Bette Midler (album)

Bette Midler
Studio album by Bette Midler
Released November 16, 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Vocal
Length 32:32
Label Atlantic
Producer Arif Mardin, Barry Manilow
Bette Midler chronology
The Divine Miss M
(1972)		 Bette Midler
(1973)		 Songs for the New Depression
(1976)
Singles from Bette Milder
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Bette Midler is the eponymous second studio album by American female vocalist Bette Midler, released in 1973 on the Atlantic Records label.
The album, produced by Arif Mardin and Barry Manilow, includes Midler's interpretations of Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael's "Skylark", Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Surabaya Johnny", Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and Glenn Miller's "In the Mood" as well as a Phil Spector medley.
Bette Midler reached #6 on the US albums chart and was later awarded a Gold Disc by the RIAA.

The album was released on CD for the first time in 1989. A remastered version of the album was released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1995.


Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Skylark"Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer3:02
2."Drinking Again"Doris Tauber, Mercer2:48
3."Breaking Up Somebody's Home"Al Jackson Jr., Timothy Matthews3:49
4."Surabaya Johnny"Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Herbert Hartig4:54
5."I Shall Be Released"Bob Dylan4:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Optimistic Voices/Lullaby of Broadway"Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg / Harry Warren, Al Dubin2:27
7."In the Mood"Joe Garland, Andy Razaf2:39
8."Uptown/Da Doo Ron Ron"Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil / Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector3:23
9."Twisted"Wardell Gray, Annie Ross2:25
10."Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)"Carl Smith, Raynard Miner, Gary Jackson4:06

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 14
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2] 3
US Billboard 200[3] 6

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4968". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bette Midler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "American album certifications – Bette Midler – Bette Midler". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 December 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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