Bette Midler Beverly Hills" (1986), "Ruthless People" (1986), "Outrageous Fortune" (1987), "Big Business" (1988), "Beaches" (1988), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "The First Wives Club" (1996), "The Stepford Wives" (2004), and "Parental Guidance" (2012). She also starred in "For the Boys" (1991) and "Gypsy" (1993), winning two additional Golden Globes for these films and receiving a second Academy Award nomination for the former. In a career spanning almost half a century, Midler has won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three
Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook a dream that he would produce a tribute album and Midler would be the singer on the album. In the liner notes, Midler writes, "When Barry approached me ("I had this dream!") about recording an album of Rosemary's standards, I was excited, but apprehensive. I wanted to be respectful, but I felt we had to find something new to say as well, and in these (mostly) new arrangements...I believe we have." "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook" was Midler's first album with Columbia Records after being dropped by Warner Bros. in 2001 for declining record sales. The album peaked