Bette Midler

Released: November 7, 1972

Songwriter: Phil Spector Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich

Producer: Geoffrey Haslam Barry Manilow Ahmet Ertegün

Woah! Spring is here and the sky is so very blue
Wo-o-o-oah, birds all sing as if they knew
Today's the day we'll say, "I do,"
And we'll never be lonely anymore

Because we're goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get married
Gee, I really love you
And we're gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel of love

Bells will ring and the sun is gonna shine
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna be his, he's gonna be mine
We're gonna love until the end of time
And we'll never be lonely anymore

Because we're goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get married
Gee, I really love you
And we're gonna get married
Goin' to the chapel of love
One more time around, oh

Goin' to the chapel and we're, oh, gonna get married
Goin', goin' to the chapel, baby; we're gonna get married, married
Oh, gee, I really love you, c'mon baby
We're gonna get married, married
Goin' to the chapel of love
Oooh, a one more time
We're goin' to the chapel of love
C'mon, c'mon and let me hear it
Goin' to the chapel of love, love, love

Shooby doo-whop, wa da
(spoken)
Bette: "That is the pits ending to a really terrific song!"
Man: "That is the worst ending I've ever heard!"

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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The Divine Miss M (1972)
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