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Thursday, January 10, 2019
BetteBack Sep 4, 1975: Paul Simon Disses Miss M Over Recording
Newark Advocate
Sep 4, 1975
Paul Simon‘s new single, “Gone At Last” features Phoebe Snow singing the high parts that Bette Midler was supposed to have sung. As we’ve heard it, the Divine Miss M and the Rhymin’ Simon had a difference of opinion.
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Tagged 74th Street (Manhattan), Amy Schumer, Atlantic Records, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bonus track, Compact Disc, Continental Baths, do you want to dance, George Harrison, Kendall (name), Kylie Minogue, New York City, Paul Simon, Queen of My Heart, Republican Party United States, The Divine Miss M
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Sunday, July 2, 2017
BetteBack January 19, 1975: What Happened After The Cher Special Taping?
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
January 19, 1975
When Cher Bono wrapped up taping her first CBS-TV special, she with her steady, David Geffen (and don’t let anyone tell you differently) took off with the likes of none other than her first show guests, Elton John (In kilts and ruffles and of course, with his famous white framed glasses), Bette Midler in drab, and Richard Chamberlain along with a party of “intimates” and entourage to such a port of entertainment as Studio One in West Hollywood. They all danced together and then caught impressionist Lynn Carter
on stage in the Back Lot. What made it amazing was that many of the people crowding the big place didn’t recognize the stars. The put down was when a few did, they were rather sneered at by the Divine Miss M (whom they all apparently adored) and ignored by EJ (Mr. Music Super Star). Happily most were charmed by Chamberlain’s shyness and won over by Cher’s smiles and David’s congeniality.
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Tagged A Spaniard in the Works, Academy Award, Academy awards, African American, Beck, Bennie and the Jets, Bernie Taupin, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Bogert & Appice, Bohemian Rhapsody, Caesars Palace, California, Cher, Elton John, Instagram, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Mariah Carey, The Divine Miss M, Tiny Dancer, West Hollywood, YouTube
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Saturday, May 27, 2017
It’s been ten years since I lived here in LA
“It’s been ten years since I lived here in LA, and I have to tell you something. From the bottom of my heart, I’ve really missed you assholes. You superficial assholes!” (Bette Midler thanks the audience at the close of her triumphant return to Los Angeles in her hit show Kiss My Brass, March 2004)
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Friday, May 19, 2017
Mark Rydell On Bette In The Rose:
Mark Rydell On Bette In The Rose: “Bette’s performance is shattering. She has a very raw sense of the truth. This film is savage. The music is severe. And the look is brutal,” (Plain Dealer, September 17, 1978)
Monday, March 20, 2017
BetteBack July 27, 1974: What’s With The Divine Mr. J Film?
Tucson Daily Citizen
July 27, 1974
Q: What’s this about Bette Midler making her film debut as the Virgin Mary?
A: lt’s a three-year old, jazzed-up home-movie spoof titled “The Divine Mr. J” that emerged from the can only when the Divine Miss M emerged from obscurity. “We turned down a Mike Nichols film, for Heaven’s sake,” says her manager. “Now this piece of (vulgarity deleted)Â comes out.”
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BetteBack December 14, 1973: Bette Midler Hits Sophomore Slump
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Saturday, February 25, 2017
BetteBack December 18, 1998: Bette Doesn’t Cher The Spotlight Nicely
Syracuse Herald
December 18, 1998
HOLLYWOOD FL – MAY 09: Bette Midler performs at Hard Rock Live held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on May 9, 2015 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Larry Marano/Getty Images)
New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom wasn’t big enough for dueling divas Bette Midler and Cher on Friday night.
The Divine Miss M dissed a tardy, lip synching Cher as “someone who used to be famous, ” according to witnesses at the Miracle On 34th Street concert.
The latest flare up between the two superstars was sparked by Cher, who, due to sing first, appeared a half hour late. Apparently she had been getting her face retooled by make up artist Kevin Acoin, but Midler’s camp suspected her dramatic entrance was deliberate.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
BetteBack May 23, 1973: Bette Midler Brings Back Nostalgia
Boone News Republican
May 23, 1973
Thinking along the lines of the nostalgia generated by the moving of the Queen and the display of Eva’s limo, we’re reminded of one of the hottest pop singers on the current scene –Bette Midler
“The Divine Miss M“. as she is referred to in the title of her first album, specialises in period songs from the days of the big bands, of swing and jazz.
Right now her version of “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” is being played by nearly every contemporary music station in the country.
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Tagged Academy of Country Music Awards, Amy Schumer, Australian Women's Weekly, Barbra Streisand, Beaches (film), Bette Midler, Bey, Big Business (1988 film), Billy Joel, Bing Crosby, Black Friday (shopping), Boston, Broadway (Manhattan), Marc Jacobs, The Divine Miss M, Twitter, United Kingdom, United States
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
BetteBack February 18, 1973: Wrinkled Records
Winona Daily News
February 18, 1973
There Is an oldies boom in progress. Songs, singers and styles echoing an earlier time in music are becoming a minor phenomenon of the season. Think about It: Johnny Rivers has a hit single! Not only is Rivers an anachronism, but so is the song, “Rockln’ Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu”. In 1973? It doesn’t end there.
Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” is an ebullient call to the Miles: “I remember when rock was young/me and Susie had so much fun.” And then: “But the years went by and rock just died/Susie went and left me for some other guy/long nights cryln’ by the record machine/dreamln’ of my Chevy and my old blue jeans.” The cover shows a young couple going Into a movie house. He’s wearing jeans, sneakers, leather jacket, and greasy D.A. His date In flats, pony tail, gathered ankle length skirt and pink sweater. And parked at the curb, a chrome-soaked Plymouth. The Marquee Flashing “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player” starring Elton John.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
BetteBack February 11, 1974: As the World Rocks . . .
Albuquerque Journal
As the World Rocks . . .
February 11, 1974
Rock music is a uniquely American contribution to the world. Its roots can be traced all the way back to the Negro spiritual, sung by slaves in North America in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. The spirituals evolved into the blues, from which came rock.
IT WAS A former country-western singer, Bill Haley, who unwittingly started rock’s wide popularity.
His hit, “Rock Around the Clock,” which was a watereddown imitation of the black rhythm and blues style, became a world-wide hit in 1955.
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Tagged A Sign of the Times, Academy Award, Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Billboard Hot 100, Billy Joel, Blake Shelton, Elvis Presley, Frankie Valli, John Legend, Josh Groban, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Marvin Gaye, Michael Bublé, Michael Jackson, Paris, Schoolboy Q, Stevie Wonder
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Monday, September 26, 2016
BetteBack December 23, 1973: Bette Midler, Elton John Top Sellers At Christmas Time In NY
Albuquerque Journal
December 23, 1973
A QUICK survey of the three record shops in the university area revealed that sales had gone up since Thanksgiving, with new albums by Elton John, the Pointer Sisters and Bette Midler being the fastest sellers. Both Bette Midler and the Pointer Sisters have recently performed at UNM’s Pope joy Hall, which Miss Grimes said was ‘‘probably the reason for their popularityâ€
A customer in the store, Kevin Heney, a UNM senior from Scarsdale, N.Y., said “I usually don’t buy records very often, but I’ve got three brothers and a sister who all like music.
