This article is about the 1972 album by Bette Midler. For the person known by this nickname, see Bette Midler.
1972 studio album by Bette Midler
The Divine Miss M
Studio album by
Bette Midler
Released
November 7, 1972
Recorded
1971–1972
Studio
Atlantic Recording Studios (New York, New York)
Genre
Pop
pop rock
traditional pop
Length
41:03
Label
Atlantic
Producer
Ahmet Ertegün
Barry Manilow
Joel Dorn
Geoffrey Haslam
Bette Midler chronology
The Divine Miss M (1972)
Bette Midler (1973)
Singles from The Divine Miss M
"Do You Want to Dance?" Released: 1972
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Released: May 1973
"Friends" Released: 1973
The Divine Miss M is the debut studio album by American singer and actress Bette Midler, released in 1972 on the Atlantic Records label. The title of the album refers to Midler's famous stage persona. The album was co-produced by Barry Manilow, and includes several songs that since have become repertoire standards, such as "Do You Want to Dance?", "Chapel of Love", "Hello In There", "Friends" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". It was released on CD for the first time in 1990. A remastered version of the album was released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1995. A remastered deluxe edition was released in October 2016.
The album was well received by public and critics and was certified Platinum in both United States and Canada.
TheDivineMissM is the debut studio album by American singer and actress Bette Midler, released in 1972 on the Atlantic Records label. The title of the...
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stage persona, “TheDivineMissM”. "The more outrageous I was, the more they liked it," says Midler. "It loosened me up." With the assistance of long-time...
1973, Manilow was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his production role on TheDivineMissM at the 16th Grammy Awards. Manilow worked...
and closed the ceremony with "Taps." American actress and singer Bette Midler included a remake of the song on her 1972 TheDivineMissM album, and released...
Helen becomes its savior as well [...] Hunt knows when to rein in theDivineMissM instead of allowing her to go into full Kabuki mode. [She] also coaxes...
studio album, TheDivineMissM. The track was produced and arranged by Barry Manilow. The following year, Midler included her version as the B-side of her...
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album TheDivineMissM (1972) and torch songs by Marlene Dietrich and Peggy Lee, as well as Lady Rizo, Amanda Palmer, and Regina Spektor for the album...
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"TheDivineMissM" in 1973, with additional lyrics by herself and Barry Manilow. It was released as a single in 1974, but reached only #51 on the Billboard...
introduced the two, and it was quickly decided that Amsel should do the cover of her first Atlantic Records album. The cover, for TheDivineMissM proved...
Helen becomes its savior as well . . . Hunt knows when to rein in theDivineMissM instead of allowing her to go into full Kabuki mode . . .[She] also...
debut album TheDivineMissM, since she was transferred to Atlantic's sister label Warner Bros. Records for her next two albums, then left the Warner group...
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Midler included the song—with the original title restored, "Do You Want to Dance"—on her 1972 debut album TheDivineMissM. In contrast to the Bobby Freeman...
Midler, "TheDivineMissM", in 1973. Crossley has performed as a featured artist in musicals and films including Hairspray, taking over the role of Motormouth...
of wear the label of 'Bathhouse Betty' with pride." Released some twenty-five years after Midler's breakthrough with the album TheDivineMissM, Bathhouse...
persona theDivineMissM. Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis], I'm still proud of those days [when I got my start singing at the gay...
stage persona "theDivineMissM". On getting her start in bathhouses, Midler has remarked: Despite the way things turned out [with the AIDS crisis], I'm...