Some People's Lives
Some People's Lives
in 1983, the song was covered by Bette Midler. The video for the song featured Mick Jagger as the guest star. The track appeared on Midler's No Frills album.
Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler first made the song The Rose very famous when she sang it. LeAnn Rimes did a cover of this song during the year 1997 and also received acclaim for it.
Bette Midler | The Rose
Yes. Bette midler sings it to Barbara Hershey as Hershey is dying.
"From a Distance" is a ballad song written in 1985 by American singer-songwriter Julie Gold. Gold was working as a secretary at the time for Home Box Office and writing songs in her free time.[1] Gold's friend, Christine Lavin, introduced the song to Nanci Griffith who first recorded for her 1987 album, Lone Star State of Mind. It quickly became a favorite of Griffith's fans around the world. The Byrds recorded the song as one of 4 newly recorded studio tracks for their box set The Byrdsreleased in 1990. The song then became an international commercial success after it was recorded in 1990 by Bette Midler for the album Some People's Lives. "From a Distance" went to number one on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 [2]. The song went on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991.Bette Midler re-recorded a Christmas version for her 2006 Christmas Album, Cool Yule, with additional lyrics by Midler, Robbie Buchanan and Jay Landers. Additional recordings of the original have been performed by Gold, Griffith, Simon Nicol (of Fairport Convention) and many others. The song has also been sung by a number of children's school choirs.Much of the song's popularity coincided with the first Persian Gulf War.The song also won a "3 Million Airs Award" from Broadcast Music Incorporated.
"One For My Baby (and One More for the Road)"
Bette Midler - "Do you want to Dance?"
Mariah Carey
The song Rubber Heart, on which In My Life featured, reached a peak of number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart when it was released in 1965. In 1992, a cover of the song by Bette Midler reached number 20 on the Billboard chart.