Bette Midler Divine Miss M," on Atlantic Records in December 1972. The album was co-produced by Barry Manilow, who was Bette's arranger and music conductor at the time. It reached Billboard's Top 10 and became a million-selling Platinum-certified album, earning Midler the 1973 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. It featured three hit singles—"Do You Wanna Dance?", "Friends", and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"—the third of which became Midler's first No. 1 Adult Contemporary hit. "Bugle Boy" became a successful rock cover of the classic swing tune originally introduced and popularized in 1941 by the Andrews Sisters, to whom Midler has repeatedly referred
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