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Bette Midler Billboard Charts History On This Day In History

53 Years Ago, June 23, 1973, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Charted #1 On The Easy Listening Billboard Charts

June 24, 2026
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53 Years Ago, June 23, 1973 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Charted #1 On The Easy Listening Billboard Charts

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37 Years Ago Today: Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” Hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100

June 10, 2026
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37 Years Ago Today: Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” Hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100

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50 Years Ago This Month, Bette Midler’s Live At Last Premiered On Record

June 1, 2026
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Live at Last captures Bette at the height of her 1970s stage persona — bawdy, theatrical, and vocally fearless.

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28 years ago today, Bette Midler Guested On The Murphy Brown Finale

May 18, 2026
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Bette Midler’s appearance on the Murphy Brown finale, on May 18, 1998 (28 years ago today) is remembered as a…

Bette Midler History Magazine On This Day In History

Bette Midler’s Iconic TIME Cover—39 Years Today

March 2, 2026
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Thirty?nine years ago today, Time magazine decided the only logical thing to put on its March 2, 1987, cover was…

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37 Years Ago Today, Bette Midler’s Beaches Premiered

December 21, 2025
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Beaches is a heartfelt comedy-drama (often called a tearjerker) adapted from Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel. It follows the lifelong…