Bette Midler

Released: November 17, 1977

Songwriter: Édith Piaf Louiguy Mack David

Producer: Brooks Arthur

Hold me close and hold me fast
The magic spell you cast
This is La vie en rose
When you kiss me heaven sighs
And though I close my eyes
I see La vie en rose
When you press me to your heart...
I'm in a world apart...
A world where roses bloom
And when you speak... angels laugh from above
Everyday words seem to turn into love songs
Give your heart and soul to me
And babe it's gonna be
La vie en rose

When you press me to your heart...
I'm in a world apart...
A world where roses bloom
And when you speak... angels laugh from above
Everyday words seem to turn into love songs
Give your heart and soul to me
And babe it's gonna be
La vie en rose

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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