Gay bathhouse (陣屋)" were built in the 1970s. Singer Bette Midler is well known for getting her start at the famous Continental Baths in New York City in the early 1970s, where she earned the nickname Bathhouse Betty. It was there, accompanied by pianist Barry Manilow (who, like the bathhouse patrons, sometimes wore only a white towel), that she created her stage persona "the Divine Miss M." On getting her start in bathhouses, Midler has remarked: 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 bathhouses].
Night and Day (Bette Midler song) on the chart for 15 weeks, peaking at #15. The release to mainstream radio came later. As "Night and Day" was ascending the "Billboard" Hot 100, the Gulf War broke out, focusing attention back on the first single, "From A Distance". "Night and Day" remained on the Hot 100 for 7 weeks, peaking at 62. "Night and Day" by Bette Midler was also released as a single in Japan. It is included on the Bette Midler collection "3 for One" released in Australia. "Night and Day" is included in A Gift of Love, the 2015 greatest hits album by Bette