Bette Midler

Songwriter: Bette Midler

Producer: Aaron Russo Arif Mardin Lew Hahn

Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes
The laughter she brought to our lives
The fun she gave us, The hope she gave us
Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes

The jokes are so funny, Sophie Tucker reads them
Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes
Now I have laughter brought to my life
Choosing the right lady to listen to her jokes
Now I wish she was still here to tell those jokes!

Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes
The laughter she brought to our lives
The fun she gave us, The hope she gave us
Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes

Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes
The laughter she brought to our lives
The fun she gave us, The hope she gave us
Those wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes

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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Live at Last

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Live at Last (1977)

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Live at Last