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Midler's album sales fell off during the rest of the '70s, though her records always reached the Top 100 in the album chart. But in 1979 she starred in the film The Rose, a fictional account of the life of Janis Joplin, and the title track became a Top Ten hit. 1980 saw the release of Midler's concert film, Divine Madness, and her best-selling book, A View from a Broad. Her next film, Jinxed (1982), however, was a major flop, and subsequent records didn't fare well. Midler made a cinematic comeback with Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), but it wasn't until 1989 that she had another pop hit, when her version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" from her film Beaches became a number one hit. This rejuvenated her singing career, and 1990's Some People's Lives became a Top Ten, million-selling album, with the song "From a Distance" hitting number two. Midler's soundtrack album to her 1991 film For the Boys was also a gold-selling hit. The album Bathhouse Betty followed in 1998. |
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Bette
Midler counts singing as only one of her talents; at times, since 1972,
when she first came to national recognition, it has seemed to be the
least of her talents. Still, she has managed to score a number of major
hits in a roller-coaster career as a recording artist. Born in Patterson,
NJ, and raised in Hawaii, Midler early on showed an interest in singing
and acting, and by the '60s she had moved to New York and gotten a role
in the long-running Broadway hit Fiddler on the Roof. Midler
developed a nightclub act that included comedy and singing of a variety
of kinds of material, including show tunes, pop hits, and even a takeoff
on The Andrews Sisters, and appeared with increasing frequency in New
York with her accompanist, Barry Manilow. She was signed to Atlantic
Records and released