Bette Midler

Released: November 16, 1973

Songwriter: Harold Arlen Herbert Stothart E.Y. Harburg Al Dubin Harry Warren

Producer: Arif Mardin Barry Manilow

You're out of the woods
You're out of the dark
You're out of the night
Step into the sun
Step into the light
Then open your eyes
And love will open, ahhh
Open, ahhh
Open, open, open, open up

Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway
The hip-hooray and balley-hoo
The lullaby of Broadway

The rumble of the subway train
The rattle of the taxi
The Daffodils who entertain
At Angelo's and Maxi's

When a Broadway baby says good night
It's early in the morning
Manhattan babys don't sleep tight
Until the dawn

Good night, baby
Good night. Milkman's on his way
Doon, doon, doon
Sleep tight, baby
Sleep tight. Let's call it a day. Hey!

Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway
The hi-de-hi and boop-boop-buh-doo
It's just the lullaby of Broadway

The band begins to go to town
And everyone goes crazy
You rock-a-bye your baby 'round
'til everything gets hazy
Hush-a-bye, I'm gonna buy you this and that
You hear your daddy sing
Then baby goes home to her flat
To sleep all day

Good night, baby
Good night. The milkman's on his way
Do, do, do, doodley-do
Sleep tight, oh, my baby
Sleep tight. Let's call it a day

Listen to the lullaby of
Ol-bo-ba-bo-ba-b'old doo doo doo Broadway!
The lulla-lullaby of Broadway!

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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