Bette Midler

Songwriter: Gil Rodin Bob Haggart Bob Crosby Ray Bauduc

Producer: Arif Mardin

This is the story of a young girl who was the Einstein of the dance
They called her Big Noise from Winnetka, against her no one stood a chance
Big Noise blew in from Winnetka, stole each fellow's heart and then
Big Noise blew in from Winnetka, Big Noise blew right out again

Boys were sighing, their girlfriends crying, hearts were pounding when;
The Big Noise dances, hence romances, it's just astounding when;
Big Noise blew in from Winnetka, Big Noise blew right out again

Stop! Look! Listen! Listen to the Big Noise
Stop! Look! Listen! Listen to the Big Noise

I am the one they call the Big Noise. I got to dance my way to fame
I just blew in from Winnetka, that town will never be the same
Now I had my fun, and yet there's just one who's got me from the start
I'd love to conga a little bit longer but it keeps us apart
Exit Big Noise from Winnetka, enter Big Noise in his heart

Big men move me out. Senors zonk me out
Zim zom zup ma ma. Big men boo bop ba, bah ba doo wop
Boodeeah baby boodeeah baby boodeeah baby
Boodeeah baby boodeeah baby boodeeah baby baby baby over 'n' out

She loves the bass. She loves the drum
She loves to stay out late and dance the samba, samba, how she loves to samba
Rhumba, salsa, limbo and pachenga
She's so restless she's on every guest list
None can please her. She'd say no to Ceaser
Teach me, why don't you teach me. Show me how to let go!

There she goes 'round again, up and then down again, in and then out. Hooo!

When Big Noise waltzes through the door the bouncer has to clear the floor
'cause everybody wants to see the girl get down, the girl get down
And if you try to hold me tight, I'll disappear into the night
My lover's waiting home for me (she don't do that! She don't do that!)

Everyone's got a bit of Big Noise in his heart
Everyone likes to toot his horn
I've been the Big Noise from Winnetka for so long
Time for a new noise to be born
'Cause I had my fun and et there's just one who's got me from the start
Exit Big Noise for Winnetka, enter Big Noise in my heart

Onc she was pickin' up the big boys . .
Now I'm pickin' up my little kids' toys . .
Big Noise we miss you

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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