and I wanted to do what Bette Midler did and I wanted to be around Bette Midler.

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Kamilah Marshall, who was recently seen and heard as one of Taylor Swift’s backing vocalists on her record-breaking Eras Tour, is this year’s keynote speaker at Berklee Onsite.

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Bette Midler performed "Ukulele Lady" during her Diva Las Vegas show, which was a fabulous 1997 HBO special filmed at the MGM Grand.

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n 1978. That year, Sagal sang backing vocals on Simmons’ self-titled debut solo album and joined Bette Midler‘s backup singing group, the Harlettes,

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